Ecclesiastes 5:8 Cross References - Thomson

⁸ If thou seest a frivolous accusation of a poor man, and a rigorous exaction of judgment and justice in a country, marvel not at the matter. Because there is a high one over a high one to watch, and high ones are for these things,

¹⁹ And thou shalt speak to him, and say, Thus saith the Lord, As thou hast murdered and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthi, there shall the dogs lick thy blood, and harlots shall bathe themselves in thy blood. ²⁰ And Achab said to Elias, Hast thou found me, my enemy? To which he replied, I have found thee. Because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to wrath,

¹⁵ And when God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, and he was making havock, the Lord looked and relented at the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, Let this suffice thee. Stay thy hand. Now the angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Orna, the Jebusite. ¹⁶ And when David raised his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, he and all the elders being clad in sackcloth, fell on their faces,

¹⁹ Because he broke up the families of princes; and plundered dwellings and suffered them not to stand ²⁰ There is no security for his possessions; nor shall he be saved by what he valueth highly. ²¹ Not a scrap of his provisions is left. His good things shall not, on this account, be renewed. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be afflicted, and all manner of distress shall come upon him. ²³ If by any means he be permitted to fill his belly; may he send against him fiery indignation, and pour upon him sorrows! ²⁴ Let him not escape from the edge of the sword! ²⁵ May the brasen bow wound him, and the dart pass through his body, and stars light on his dwellings! ²⁶ May terrors stalk around him and total darkness await him! An unkindled fire devoureth him. May his guest also afflict his family! ²⁷ may the heaven disclose his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him! ²⁸ May destruction bring his house to an end! Upon him may there come a day of wrath! ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from the Lord, and this his possession, from the superintending Being.

⁸ Now whatever hope a wicked man hath, that he persisteth; shall he who hath trusted in the Lord be indeed safe? ⁹ Or will God hear his prayer? Or when trouble cometh upon him, ¹⁰ hath he any assurance before him? Or upon his calling, will he hearken to him? ¹¹ But now let me tell you what is by the hand of the Lord. What are from the Almighty I will not falsify. ¹² Behold you all know that you heap vanity on vanities, saying, ¹³ "This is the portion of a wicked man from the Lord: and the possession of oppressors, which shall come to them from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If their children be many they shall be for slaughter; and if they grow up to men, they shall be beggars. ¹⁵ Those who are about him shall die by pestilence: and their widows none shall compassionate. ¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as dust; and store up gold as clay: ¹⁷ the righteous shall take charge of all these; and men of truth shall enjoy his wealth. ¹⁸ His house is gone like moths or like a cobweb. ¹⁹ He shall lie down rich but shall not continue so. He hath opened his eyes, and all is gone. ²⁰ Sorrows flowed in upon him like water. In a night a tempest swept him away. ²¹ A burning wind shall take him up and go he must. It shall blow him away out of his place. ²² He will dash upon him and will not spare. Should he by flight flee from his hand, ²³ he will cause them to clap their hands at him and will hiss him out of his place."

¹⁷ The Lord hath hearkened to the desire of the oppressed: Thine ear hath attended to the preparation of their heart; ¹⁸ to administer justice to the fatherless and the weak: That man may no longer continue his insolence in the land.

⁵ Because of the oppression of the poor; because of the groans of the needy; now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set in safety and speak boldly.

⁹ Confound, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I saw iniquity and contradiction in the city.

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the punishment of the wicked; he will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. ¹¹ And man will say, Since there is indeed a reward for the righteous, there is a God who judgeth those on the earth.

¹ A Psalm by Asaph. GOD standeth in the assembly of gods and in the midst he judgeth gods.

¹⁸ and let them know that thy name is the Lord; that thou alone art the Most High over all the earth.

³ that the Lord is a great God and a great king over all the Gods; and that the Lord will not cast off his people:

¹¹ A tattling chief cannot prosper in the land: evils will hunt to destruction a man of violence. ¹² I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the needy:

¹⁷ Them who love me, I love: and they who seek me shall find me.

¹⁶ and yet I saw under the sun a place of judgment; was the [[a] an objection, [b] the answer.] wicked there? and a place for the just; was the pious there?

¹ Then I turned and took a view of all the different sorts of oppression under the sun; and behold the tear of the oppressed and they have no comforter. Though from the hand of oppressors some have relief; yet others have no comforter.

¹⁵ Why do you injure my people; and cover with shame the face of the poor.

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel; and the men of Juda his beloved plant. I waited for their executing justice, but they committed injustice, and promoted not righteousness, but an outcry.

