Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul, - The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.



Now, therefore hear this, Thou Lady of pleasure Who dwelleth securely, Who saith in her heart, - I, am , and there is no one besides, I shall not sit a widow, Nor know loss of children.

And, they, slighting it, went off, one, indeed, into his own field, and, another, unto his merchandise, -

Alas for the careless in Zion, and for them who put confidence in the mountain of Samaria, - the distinguished among the first group of nations, to whom came in the house of Israel.

And there was none To call upon thy Name, To rouse himself to lay firm hold on thee, - For thou hadst hidden thy face from us, And hadst made us despond, by means of our iniquity.

Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul, - The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.

And it shall come to pass, at that time, that I will search through Jerusalem, with lamps, - and will punish the men who are thickened upon their lees, who are saying in their heart, Yahweh, will not give blessing, neither will he bring calamity.

Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech: -


Alas for the careless in Zion, and for them who put confidence in the mountain of Samaria, - the distinguished among the first group of nations, to whom came in the house of Israel.

Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul, - The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.

The noise of careless throng also, was with her, And besides men out of the mass of mankind, there wore brought in drunkards, out of the desert; And they put bracelets upon the hands of both women, And crowns of adorning upon their heads.

And so they have healed the grievous wound of my people, slightly, Saying, Peace, peace, when there was no peace,

Because, yea, even because, they have led astray my people saying. Prosperity! when there was no prosperity, - and one man, was building a partition wall, when there they were! eating it with whitewash


For lo! the day, cometh, that burneth as a furnace, - and, all the proud and everyone who worketh lawlessness, shall be, stubble, and the day that cometh, shall consume them utterly, saith Yahweh of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.


Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty - afar off, doth he acknowledge.

Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul, - The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.

He is beclouded, knowing, nothing, rightly, but is diseased about questionings, and word-battles - out of which spring envy, strife, defamations, wicked surmising,


Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.

Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.

Now, therefore, we are pronouncing happy - the proud, - and, the doers of lawlessness have, even been built up, and, they who have put God to the proof, have even been delivered.


Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul, - The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.

I have become a derision to all my people, their song all the day;

On their downsitting and their uprising, do thou look, I, am their song.