Proverbs 14:34 Cross References - Rotherham

³⁴ Righteousness, exalteth a nation, but, a reproach to any people, is sin.

⁶ Therefore shall ye observe, and do [them], for, that, will be your wisdom, and discernment, in the eyes of the peoples,––who will hear all these statutes, and will say––Nevertheless, a people wise and discerning, is this great nation. ⁷ For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it,––like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him. ⁸ Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you, today?

¹ And it shall be, if thou wilt, hearken, unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I am commanding thee, today, then will Yahweh thy God set thee on high, above all the nations of the earth; ² and all these blessings shall come in upon thee, and reach thee,––because thou dost hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God:–– ³ Blessed, shalt thou be in the city,––and, blessed, shalt thou be in the field: ⁴ Blessed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,––the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock: ⁵ Blessed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading–trough: ⁶ Blessed, shalt thou be when thou comest in,––and, blessed, shalt thou be when thou goest out: ⁷ Yahweh will deliver thine enemies who rise up against thee, to be routed before thee,––one way, shall they come out against thee, and, seven ways, shall they flee before thee: ⁸ Yahweh will command to be with thee, the blessing, in thy storehouses, and in all whereunto thou settest thy hand,––and will bless thee in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee: ⁹ Yahweh will confirm thee unto himself for a holy people, as he sware unto thee,––because thou dost keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God, and dost walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth shall see that, the name of Yahweh, hath been called upon thee,––and shall be afraid of thee. ¹¹ And Yahweh will cause thee to abound in that which is good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy soil,––upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, to give unto thee: ¹² Yahweh will open unto thee his rich storehouse––the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless every work of thy hand, so shalt thou lend unto many nations, but, thou, shalt not borrow: ¹³ And Yahweh, will give thee, to be the head, and not the tail, and thou shalt be only above, and shalt not be beneath,––because thou dost hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh thy God, which I am commanding thee, today, to observe and to do; ¹⁴ and dost not turn side from any of the words which I am commanding you today, to the right hand or to the left,––to go after other gods, to serve them.
¹⁵ But it shall be, if thou do not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding thee, today, then shall come in upon thee all these curses, and shall reach thee:–– ¹⁶ Cursed, shalt thou be in the city,––and, cursed, shalt thou be in the field: ¹⁷ Cursed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading–trough: ¹⁸ Cursed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,––the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock: ¹⁹ Cursed, shalt thou be, when thou comest in,––and, cursed, shalt thou be, when thou goest out: ²⁰ Yahweh will send upon thee cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all whereunto thou settest thy hand, that thou mayest do it,––until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. ²¹ Yahweh will cause to cleave unto thee––the pestilence,––until he hath consumed thee, from off the soil, which thou art entering to possess. ²² Yahweh, will smite thee, with consumption and with fever, and with inflammation and with violent heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew,––and they shall pursue thee, until thou perish. ²³ And thy heavens which are over thy head, shall become bronze,––and the earth which is under thee iron. ²⁴ Yahweh will cause the rain of thy land to be powder and dust,––out of the heavens, shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. ²⁵ Yahweh, will give thee up to be routed before thine enemies, one way, shalt thou go out against them, and, seven ways, shalt thou flee before them,––and thou shalt become a terror unto all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ And thy dead body shall become food for every bird of the heavens, and for the beast of the earth,––with none to fright them away. ²⁷ Yahweh, will smite thee, with the burning sores of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with scab, and with itch,––of which thou canst not be healed. ²⁸ Yahweh, will smite thee, with madness, and with blindness,––and with terror of heart; ²⁹ and thou shalt he groping about in noonday brightness, as the blind man gropeth in thick darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosper,––but shalt be only oppressed and spoiled, all the days, with none to save. ³⁰ A wife, shalt thou betroth, and, another man, shall lie with her. A house, shalt thou build, and shalt not dwell therein,––A vineyard, shalt thou plant, and shalt not throw it open; ³¹ Thine ox slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof, Thine ass stolen from before thee, and shall not be restored to thee,––Thy flock given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save. ³² Thy sons and thy daughters given to another people, thine eyes looking on, and failing for them all the day, thine own hand being powerless. ³³ The fruit of thy soil, and all thy toilsome produce, shall a people whom thou knowest not, eat up,––and, thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed, all the days; ³⁴ so that thou shalt be mad,––for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ³⁵ Yahweh, will smite thee, with a grievous boil, upon the knees and upon the legs, of which thou canst not be healed,––from the sole of thy foot, even unto the crown of thy head. ³⁶ Yahweh will bring thee, and thy king whom thou wilt set up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers,––and thou shalt serve, there, other gods, of wood and of stone. ³⁷ Thus shalt thou become a horror, a byword, and a mockery,––among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God will drive thee. ³⁸ Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field,––and, little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it. ³⁹ Vineyards, shalt thou plant, and dress,––but, wine, shalt thou not drink, neither shalt thou gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. ⁴⁰ Olive trees, shalt thou have in all thy bounds,––but, with oil, shalt thou not anoint thyself, for thine olives, shall drop off. ⁴¹ Sons and daughters, shalt thou beget,––and they shall not be thine, for they shall go into captivity. ⁴² All thy trees, and the fruit of thy ground, shall the grasshopper, devour. ⁴³ The sojourner who is in thy midst, shall mount up above thee, higher and higher,––whereas, thou, shalt come down, lower and lower: ⁴⁴ he, shall lend to thee, but, thou, shalt not lend to him,––he, shall become head, and, thou, shalt become tail.
