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A feast is
made for
laughter, and wine maketh
merry: but money answereth all things.
A feast is prepared for
laughter, and wine makes life
merry, but money is the answer for everything.
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were
angry with me; they
made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own
vineyard have I not kept.
Do not
stare because I am dark, for the sun has
gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were
angry with me; they
made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own
vineyard I have neglected.
King Solomon has
made his carriage out of the timber of
Lebanon.
He
made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being
paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
He has
made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple
fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
Or ever I was aware, my soul
made me like the
chariots of Amminadib.
Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal
chariots of my people.
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Your neck is like a tower
made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of
Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of
Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
And the
loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the
haughtiness of men shall be
made low: and the LORD alone shall be
exalted in that day.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the
loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be
exalted in that day,
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
And he
fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also
made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
He
dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a
watchtower in the middle and
dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the
vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was
sour!
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to
flee.
Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou
wast made to serve,
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and
torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that
made the earth to
tremble, that did
shake kingdoms;
Those who see you will
stare; they will
ponder your fate: “Is this the man who
shook the earth and
made the kingdoms
tremble,
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the
captives return to their homes?”
And
gladness is taken away, and joy out of the
plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be
shouting: the treaders shall
tread out no wine in their presses; I have
made their
vintage shouting to cease.
Joy and
gladness are removed from the
orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the
cheering.
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be
made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax
lean.
“In that day the
splendor of Jacob will
fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
And they shall be afraid and
ashamed of
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Those who
made Cush their hope and Egypt their
boast will be dismayed and
ashamed.
A
dire vision is declared to me: “The
traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O
Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her
groaning.”
Ye
made also a
ditch between the two walls for the water of the old
pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
You built a
reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient
pool, but you did not look to the One who
made it, or consider Him who
planned it long ago.
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he
shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has
made kingdoms
tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of
Canaan be destroyed.
For thou hast
made of a city an
heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Indeed, You have
made the city a
heap of
rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have
wiped out all memory of them.
When the boughs thereof are
withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that
made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will
shew them no favour.
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for
kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no
compassion on them, and their
Creator shows them no favor.
Because ye have said, We have
made a covenant with death, and with
hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing
scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have
made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we
hid ourselves:
For you said, “We have
made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with
Sheol. When the
overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have
made lies our refuge and
falsehood our hiding place.”
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
So now, do not
mock, or your
shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
When he hath
made plain the face thereof,
doth he not cast abroad the
fitches, and
scatter the
cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and
rie in their place?
When he has leveled its surface, does he not
sow caraway and
scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and
rye within its border.
Surely your turning of things
upside down shall be esteemed as the
potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that
made it, He
made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
You have turned things
upside down, as if the
potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the
potter, “He has no understanding”?
For
Tophet is ordained of old;
yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath
made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of
brimstone,
doth kindle it.
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been
made ready for the king. Its funeral
pyre is deep and wide, with
plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a
torrent of burning sulfur, sets it
ablaze.
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
For on that day, every one of you will
reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have
sinfully made.
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall
devour him: but he shall
flee from the sword, and his young men shall be
discomfited.
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will
devour them, but not one
made by mortals. They will
flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is
made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the
kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in
Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of
Idumea.
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the
kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in
Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of
Edom.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be
soaked with blood, and their dust
made fat with fatness.
And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be
drenched with blood, and their soil will be
soaked with fat.
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the
cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You
made the heavens and the earth.
Every valley shall be
exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be
made low: and the
crooked shall be
made straight, and the rough places plain:
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill
made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the
rugged land a plain.
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and
made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven
stubble to his bow.
Who has
aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown
chaff with his bow.
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him;
yea, I have
made him.
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and
made.”
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast
made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast
wearied me with thine
iniquities.
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have
wearied Me with your
iniquities.
Thus saith the LORD that
made thee, and formed thee from the
womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the
womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant,
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have
made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never
forget you.
Thus saith the LORD, thy
redeemer, and he that formed thee from the
womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Thus says the LORD, your
Redeemer who formed you from the
womb: “I am the LORD, who has
made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
That frustrateth the
tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners
mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge
foolish;
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not
create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
And even to your old age I am he; and even to
hoar hairs will I carry you: I have
made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have
made you, and I will carry you; I will
sustain you and deliver you.
