Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.

And you, devastated one, what [do] you do, that you put on crimson, that you adorn yourself [with] ornaments of gold, that you make your eyes look bigger with the eye make-up? In vain you beautify yourself. [Your] lovers reject you; they seek your life.

He who is short of {temper} will act foolishly, and the man who schemes will be hated.

There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you will clap [their] hands [for joy] concerning you, {For who has not suffered at the hands of your endless cruelty}?

For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.


It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.

And [the] righteous will see and fear, and will laugh at him, [saying],

"And they shall go out and look at the corpses of the people {who have rebelled} against me, for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."


Ah! Those who call evil good and good evil, those who put darkness for light and light for darkness, those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him. But they who rebuke will have delight, and upon them blessings of goodness will come.

You have wearied Yahweh with your words, but you ask, "With what have we wearied [him]?" [You have done so] {when you say}, "Everyone who does evil [is] good in the {sight} of Yahweh, and in them he delights," or "Where [is] the God of justice?"


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.


Ah! Heroes at drinking wine, and men of capability at mixing strong drink! Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.



Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

Ah! Those who call evil good and good evil, those who put darkness for light and light for darkness, those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

You have wearied Yahweh with your words, but you ask, "With what have we wearied [him]?" [You have done so] {when you say}, "Everyone who does evil [is] good in the {sight} of Yahweh, and in them he delights," or "Where [is] the God of justice?"

Because [you] disheartened [the] heart of [the] righteous [by] deception, and I have not caused him pain, and strengthened [the] hands of [the] wicked [so that he did] not turn from his wicked way to save his life.


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him. But they who rebuke will have delight, and upon them blessings of goodness will come.

He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked {gets hurt}.


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.



Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

Ah! Those who call evil good and good evil, those who put darkness for light and light for darkness, those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

You have wearied Yahweh with your words, but you ask, "With what have we wearied [him]?" [You have done so] {when you say}, "Everyone who does evil [is] good in the {sight} of Yahweh, and in them he delights," or "Where [is] the God of justice?"

Because [you] disheartened [the] heart of [the] righteous [by] deception, and I have not caused him pain, and strengthened [the] hands of [the] wicked [so that he did] not turn from his wicked way to save his life.


Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.

And you, devastated one, what [do] you do, that you put on crimson, that you adorn yourself [with] ornaments of gold, that you make your eyes look bigger with the eye make-up? In vain you beautify yourself. [Your] lovers reject you; they seek your life.

He who is short of {temper} will act foolishly, and the man who schemes will be hated.

There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you will clap [their] hands [for joy] concerning you, {For who has not suffered at the hands of your endless cruelty}?

For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.


It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.

And [the] righteous will see and fear, and will laugh at him, [saying],

"And they shall go out and look at the corpses of the people {who have rebelled} against me, for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."