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But
the army of
the Chaldeans pursued after
the king, and overtook
Zedekiah in
the plains of
Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
but
the army of
the Chaldeans pursued
the king and overtook
Zedekiah in
the plains of
Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
Then they took
the king, and carried him up unto
the king of Babylon to Riblah in
the land of
Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
The Chaldeans seized
the king and brought him up to
the king of Babylon at Riblah in
the land of
Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on
Zedekiah.
And
the king of Babylon
slew the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes: he
slew also all
the princes of Judah in Riblah.
There at Riblah
the king of Babylon slaughtered
the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all
the officials of Judah.
Then he put out
the eyes of
Zedekiah; and
the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till
the day of his death.
Then he put out
Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze
shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in
custody until his dying day.
Now in
the fifth month, in
the tenth day of
the month, which was
the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of
the guard, which served
the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
On
the tenth day of
the fifth month, in
the nineteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of
the guard, a servant of
the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
He burned down
the house of
the LORD,
the royal palace, and all
the houses of Jerusalem—every
significant building.
And all
the army of
the Chaldeans, that were with
the captain of
the guard,
brake down all
the walls of Jerusalem round about.
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
Then Nebuzar-adan
the captain of
the guard carried away
captive certain of
the poor of
the people, and
the residue of
the people that remained in
the city, and those that fell away, that fell to
the king of Babylon, and
the rest of
the multitude.
Then Nebuzaradan captain of
the guard carried into exile some of
the poorest people and those who remained in
the city, along with
the deserters who had defected to
the king of Babylon and
the rest of
the craftsmen.
But Nebuzar-adan
the captain of
the guard left certain of
the poor of
the land for vinedressers and for
husbandmen.
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
Also
the pillars of brass that were in
the house of
the LORD, and
the bases, and
the brasen sea that was in
the house of
the LORD,
the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all
the brass of
them to Babylon.
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
The caldrons also, and
the shovels, and
the snuffers, and
the bowls, and
the spoons, and all
the vessels of brass
wherewith they ministered, took
they away.
They also took away
the pots, shovels,
wick trimmers,
sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all
the articles of bronze used in
the temple service.
And
the basons, and
the firepans, and
the bowls, and
the caldrons, and
the candlesticks, and
the spoons, and
the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took
the captain of
the guard away.
The captain of
the guard also took away
the basins, censers,
sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering
bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve
brasen bulls that were under
the bases, which king Solomon had made in
the house of
the LORD:
the brass of all
these vessels was without weight.
As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
And concerning
the pillars,
the height of one
pillar was eighteen cubits; and a
fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and
the thickness
thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Each
pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
And a
chapiter of brass was upon it; and
the height of one
chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon
the chapiters round about, all of brass.
The second
pillar also and
the pomegranates were like unto
these.
The bronze capital
atop one
pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around.
The second
pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
And
there were
ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all
the pomegranates upon
the network were an hundred round about.
Each capital had
ninety-six pomegranates on
the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above
the surrounding network.
And
the captain of
the guard took Seraiah
the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and
the three keepers of
the door:
The captain of
the guard also took away Seraiah
the chief priest,
Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and
the three doorkeepers.
He took also out of
the city an
eunuch, which had
the charge of
the men of war; and seven men of
them that were near
the king’s person, which were found in
the city; and
the principal
scribe of
the host, who
mustered the people of
the land; and
threescore men of
the people of
the land, that were found in
the midst of
the city.
Of those still in
the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over
the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took
the scribe of
the captain of
the army, who had
enlisted the people of
the land, and sixty men who were found in
the city.
So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
And
the king of Babylon
smote them, and put
them to death in Riblah in
the land of
Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away
captive out of his own land.
There at Riblah in
the land of
Hamath,
the king of Babylon struck
them down and put
them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
This is
the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away
captive: in
the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
These are
the people
Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in
the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
In
the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away
captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
In
the three and
twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan
the captain of
the guard carried away
captive of
the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all
the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
in
Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of
the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
And it came to pass in
the seven and
thirtieth year of
the captivity of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, in
the twelfth month, in
the five and
twentieth day of
the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in
the first year of his reign lifted up
the head of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
On
the twenty-fifth day of
the twelfth month of
the thirty-seventh year of
the exile of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, in
the first year of
the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he
pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
And he spoke kindly to
Jehoiachin and set his throne above
the thrones of
the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
So
Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he
dined regularly at
the king’s table for
the rest of his life.
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
And
the king of Babylon provided
Jehoiachin a daily portion for
the rest of his life, until
the day of his death.
How
doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she become as a widow she that was great among
the nations, and princess among
the provinces, how is she become tributary
How
lonely lies
the city, once so full of people! She who was great among
the nations has become a widow.
The princess of
the provinces has become a slave.
She weepeth
sore in
the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her,
they are become her enemies.
She weeps
aloud in
the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers
there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have
betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
Judah is gone into captivity because of
affliction, and because of great
servitude: she dwelleth among
the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between
the straits.