⁵ Ho! Assyrians! The rod of my wrath, even mine anger is in their hands, ⁶ I will send this anger of mine to a lawless nation; and I will order this people of mine to gather spoil and take the prey, and to trample down cities and lay them in the dust. ⁷ But he did not harbour such thoughts; nor did he reason thus in his mind; but his mind will prompt him to destroy nations not a few.

¹² But it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath accomplished his whole work on mount Sion and Jerusalem; that I will cast a look on the stout heart; on the chief ruler of the Assyrians, and on the loftiness of the glory of his eyes.

³⁶ Thereupon Sennacherim king of the Assyrians retreated and went and dwelt in Ninive.

¹⁰ who can declare events before they happen, as if they were already accomplished. When I have spoken, all my counsel shall stand; and all that I have determined, I will effect. ¹¹ Calling from the east a winged fowl, even from a far distant land, for purposes which I have resolved on, I have spoken and brought, I have created and made, I have brought it and made its way prosperous.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

¹³ We have sinned: we have lied, and turned back from following our God; we have spoken things unjust, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and meditated from our heart lying words, ¹⁴ we have indeed turned judgment backward, therefore saving mercy standeth aloof." [p] Because truth was destroyed in their ways and; they could not walk in straight paths; ¹⁵ and truth was removed and they substituted opinion in place of knowledge, therefore the Lord took a view, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. ¹⁶ When he took a view and there was no man; and made close observation, and there was no helper; then with his own arm he defended them and with mercy supported them.

¹⁷ Behold thine eyes are not good, neither is thy heart; but they are bent upon thine inordinate desires and on the shedding of innocent blood, and on injustice, and on murder; that thou mayst perpetrate these things. ¹⁸ Therefore thus saith the Lord respecting Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man, they shall not utter for him the lamentation "Alas Brother" nor shall they bewail him saying, "Alas lord" ¹⁹ He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; being blotted out he shall be cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.

⁶ Behold in thee the princes of the house of Israel banded themselves, every one with his relations, that they might shed blood. ⁷ In thee they reviled father and mother; and in thee practised injustice against the stranger. They oppressed the widow and the orphan; ⁸ and in thee they despised my holy things and profaned my sabbaths. ⁹ In thee men became robbers, that in thee they might shed blood. And they ate upon the mountains near thee; and in the midst of thee committed abominable things. ¹⁰ In thee they uncovered the nakedness of a father; and in thee humbled a woman in a state of separation. ¹¹ In thee one debauched his neighbour's wife; another wantonly defiled his daughter in law; and another humbled his sister, his father's daughter. ¹² In thee they received bribes to shed blood. In thee they took interest and usury, and thou hast completed thy wickedness by oppression. And me thou hast forgotten, saith the Lord. ¹³ Now when I lay my hand on thee to destroy thee, for what thou hast done and for the blood which hath been shed in thee; ¹⁴ will thy heart endure? Will thy hands be strong in the day I deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken and I will perform.

¹² [p] Because I know your manifold impieties and your sins are mighty: you trample down the righteous, take pledges and turn aside the poor in the gates;

² . house of Israel, Go ye all over [to Chalane] and see, and thence pass on to Ematraba and thence go down to Gath of the Philistines, to the strongest of all those kingdoms of theirs. Are their borders larger than yours, ³ who are coming to an evil day, who are drawing near and on the point of touching false sabbaths? ⁴ Some of you are sleeping on beds of ivory and lolling at ease on their couches, and eating kids from the flocks, and from the herds calves fed with milk: ⁵ some are dwelling: on the sound of musical instruments; as if they thought it fixed and not fleeting. ⁶ Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.

¹² Can horses pursue among rocks? Will they refrain from whinnying at females? Because you have turned judgment into fury, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

⁴ [p] Hear this, I beseech you, ye who every morning oppress the needy, and by your tyranny drive the poor from the land, saying, ⁵ "When will the new moon be over that we may buy? And the sabbaths, that we may open store? to make the measure small, and the weight heavy, and to make the balance uneven, ⁶ that we may purchase the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, when from every kind of product we shall have made gain. ⁷ The Lord sweareth, in opposition to this arrogance of Jacob, that none of these works of yours shall ever be forgotten.

¹ They planned mischief; they contrived evils on their beds, and soon as it was day they executed them; for they did not lift up their hands to God. ² They coveted fields and plundered orphans and tyrannised over houses; they plundered a man and his household; a man and his inheritance; ³ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold against this tribe I am planning evils, from which you shall not withdraw your necks, nor walk erect suddenly. Because it is an evil time,

⁹ The leaders of my people shall be hurled from their houses of pleasure; for their wicked devices they have been expelled; draw ye near to the everlasting mountains.

