Ecclesiastes 5:8

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

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Summary

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Thou seest

Habakkuk 1:2

Marvel

Zechariah 8:6

1 John 3:13

Revelation 17:6

Matter

Romans 11:33

For

Isaiah 57:15

Luke 1:32

Regardeth

Higher than they

Acts 12:7

General references

Bible References

Thou seest

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.

Marvel

This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wonder to me? says the Lord of armies.

Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.

Matter

Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!

Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

For

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

Regardeth

Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

Higher than they

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

General references

Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.