Job 6:15

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Summary

Job 6:15

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

My brethren

As the stream

Jeremiah 15:18

Jude 1:12

Bible References

My brethren

“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.

loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.

You have removed lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

‘All your lovers have forgotten you,
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the punishment of a cruel one,
Because your iniquity is great
And your sins are numerous.

Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard your lips.

I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

As the stream

Why has my pain been perpetual
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream
With water that is unreliable?

These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;