Judah has gone into exile under
affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among
the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in
the midst of her distress.
The ways of
Zion do
mourn, because none come to
the solemn feasts: all her gates are
desolate: her priests
sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
The roads to
Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests
groan, her maidens
grieve, and she herself is bitter with
anguish.
Her
adversaries are
the chief, her enemies
prosper; for
the LORD hath
afflicted her for
the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before
the enemy.
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For
the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as
captives before
the enemy.
And from
the daughter of
Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and
they are gone without strength before
the pursuer.
All
the splendor has departed from
the Daughter of
Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture;
they lack
the strength to
flee in
the face of
the hunter.
Jerusalem remembered in
the days of her
affliction and of her
miseries all her pleasant things that she had in
the days of old, when her people fell into
the hand of
the enemy, and none did help her:
the adversaries saw her, and did
mock at her sabbaths.
In
the days of her
affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all
the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her,
laughing at her
downfall.
Jerusalem hath
grievously sinned;
therefore she is removed: all that honoured her
despise her, because
they have seen her nakedness:
yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Jerusalem has
sinned greatly;
therefore she has become an object of
scorn. All who honored her now
despise her, for
they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
Her
filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;
therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my
affliction: for
the enemy hath
magnified himself.
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her
downfall was
astounding;
there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my
affliction, for
the enemy has triumphed!
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that
the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou
didst command that
they should not enter into thy congregation.
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen
the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
All her people
sigh,
they seek bread;
they have given
their pleasant things for meat to
relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become
vile.
All her people
groan as
they search for bread.
They have traded
their treasures for food to keep
themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become
despised.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if
there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,
wherewith the LORD hath
afflicted me in
the day of his fierce anger.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against
them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me
desolate and
faint all
the day.
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me
desolate,
faint all
the day long.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand:
they are
wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall,
the Lord hath delivered me into
their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
My transgressions are bound into a yoke,
knit together by His hand;
they are
draped over my neck, and
the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into
the hands of those I cannot
withstand.
The Lord hath
trodden under foot all my mighty men in
the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to
crush my young men:
the Lord hath
trodden the virgin,
the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
The Lord has rejected all
the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to
crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress,
the Lord has
trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
For
these things I
weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because
the comforter that should
relieve my soul is far from me: my children are
desolate, because
the enemy prevailed.
For
these things I
weep; my eyes flow with tears. For
there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because
the enemy has prevailed.
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and
there is none to comfort her:
the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his
adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a
menstruous woman among
them.
Zion stretches out her hands, but
there is no one to comfort her.
The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among
them.
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command.
Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
I called for my lovers, but
they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up
the ghost in
the city, while
they sought
their meat to
relieve their souls.
I called out to my lovers, but
they have
betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in
the city while
they searched for food to keep
themselves alive.
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my
bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have
grievously rebelled: abroad
the sword bereaveth, at home
there is as death.
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am
churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most
rebellious. Outside,
the sword bereaves; inside,
there is death.
They have heard that I
sigh:
there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are
glad that thou hast done it: thou
wilt bring
the day that thou hast called, and
they shall be like unto me.
People have heard my
groaning, but
there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are
glad that You have caused it. May You bring
the day You have
announced, so that
they may become like me.
Let all
their wickedness come before
thee; and do unto
them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is
faint.
Let all
their wickedness come before You, and deal with
them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is
faint.
How hath
the Lord covered
the daughter of
Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto
the earth
the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his
footstool in
the day of his anger!
How
the Lord has covered
the Daughter of
Zion with
the cloud of His anger! He has cast
the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His
footstool in
the day of His anger.
The Lord hath
swallowed up all
the habitations of Jacob, and hath not
pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath
the strong holds of
the daughter of Judah; he hath brought
them down to
the ground: he hath
polluted the kingdom and
the princes
thereof.
Without
pity the Lord has
swallowed up all
the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has
demolished the fortified cities of
the Daughter of Judah. He brought to
the ground and
defiled her kingdom and its princes.
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an
adversary, and
slew all that were pleasant to
the eye in
the tabernacle of
the daughter of
Zion: he poured out his
fury like fire.
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a
foe He has killed all who were pleasing to
the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on
the tent of
the Daughter of
Zion.
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath
swallowed up Israel, he hath
swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in
the daughter of Judah
mourning and
lamentation.
The Lord is like an enemy; He has
swallowed up Israel. He has
swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied
mourning and
lamentation for
the Daughter of Judah.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of
the assembly:
the LORD hath caused
the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in
Zion, and hath
despised in
the indignation of his anger
the king and
the priest.
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden
booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting.
The LORD has made
Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has
despised both king and priest.
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath
abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into
the hand of
the enemy
the walls of her palaces;
they have made a noise in
the house of
the LORD, as in
the day of a solemn feast.
