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And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top [reaches to] the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz returned and took the cities from the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael which he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in the war. Three times Jehoash defeated him and recovered the towns of Israel.
Yet the people who are inhabiting [it are] strong and the cities [are] fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the descendants of the Anakites there.
If perhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city, will you also sweep [them] away and not forgive the place on account of the fifty righteous in her midst?
And he gathered all the food of the seven years which [occurred] in the land of Egypt. And he stored the food in the cities. The food of the field that surrounded [each] city he stored in its midst.
"And then it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God will bring you to the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you large and fine cities that you did not build,
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
Corruption » In politics in the church » The prevalence of violence
For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.
They covet fields and seize [them], and houses, and they take [them] away. They oppress a man and his house; a man and his inheritance.
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh [has] come before me, for the earth was filled [with] violence because of them. Now, look, I [am going] to destroy them [along] with the earth.
They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them].
Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.
As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose.
"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Strife » Punishment for
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.
They covet fields and seize [them], and houses, and they take [them] away. They oppress a man and his house; a man and his inheritance.
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh [has] come before me, for the earth was filled [with] violence because of them. Now, look, I [am going] to destroy them [along] with the earth.
They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them].
Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.
As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose.
"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
The world » Conformity to forbidden creation of » Filled with violence
For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.
They covet fields and seize [them], and houses, and they take [them] away. They oppress a man and his house; a man and his inheritance.
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh [has] come before me, for the earth was filled [with] violence because of them. Now, look, I [am going] to destroy them [along] with the earth.
They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them].
Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.
As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose.
"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.