⁴⁵ Moreover, all these curses, shall come in upon thee, and pursue thee and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed,––because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee; ⁴⁶ and they shall be upon thee, for a sign, and for a wonder,––and upon thy seed, unto times age–abiding. ⁴⁷ Because thou servedst not Yahweh thy God, with rejoicing, and with gladness of heart, for abundance of all things, ⁴⁸ therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, whom Yahweh will send against thee, with hunger, and with thirst, and with nakedness, and with want of all things,––and he, will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he hath destroyed thee. ⁴⁹ Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,––a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand; ⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance,––who wilt not respect an elder, nor to the young, show favour; ⁵¹ then shall he eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground, until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,––until he hath caused thee to perish. ⁵² And he shall lay siege to thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou wast trusting, in all thy land,––yea he will lay siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which, Yahweh thy God, hath given, unto thee. ⁵³ And thou wilt eat the fruit of thy body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Yahweh thy God, hath given unto thee––in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy will straiten thee. ⁵⁴ The man that is tender among you, and exceedingly delicate, his eye will be jealous of his brother, and of the wife of his bosom, and of the remnant of his sons, whom be might leave behind; ⁵⁵ so that he will not give to any one of them, of the flesh of his sons which he will eat, because he hath nothing at all left him,––in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy, will straiten thee, within all thy gates. ⁵⁶ The tender and delicate woman among you, who hath never adventured the sole of her foot, to set it upon the ground, through delicateness and through tenderness, her eye shall be jealous of the husband of her bosom, and of her own son, and of her own daughter; ⁵⁷ both as to her afterbirth that cometh forth from between her feet, and as to her children which she shall bear, for she will eat them for want of all things, secretly,––in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy, will straiten thee, within thine own gates. ⁵⁸ If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law, which are written in this scroll,––to revere this glorious and reverend name, Yahweh thy God, ⁵⁹ then will Yahweh make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,––plagues great and lasting, and diseases grievous and lasting; ⁶⁰ and he will bring back on thee all the sickness of Egypt, because of which thou wast afraid,––and they shall cleave unto thee; ⁶¹ even every disease and, every plague, which are not written in this scroll of the law, will Yahweh bring up against thee, until thou art destroyed. ⁶² And ye shall be left men few in number, whereas ye had become as the stars of the heavens, for multitude,––because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh thy God. ⁶³ And it shall come to pass that, as Yahweh rejoiced over you, to do you good, and to multiply you, so, will Yahweh rejoice over you, to cause you to perish, and, to destroy you,––and ye shall be torn away, from off the soil, whither thou art going in to possess it; ⁶⁴ and Yahweh will scatter thee among all the peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth,––and thou wilt serve there, other gods, whom thou hast not known––thou, nor thy fathers,––of wood and of stone. ⁶⁵ And, among those nations, shalt thou find no ease, neither shall there be a place of rest for the sole of thy foot,––but, Yahweh will give unto thee, there, a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and faintness of soul. ⁶⁶ And thy life will be hung up for thee in front,––and thou wilt be in dread by night and by day, and wilt not trust in thy life. ⁶⁷ In the morning, thou wilt say––Oh that it were evening! and, in the evening, thou wilt say––Oh that it were morning! because of the dread of thy heart, which thou wilt dread, and because of the sight of thine eyes, which thou wilt see. ⁶⁸ And Yahweh, will take thee back again, to Egypt, in ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt not again any more see it. And ye will offer yourselves there for sale unto thine enemies, as servants, and as handmaids, with no one to buy.

