“If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then scorns and hates her,

This is the word the Lord has spoken against him:Virgin Daughter Ziondespises you and scorns you:Daughter Jerusalemshakes her head behind your back.

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

“He scorns the tumult of the city,The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

Remember this: The enemy scorns the LORD and a foolish people despises your name.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners,Yet He gives His grace [His undeserved favor] to the humble [those who give up self-importance].

A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

The eye that mocks a fatherAnd scorns a mother,The ravens of the valley will pick it out,And the young eagles will eat it.

this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:Virgin Daughter Ziondespises you and scorns you:Daughter Jerusalem shakes her headbehind your back.

For who scorns the day of small things? These seven eyes of the Lord, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”