Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



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


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.”


Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"- people will curse him, and tribes will denounce him; but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a generous blessing will come to them.

You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”


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


Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, who are fearless at mixing beer, who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.


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



Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies, even though I have not caused him grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil way to save his life,


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"- people will curse him, and tribes will denounce him; but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a generous blessing will come to them.

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.


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



Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies, even though I have not caused him grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil way to save his life,


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.”