¹⁸ Lest there be among you––a man or a woman, or a family or a tribe, whose heart is turning today, from Yahweh our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations,––lest there be among you, a root fruitful of poison and wormwood; ¹⁹ and so it come to pass, while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart––saying, Prosperity, shall I have, although, in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on,––so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst: ²⁰ Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, but, then, will the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy smoke against that man, and all the oath that is written in this scroll, shall settle down upon him,––and Yahweh wipe out his name from under the heavens; ²¹ and Yahweh single him out for calamity, out of all the tribes of Israel,––according to all the oaths of the covenant that is written in this scroll of the law. ²² So that the generation coming after––your sons who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come in from a far–off land, will say––when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses thereof wherewith Yahweh hath made it sick: ²³ brimstone and salt, burning up all the land thereof, it shall not be sown, neither shall it shoot forth, neither shall there come up thereon any herbage,––like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrow in his anger and in his wrath: ²⁴ yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger? ²⁵ Then will men say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers,––which he solemnised with them, when he brought them forth, out of the land of Egypt; ²⁶ and went and served other gods, and bowed down to them,––gods which they had not known, and in which he had given them no share: ²⁷ therefore did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon that land,––to bring in upon it all the curse that is written in this scroll; ²⁸ and therefore hath Yahweh, rooted them out, from off their own soil, in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation,––and cast them into another land, as at this day.

⁶ Now, when Joshua had let the people go, the sons of Israel went their way, every man to his inheritance, to take possession of the land. ⁷ And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua,––and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh which he had wrought for Israel. ⁸ So then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died,––being a hundred and ten years old. ⁹ And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance, in Timnath–heres, in the hill country of Ephraim,––on the north of Mount Gaash. ¹⁰ All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,––and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel. ¹¹ So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,––and served the Baals; ¹² and forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them,––and angered Yahweh. ¹³ Yea, they forsook Yahweh,––and did service unto the Baal and unto Ashtaroth. ¹⁴ Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers, who plundered them,––and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

³⁴ A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.

² Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying––Thus, saith Yahweh, I remember, in thy behalf, the lovingkindness of thy youthful days, The love of thy bridal estate,––Thy coming out after me, Through the desert, Through a land, not sown: ³ Holiness, was Israel unto Yahweh, The firstfruit of his increase,––All that devoured it, were held guilty, Calamity, used to come upon them,––Declareth Yahweh. ⁴ Hear ye the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, And all the families of the house of Israel. ⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh,––What did your fathers find in me, by way of perversity, that they removed far from me,––and went after vanity, and became vain? ⁶ Neither said they, Where is Yahweh, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,––Who led us: Through the desert, Through a land of wastes and clefts, Through a land of parched places and of death–shade, Through a land, Along which no man had passed, And in which no son of earth dwelt? ⁷ Then brought, I, you into a country of garden, land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof,––and yet, when ye entered, then defiled ye my land, and, mine inheritance, ye made an abomination. ⁸ The priests, said not, Where, is Yahweh? And, they who handled the law, did not acknowledge me, And, the shepherds, transgressed against me,––And, the prophets, prophesied by Baal, And so, after things that could not profit, did they walk.
⁹ Therefore, yet further, will I plead with you, Declareth Yahweh, Yea, with your children’s children, will I plead. ¹⁰ For––pass through the coastlands of the West, and see, And, unto Kedar, send ye and, consider diligently,––And see––whether there hath been the like of this! ¹¹ Hath, a nation, changed, gods, although, they, were No–gods? Yet, my people, have changed my glory, for that which could not profit! ¹² Be amazed, O ye heavens, at this,––And shudder, be dried up utterly, Urgeth Yahweh. ¹³ For, two wicked things, have my people committed,––Me, have they forsaken, a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves, cisterns, broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.
