Thematic Bible: Dishonour


Thematic Bible



He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your lovers despise you;
They seek your life.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of evil devices is hated.

There is no relief for your breakdown,
Your wound is incurable.
All who hear about you
Will clap their hands over you,
For on whom has not your evil passed continually?

A man will be praised according to his insight,
But one of perverse mind will be despised.


“Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.

The righteous will see and fear,
And will laugh at him, saying,

“Then they will go forth and look
On the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm will not die
And their fire will not be quenched;
And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”