The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered
the walls of her palaces into
the hand of
the enemy.
They have raised a
shout in
the house of
the LORD as on
the day of an appointed feast.
The LORD hath purposed to destroy
the wall of
the daughter of
Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying:
therefore he made
the rampart and
the wall to
lament;
they languished together.
The LORD determined to destroy
the wall of
the Daughter of
Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made
the ramparts and walls
lament; together
they waste away.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
Her gates have sunk into
the ground; He has destroyed and
shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among
the nations,
the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from
the LORD.
The elders of
the daughter of
Zion sit upon
the ground, and keep silence:
they have cast up dust upon
their heads;
they have
girded themselves with
sackcloth:
the virgins of Jerusalem
hang down
their heads to
the ground.
The elders of
the Daughter of
Zion sit on
the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on
their heads and put on
sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem have bowed
their heads to
the ground.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my
bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon
the earth, for
the destruction of
the daughter of my people; because
the children and
the sucklings
swoon in
the streets of
the city.
My eyes fail from
weeping; I am
churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over
the destruction of
the daughter of my people, because children and infants
faint in
the streets of
the city.
They say to
their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when
they swooned as
the wounded in
the streets of
the city, when
their soul was poured out into
their mothers’
bosom.
They cry out to
their mothers: “Where is
the grain and wine?” as
they faint like
the wounded in
the streets of
the city, as
their lives
fade away in
the arms of
their mothers.
What thing shall I take to witness for
thee? what thing shall I
liken to
thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to
thee, that I may comfort
thee, O virgin daughter of
Zion? for thy breach is great like
the sea: who can
heal thee?
What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I
liken you, that I may
console you, O Virgin Daughter of
Zion? For your wound is as deep as
the sea. Who can ever
heal you?
Thy prophets have seen vain and
foolish things for
thee: and
they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for
thee false burdens and causes of
banishment.
The visions of your prophets were empty and
deceptive;
they did not
expose your guilt to ward off your captivity.
The burdens
they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
All that pass by
clap their hands at
thee;
they hiss and
wag their head at
the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this
the city that men call
The perfection of beauty,
The joy of
the whole earth?
All who pass by
clap their hands at you in
scorn.
They hiss and
shake their heads at
the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this
the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of all
the earth?”
All thine enemies have opened
their mouth against
thee:
they hiss and
gnash the teeth:
they say, We have
swallowed her up: certainly this is
the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
All your enemies open
their mouths against you.
They hiss and
gnash their teeth, saying, “We have
swallowed her up. This is
the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in
the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not
pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to
rejoice over
thee, he hath set up
the horn of thine
adversaries.
The LORD has done what He
planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without
pity. He has let
the enemy
gloat over you and
exalted the horn of your foes.
Their heart
cried unto
the Lord, O wall of
the daughter of
Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give
thyself no rest; let not
the apple of thine eye cease.
The hearts of
the people cry out to
the Lord. O wall of
the Daughter of
Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give
yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
Arise, cry out in
the night: in
the beginning of
the watches pour out thine heart like water before
the face of
the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for
the life of thy young children, that
faint for hunger in
the top of every street.
Arise, cry out in
the night from
the first watch of
the night. Pour out your heart like water in
the presence of
the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for
the lives of your children who are
fainting from hunger on
the corner of every street.
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat
their offspring,
the infants
they have
nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in
the sanctuary of
the Lord?
The young and
the old lie on
the ground in
the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by
the sword; thou hast slain
them in
the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not
pitied.
Both young and old lie together in
the dust of
the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by
the sword. You have slain
them in
the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered
them without
compassion.
Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in
the day of
the LORD’S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have
swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
You summoned my attackers on every side, as for
the day of an appointed feast. In
the day of
the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I
nurtured and reared.
I am
the man that hath seen
affliction by
the rod of his wrath.
I am
the man who has seen
affliction under
the rod of God’s wrath.
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for
the arrow.
He bent His bow and set me as
the target for His
arrow.
He hath caused
the arrows of his
quiver to enter into my
reins.
He pierced my
kidneys with His arrows.
I was a
derision to all my people; and
their song all
the day.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
He has ground my teeth with gravel and
trampled me in
the dust.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
My soul hath
them still in
remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
It is of
the LORD’S
mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Because of
the loving devotion of
the LORD we are not consumed, for His
mercies never fail.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Let him
bury his face in
the dust— perhaps
there is still hope.
He giveth his
cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Let him offer his
cheek to
the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
For
the Lord will not cast us off
forever.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have
compassion according to
the multitude of his
mercies.
Even if He causes grief, He will show
compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
To
crush under his feet all
the prisoners of
the earth,
To
crush underfoot all
the prisoners of
the land,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
to deny a man justice before the Most High,
To
subvert a man in his cause,
the Lord approveth not.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Do not both
adversity and good come from
the mouth of
the Most High?
Wherefore
doth a living man
complain, a man for
the punishment of his sins?
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.