Thematic Bible: Denunciations against those who
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Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Oppressed
Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine, Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth for his people: 'Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more. And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!'
And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Thy saviour, and thy redeemer, Am the Mighty One of Jacob!'
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Slaughtered
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps, They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth. They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying. read more.
We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders. Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire. Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name. For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.
We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders. Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire. Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name. For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.
Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end: Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Cursed
peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee are cursed, and those who bless thee are blessed.'
He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee is blessed, And he who is cursing thee is cursed.'
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Hated
Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end: Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Contended with
For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.
Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Aggravated the afflictions of
And the messenger who is speaking with me, saith unto me, 'Call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion with great zeal. And with great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance. Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it is.
Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges? Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them? Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up
There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil. And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;
ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, unlawfully
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Trust in
Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Spend, upon their appetite
Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out. Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Receive their consolation from
But woe to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.