And they
thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he
clave the rock also, and the waters
gushed out.
They did not
thirst when He led them through the deserts; He
made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water
gushed out.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and
hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the
womb; from the
bowels of my mother hath he
made mention of my name.
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the
womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
And he hath
made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he
hid me, and
made me a polished shaft; in his
quiver hath he
hid me;
He
made My mouth like a sharp sword; He
hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He
made Me like a polished
arrow; He
hid Me in His
quiver.
Thy children shall make
haste; thy destroyers and they that
made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Your builders
hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath
made the depths of the sea a way for the
ransomed to pass over?
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of
mortal man, of a son of man who
withers like grass?
But I will put it into the hand of them that
afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
And he
made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any
deceit in His mouth.
Yet it pleased the LORD to
bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall
prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
prosper in his hand.
Yet it was the LORD’s will to
crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is
made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will
prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will
prosper in His hand.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors.
Therefore I will
allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and
made intercession for the transgressors.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered
thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and
made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Behind the door and
doorpost you have set up your
memorial.
Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you
climbed up and opened it wide. And you have
made a
pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have
gazed upon their nakedness.
For I will not
contend for ever, neither will I be always
wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have
made.
For I will not
accuse you
forever, nor will I always be
angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have
made.
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have
made them
crooked paths:
whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into
crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
And I will
tread down the people in mine anger, and make them
drunk in my
fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
I
trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I
made them
drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
O LORD, why hast thou
made us to
err from thy ways, and
hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Why, O LORD, do You make us
stray from Your ways and
harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your
heritage.
For all those things hath mine hand
made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a
contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Has not My hand
made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and
contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be
made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as
Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as
Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
For, behold, I have
made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron
pillar, and
brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Now behold, this day I have
made you like a fortified city, an iron
pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and
bounty, but you came and
defiled My land, and
made My inheritance
detestable.
The young lions
roared upon him, and
yelled, and they
made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
The young lions have
roared at him; they have
growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
But where are the gods you
made for
yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer
discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be
made.
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast
stricken them, but they have not
grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have
made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have
made their faces harder than stone and refused to
repent.
But go ye now unto my place which was in
Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
But go now to the place in
Shiloh where I first
made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain
made he it; the pen of the
scribes is in vain.
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the
scribes has produced a
deception?
But they are altogether senseless and
foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
He hath
made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
discretion.
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Behold, the noise of the
bruit is come, and a great
commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah
desolate, and a den of
dragons.
Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great
commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be
made a
desolation, a
haunt for jackals.
Pour out thy
fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and
devoured him, and consumed him, and have
made his
habitation desolate.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have
devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have
devastated his homeland.
They are turned back to the
iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I
made with their fathers.
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Many pastors have destroyed my
vineyard, they have
trodden my portion under foot, they have
made my pleasant portion a
desolate wilderness.
They have
made it
desolate, and being
desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is
made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
They have
made it a
desolation;
desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
For as the
girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to
cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s
waist, so I have
made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah
cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My
renown and praise and glory. But they did not
listen.
And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
And if you ask
yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been
stripped off and your body has been exposed.
I have seen thine
adulteries, and thy neighings, the
lewdness of thy
whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields.
Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem!
wilt thou not be
made clean? when shall it once be?
Are there any among the
vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast
made all these things.
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the
skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
And the vessel that he
made of clay was
marred in the hand of the
potter: so he
made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the
potter to make it.
But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became
flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
Because they have
forsaken me, and have
estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a
potter’s vessel, that cannot be
made whole again: and they shall
bury them in
Tophet, till there be no place to
bury.
and you are to
proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will
shatter this nation and this city, like one
shatters a
potter’s
jar that can never again be repaired. They will
bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to
bury them.
For since I spake, I
cried out, I
cried violence and
spoil; because the word of the LORD was
made a reproach unto me, and a
derision, daily.
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I
proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and
derision all day long.
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
And they will drink and
stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been
made a
desolation by the sword of the
oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him,
shouting, “You must surely die!
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even
made the beasts of the field subject to him.
The LORD hath
made thee priest in the
stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is
mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any
madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath
prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has
prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has
made you trust in a lie,