¹⁴ Was Israel, a servant? Born in the house, was, he? Wherefore hath he become a prey? ¹⁵ Against him, have been roaring, wild lions, They have uttered their voice,––and have made his land a desolation, His cities, have been burned, so as to have no inhabitant. ¹⁶ Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes, have been crushing the crown of the head. ¹⁷ Is not this, what thou wast certain to do for thyself,––in that thou didst forsake Yahweh thy God, when he was leading thee by the way? ¹⁸ Now, therefore, what hast thou to do with the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? Or what hast thou to do with the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River[=Euphrates]? ¹⁹ Let thy wickedness correct, thee, And, thine apostasies, rebuke thee, Know therefore and see, That it is a wicked thing and a bitter, that thou shouldest have forsaken Yahweh thy God,––And that the dread of me, should not have pertained to thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
²⁰ For, in age–past time, I brake thy yoke, I tare off thy fetters, And thou saidst, I will not transgress,––Nevertheless, on every high hill, and under every green tree, wast thou lying down as an unchaste woman. ²¹ Yet, I, planted thee a precious vine, a wholly true seed,––How then didst thou change thyself towards me, into the degenerate plantings of the alien vine? ²² For, though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity inscribed, before me, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. ²³ How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own, what thou hast done,––A nimble young she–camel, crossing her own ways; ²⁴ A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her! ²⁵ Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst! But thou saidst, Hopeless! No! for I love foreigners, and, after them, will I go.

¹ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: ² Son of man, Let Jerusalem know her abominations, ³ Therefore shalt thou say––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To Jerusalem, Thine origin and thy birth, were of the land of the Canaanite,––Thy father, was the Amorite, And, thy mother, a Hittite, ⁴ And, as for thy birth, in the day thou wast born, Thy navel–cord was not cut, And, in water, wast thou not bathed, to cleanse thee,––And, as for being salted, thou was not salted, And, as for being bandaged, thou wast not bandaged. ⁵ No eye, threw a shield over thee, by doing for thee one of these things, taking pity on thee,––But thou wast cast out, on the face of the field, Because thy person, was abhorred, in the day thou wast born.
⁶ And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, thrusting about thee in thy blood, And said to thee––Despite thy blood, live! Yea I said to thee––Despite thy blood, live! ⁷ Into myriads––like the bud of the field, made I thee, And thou didst increase, and become well–grown, and didst attain to most excellent adornments,––Thy breasts, were well–formed, And, thy hair, was grown, But, thou thyself, wast utterly naked. ⁸ And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and lo! thy time, was the time for endearments, So I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy shame,––And took an oath to thee, And entered into covenant with thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, And thou didst become mine. ⁹ And I bathed thee in water, and rinsed thy blood from off thee, And anointed thee with oil; ¹⁰ And clothed thee with an embroidered dress, And sandalled thee in red leather,––And wrapped thee about with fine linen, And put over thee a mantle of silk. ¹¹ Then decked I thee with ornaments,––And put bracelets upon thy hands, And a neckchain upon thy throat; ¹² And put a nose–jewel upon thy nose, And earrings in thine ears,––And a crown of adorning, upon thy head. ¹³ Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, And, thy raiment, was of fine linen and silk, and embroidered work, Fine flour and honey and oil, didst thou eat,––And so thou becamest exceedingly, beautiful, And didst attain unto royalty. ¹⁴ Then went forth thy fame among the nations, for thy beauty,––For, perfect, it was––in my splendour which I had put upon thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