¹ and he will say, "Hear these things ye children of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel, is it not your business to know judgment? ² As for them who hate good and seek evil, who tear off the skin from these and the flesh from their bones: ³ as they have devoured the flesh of my people and have flayed off their skin from them; and have broken their bones and chopped them up, as flesh for a kettle and as pieces of meat for a pot: ⁴ so they shall cry to the Lord but he will not hearken to them; but will turn away his face from them at that time, because by their devices they have committed evil against these.

⁹ [p] Hear these things I beseech you, ye leaders of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment and pervert all equity, ¹⁰ who are building up Sion with blood and Jerusalem with injustice. ¹¹ [J] Her rulers have judged for rewards; and her priests have given answers for hire; and her prophets have prophesied for silver, without waiting for the Lord, saying, "Is not the Lord among us? No evils shall come upon us:" ¹² therefore because of you, Sion shall be ploughed like a field; and Jerusalem shall be like a temporary building for summer fruits; and the mountain of the house shall be for a grove of a forest.

¹⁰ Will fire and the house of an unrighteous man [do it?] Or he who is treasuring up unlawful treasures and iniquities with haughtiness? ¹¹ Will an unrighteous man be justified by a balance, or false weights by a bag ¹² with which they have increased their wicked wealth? As they who inhabit it have spoken lies and their tongue hath been exalted in their mouth; ¹³ therefore I will begin with smiting thee; I will make thee desolate for thy sins.

² [p] How long, O Lord shall I cry, and thou not hearken? How long shall I being injured cry to thee, and thou not save? ³ Why hast thou pointed out to me to behold labours and sorrows, misery and impiety? A suit is instituted against me and the judge receiveth [bribes]

¹² Art not thou from everlasting? Lord, my God, my Holy One! let us not die. Thou, Lord, hast appointed this for judgment: and formed it that its correction may work conviction in me. ¹³ Thine eye is too pure to behold wicked deeds, or to look on the labours of sorrow. Why lookest thou upon despisers? Wilt thou be silent when the wicked swallow up the righteous?

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Execute just judgment and shew mercy and compassion one to another; ¹⁰ and oppress not the widow, nor the orphan, nor the stranger, nor the poor; and let none treasure up in his heart for evil an injury done by his brother; ¹¹ but they refused to attend and turned back contemptuously; and stopped their ears that they might not hear; ¹² and made their heart disobedient that they might not hearken to my law; therefore [according to the words which the Lord Almighty by his spirit sent by the ministry of the former prophets] there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty; ¹³ that it might come to pass as he said, "As they hearkened not, so they shall cry and I will not listen, saith the Lord Almighty,

⁶ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, If this shall appear impossible in the view of the remnant of this people in these clays; shall it also be impossible in my view, saith the Lord Almighty?

⁵ And I will bring to judgment before you and be a swift witness against sorcerers, and against adulteresses, and against them who swear by my name to a falsehood, and against them who deprive the hireling of his wages, and them who oppress the widow, and them who buffet the fatherless, and them who turn aside the cause of the stranger, and them who do not fear me, saith the Lord Almighty.

⁴¹ The son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling blocks, and the workers of iniquity, ⁴² and cast them into the fiery furnace. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

³² He will be great and will be called the son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

³⁵ And the angel answering, said to her, A holy spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee, therefore the holy offspring will be called the son of God.

⁷⁶ Now as for thee, child, thou shalt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou shall go before in the presence of the Lord, to prepare his ways;

²⁷ For indeed against thy holy Child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and the tribes of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

⁷ behold an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the prison. And touching Peter's side he roused him up, saying, Arise quickly. Upon which his chains dropped from his hands. ⁸ Then the angel said to him, Gird thyself and put on thy sandals; and when he had done so, then he saith to him, Throw thy mantle around thee and follow me. ⁹ So going out, he followed him, but did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision. ¹⁰ And having passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of its own accord. So, going out, they proceeded on through one street, and suddenly the angel left him.

²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

³³ O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways not to be traced out!

¹³ for the sentence of judgment shall be without mercy for him who hath not exercised mercy, though mercy glorieth over a sentence of judgment.

² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ You have lived luxuriously on the earth. You have indulged voluptuousness. You have pampered your hearts, as on a day of public feasting. ⁶ You have condemned you have murdered the just one. Is he not setting himself in array against you? ⁷ Wherefore be ye, brethren, patient till the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruits of the earth, waiting for them with patience, until it hath received the former and the latter rain.

¹² Beloved, be not surprized at the fiery trial among you, which is come upon you to try you, as if some strange thing had befallen you:

¹³ Wonder not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her I expressed my astonishment with great amaze. ⁷ And the angel said to me, Why art thou amazed? I will tell thee the mystery of this woman and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath seven heads and ten horns.