Thematic Bible: Dishonour


Thematic Bible



Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent”
people will curse him, and tribes will denounce him;

And you, devastated one, what are you doing
that you dress yourself in scarlet,
that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,
that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
You beautify yourself for nothing.
Your lovers reject you;
they want to take your life.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
and a man who schemes is hated.

There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?

A man is praised for his insight,
but a twisted mind is despised.


It claps its hands at him
and scorns him from its place.

The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”


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