¹⁵ Then didst thou trust in thy beauty, And become unchaste, because of thy fame,––And didst pour out thine unchastity upon every passer–by, his, it was! ¹⁶ Yea thou didst take of thy raiment and madest thee high places of hangings, And didst commit unchastity thereon,––Which ought not to have befallen, And not to have come to pass. ¹⁷ But thou didst take thine adorning, jewels, Of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, And didst make thee, images of the male,––And didst act unchastely with them; ¹⁸ And thou didst take thine embroidered raiment, and cover them,––And, mine oil and mine incense, didst thou set before them; ¹⁹ And my food, which I had given thee, Fine flour and oil and honey wherewith I fed thee, And didst set it before them for a satisfying, odour, Yea so it was,––Saith My Lord, Yahweh. ²⁰ And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, Whom thou hadst borne unto me, And didst sacrifice them unto them, to be devoured,––Is this, of thine unchastity, a light thing? ²¹ Yea thou didst slay my children,––And didst deliver them up, that they should be caused to pass through [the fire] unto them. ²² And, in all thine abominations, and thine unchaste ways, thou rememberedst not the days of thy youth,––When thou wast utterly naked. When thou wast, thrusting about thee in thy blood! ²³ And it came to pass, after all thy wickedness, Woe! Woe! to thee, Exclaimeth My Lord, Yahweh; ²⁴ That thou didst build thee a brothel,––and didst make thee a height, in every broadway: ²⁵ At the head of every road, didst thou build thy height, And bring thy beauty into disgust, And open thy feet to every passer–by, So didst thou make thine unchaste ways to abound. ²⁶ Then didst thou extend thine unchaste acts unto the sons of Egypt––thy neighbour, great of flesh,––And caused thine unchaste ways to abound, provoking me to anger. ²⁷ Lo! therefore, I have stretched out my hand against thee, And diminished thine allotted portion,––And have delivered thee up unto the desire of them who hate thee, The daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of thy lewd way. ²⁸ Thou didst also extend thine unchastity unto the sons of Assyria, because thou wast insatiable. Yet, though thou didst behave unchastely with them, yet, even so, couldst thou not be satisfied, ²⁹ Thou didst therefore cause thine unchaste ways to abound unto the land of Canaan, as towards Chaldea. Yet, even herewith, wast thou not satisfied. ³⁰ How weak was thy heart! Exclaimeth My Lord, Yahweh,––That thou couldst have done all these things, The doing of a lewd woman, without shame: ³¹ That thou couldst have built thy brothel at the head of every road, And, thy height, couldst have made in every broadway,––Yet becamest not as a harlot, to lay claim to a harlot’s hire. ³² A wife who committeth adultery, instead of her husband, accepteth strangers. ³³ To all harlots, they give a present,––But, thou, didst give thy, presents to all thy lovers, And didst bribe them, to come in unto thee from every side, in thine unchastity! ³⁴ And so there came about, in thee, the reverse of women, in thine unchastity, In that they, did not follow thee, for purposes of lewdness,––And in that thou, gavest a present, while, no present, was given to thee, So didst thou become, the reverse.
³⁵ Therefore, O harlot, hear thou the word of Yahweh; ³⁶ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––Because thy money, was poured out, and thy shame, was uncovered, in thine unchastity, unto thy lovers,––and unto all thine abominable manufactured gods, even as the blood of thy children, whom thou didst deliver up unto them, ³⁷ Therefore, behold me! gathering together all thy lovers, unto whom thou didst make thyself pleasant, Even all whom thou lovedst, With all whom thou hatedst,––Yea I will gather them, together unto thee from every side, And will uncover thy shame unto them, And they shall see all thy shame. ³⁸ So will I judge thee, with the judgments meted out to adulteresses and shedders of blood,––And will repay thee with the blood of indignation and jealousy; ³⁹ And will deliver thee, into their hand, And they shall pull down thy brothel, And break in pieces thy heights, And strip thee of thy raiment, And take away thine adorning, jewels,––And leave thee utterly naked. ⁴⁰ Then will they bring up against thee a gathered host, And they will stone thee with stones,––And cut thee to pieces with their swords; ⁴¹ And burn up thy houses with fire, And execute upon thee judgments, before the eyes of many women,––So will I cause thee to cease from acting unchastely, Moreover also, a present, shalt thou not give any more. ⁴² So will I let mine indignation find rest in thee, And my jealousy shall depart, from thee,––And I will be quiet, and not be provoked any more. ⁴³ Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, But hast enraged me with all these things, Therefore also, behold! I, thy way, upon thine own head, will place, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, And thou shalt not commit a crime above all thine abominations!
⁴⁴ Lo! every one who useth proverbs, against thee, shall use a proverb, saying,––Like the mother, [so] her daughter! ⁴⁵ The daughter of thy mother, thou art! One abhorring her own husband, and her own children,––Yea, the sister of thy sisters, thou art, Who abhorred their own husbands, and their own children, Your mother, was a Hittite, And, your father, an Amorite. ⁴⁶ And, thine elder sister, was Samaria, she and her daughters, dwelling on thy left hand,––And, thy sister younger than thou, dwelling on thy right hand, was Sodom, and her daughters. ⁴⁷ Yet, not in their ways, didst thou walk, nor, according to their abominations, didst thou do,––As though that were quite too little, thou didst corrupt thyself beyond them, in all thy ways. ⁴⁸ As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Very! Sodom thy sister had not done, neither she nor her daughters,––as, thou and thy daughters, have done. ⁴⁹ Lo! this, became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,––Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security, came to her and to her daughters, And, the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not. ⁵⁰ So then they became haughty, and committed abomination before me,––And I took them away, when I saw [it], ⁵¹ Nor did, Samaria, commit, one–half thy sins,––But thou didst multiply thine abominations more than they, And didst cause thy sisters to appear righteous, by all the abominations which thou didst commit. ⁵² Thou also, bear thine own reproach, which thou didst adjudge to thy sisters, by thy sins, in which thou wast more abominable than they, thou didst make them appear more righteous than thou,––Thou also, therefore, turn thou pale, and bear thine own reproach, for making thy sisters appear righteous! ⁵³ When therefore I bring back their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, Then will I bring back thy captivities in their midst: ⁵⁴ That thou mayest bear thine own reproach, And take to thyself reproach, because of all that thou didst in comforting them. ⁵⁵ When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, And Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, Then, thou and thy daughters, shall return to your former estate. ⁵⁶ And Sodom thy sister was never heard in thy mouth,––In the day of thy pride: ⁵⁷ Before thy wickedness was discovered, As, now, [thou art] the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all round about her, the daughters of the Philistines,––who are despising thee, on every side. ⁵⁸ As for thy crime, and thine abominations, thou thyself, dost bear them,––Declareth Yahweh. ⁵⁹ For, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I deal with thee, just as thou hast dealt,––In that thou didst despise an oath, by breaking a covenant.
⁶⁰ Therefore will, I, remember my covenant with thee, in the days of thy youth,––And will establish for thee, a covenant age–abiding. ⁶¹ Thou shalt therefore remember thy ways, and take to thyself reproach, by receiving thy sisters, The older than thou, And the younger than thou,––And I will give them unto thee for daughters, Though not by thine own covenant. ⁶² But, I myself, will establish my covenant with, thee––And thou shalt know, that, I, am Yahweh: ⁶³ To the end thou mayest remember, and turn pale, and there be to thee, no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,––In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee, as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

¹ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: ² Thou, therefore, son of man, Wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge, the city of bloodshed; and cause her to know all her abominations? ³ Thou shalt say then, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, A city shedding blood in her own midst, That her time, might come, Therefore hath she been making manufactured gods for herself, to be defiled. ⁴ Because of the blood which thou hast shed, hast thou become guilty, And, with the manufactured gods which thou hast made, hast thou defiled thyself, Thus hast thou brought near thy days, And hast come unto thy years,––For this cause, have I delivered thee, As a reproach, to the nations, And as a derision, to all the lands. ⁵ They who are near, and they who are far off from thee, shall shew themselves derisive over thee,––O thou of impure name, abounding in confusion! ⁶ Lo! the, princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood. ⁷ Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression, in the midst of thee,––The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee: ⁸ My holy things, hast thou despised,––And, my sabbaths, hast thou profaned: ⁹ Slanders, have arisen in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––And, unto the mountains, have they eaten in thee, Lewdness, have they practised in the midst of thee: ¹⁰ A father’s shame, hath been uncovered in thee, Her that was unclean in her removal, have they humbled in thee; ¹¹ And, one man, with the wife of his neighbour, hath wrought abomination, And, another, hath defiled, his daughter–in–law, by shameful deed,––And, another, his own sister, daughter of his own father, hath humbled in thee: ¹² Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––Interest and increase, hast thou accepted, And thou hast overreached thy neighbour, by oppression, And, me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. ¹³ Lo! therefore, I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made––And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst. ¹⁴ Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days when I, am dealing with thee? I, Yahweh, have spoken, and will perform. ¹⁵ Therefore will I disperse thee among the nations, And scatter thee throughout the lands,––And will cause to cease thine impurity out of thee; ¹⁶ So shalt thou be profaned in thyself, before the eyes of nations, Thus shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.
¹⁷ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: ¹⁸ Son of man, The house of Israel, hath become to me, dross,––They all, are copper and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of a furnace, The dross of silver, have they become. ¹⁹ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye all are become dross, Therefore, behold me! gathering you, into the midst of Jerusalem: ²⁰ As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin, into the midst of a furnace, to blow upon it the fire, to melt it, So, will I gather, in mine anger and in mine indignation, and will let be, and will melt you; ²¹ Yea I will gather you, together, and blow upon you, with the fire of my wrath,––And ye shall be melted in the midst thereof: ²² As silver is melted, in he midst of a furnace, So, shall ye be melted in the midst thereof,––Then shall ye know, that, I Yahweh, have poured out mine indignation upon you.
²³ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:

¹ When Ephraim, spake, there was terror, exalted was, he, in Israel,––but, when he became guilty with Baal, then he died.