Job 15 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said, ² Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind? ³ Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit? ⁴ Yea, thou truly makest void the fear of God, and diminishest devotion before God. ⁵ For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty. ⁶ Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee. ⁷ Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills? ⁸ Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee? ⁹ What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us? ¹⁰ Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us,—richer than thy father in days. ¹¹ Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee? ¹² Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at? ¹³ That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter such words out of thy mouth? ¹⁴ What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous? ¹⁵ Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes: ¹⁶ How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing? ¹⁷ I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate; ¹⁸ Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers; ¹⁹ Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered. ²⁰ All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant. ²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him. ²² He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword. ²³ He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness. ²⁴ Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle. ²⁵ Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty; ²⁶ And he had run against him, with an extended neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers; ²⁷ Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks; ²⁸ And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps. ²⁹ Yet will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth. ³⁰ He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth. ³¹ Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby. ³² Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green. ³³ He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms. ³⁴ For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery. ³⁵ They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.

⁹ And the Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? ¹⁰ And he said, Thy voice I heard in the garden; and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid myself.

¹ And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

¹² When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth.

²⁵ And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and from these were the nations separated on the earth after the flood.

⁸ Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down unto thee.

² And Pharaoh said, Who is the Everlasting, whose voice I am to obey, to let Israel go? I know not the Everlasting, nor will I let Israel go. ³ And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, a three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with the pestilence, or with the sword.

¹⁷ If thou dost yet wantonly oppress my people, so as not to let them go:

²³ And if notwithstanding these things ye will not be reformed by me, and walk contrary unto me:

³⁶ And regarding those that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a leaf shaken shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from the sword; and they shall fall with none pursuing.

³⁹ Vineyards wilt thou plant and dress; but wine shalt thou not drink nor lay up; for the worms shall eat them. ⁴⁰ Olive-trees wilt thou have throughout all thy borders; but with the oil shalt thou not anoint thyself; for thy olive shall cast the fruit.

^{29 (29:28)} The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are publicly known belong unto us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.

⁷ Remember the days of old, consider the years of former generations; ask thy father, and he will tell thee; thy elders, and they will say it unto thee: ⁸ When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man: he set the bounds of the tribes according to the number of the sons of Israel.

¹⁵ Thus did Yeshurun grow fat, and he kicked; thou art grown fat, thick, fleshy;and then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

⁷ And the Philistines were afraid; for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for the like of this hath not been, yesterday or the day before. ⁸ Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness. ⁹ Be strong, and act like men, O Philistines, so that ye become not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: therefore act like men, and fight.

⁶ And why will ye harden your heart, just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Did not they, when he had wrought wonderful deeds among them, dismiss them, and they departed?

³ But his sons walked not in his ways, and they inclined after their own advantage, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

³ Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you.

³⁶ And Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning-light. ³⁷ But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

⁴⁶ If they sin against thee, for there is no man that may not sin, and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, be it far or near;

²⁴ And Zedekiah, the son of Kena’anah, went near, and struck Michayhu on the cheek, and said, Which way passed the Spirit of the Lord away from me to speak with thee!

³³ And while he was yet speaking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what shall I hope for in the Lord any longer?

⁶ For the Lord had caused the camp of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, the noise of a large army: and they said one to the other, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

¹³ And so died Saul for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he had not kept, and also for asking one of a familiar spirit to inquire of the same; ¹⁴ And had not inquired of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned over the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

³⁶ If they sin against thee—for there is no man that may not sin,—and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

²² And in the time that he distressed him, became he yet more faithless against the Lord,—yea, he, king Achaz;

¹³ Know ye not what I have done, I and my fathers, unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand? ¹⁴ Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, was it, that was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁵ And now let not Hezekiah deceive you, and let him not mislead you in this manner, nor believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom whatever was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less will you Gods, deliver you out of my hand! ¹⁶ And yet more did his servants speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ He wrote also letters to blaspheme against the Lord the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands, who have not delivered their people out of my hand, so will the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.

¹³ And it happened on a certain day, when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother, ¹⁴ That a messenger came unto Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the she-asses were feeding beside them: ¹⁵ When the Sabeans made an incursion, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁶ This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, A fire of God fell from heaven, and burnt among the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁷ This one was yet speaking, when another came, and said, The Chaldeans posted themselves in three divisions, and made an inroad against the camels, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee. ¹⁸ While this one was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother: ¹⁹ When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.

¹¹ When now the three friends of Job had heard of all this evil that was come over him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bildad the Shuchite, and Zophar the Na’amthite; and they met together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

¹⁴ With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build up ruined places for themselves;

¹ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,

⁵ Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified. ⁶ Is not then thy fear of God still thy confidence, thy hope equal to the integrity of thy ways?

⁸ Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same. ⁹ Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end.

¹⁸ Behold, in his servants he putteth no trust, and his angels he chargeth with folly: ¹⁹ How much less in those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed till they come to be eaten by the moth?

¹ Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?

⁸ I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;

⁸ I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause; ⁹ Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number; ¹⁰ Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields; ¹¹ To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness; ¹² But who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel; ¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;

¹³ Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong; ¹⁴ By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;

¹⁴ By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day; ¹⁵ But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one: ¹⁶ And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. ¹⁷ Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty. ¹⁸ For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal. ¹⁹ In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ²⁰ In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. ²¹ Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh. ²² At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth. ²³ For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. ²⁴ And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing. ²⁵ And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth. ²⁶ Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season. ²⁷ Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.

² Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed, and my calamity; oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once! ³ For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore are my words confused. ⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

¹¹ What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?

¹⁴ As though I were one who refuseth kindness to his friend, and forsaketh the fear of the Almighty:

²⁶ Do ye think to reprove words, and to regard as wind the speeches of one that is despairing?

² How long wilt thou speak these things? and let like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?

⁸ For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to stand by the research of their fathers;—

⁸ For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to stand by the research of their fathers;— ⁹ For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a mere shadow are our days upon earth;— ¹⁰ Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:

¹⁶ He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth. ¹⁷ His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth for himself a place of stones. ¹⁸ But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee. ¹⁹ Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the same dust others will grow up.

²² They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

² Truly I know that it is so: and how could a mortal be righteous before God?

⁴ He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?

¹⁶ Or were I to call, and he would answer me, I could yet not believe that he would give ear unto my voice—

²⁰ If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.

²² One thing is certain, therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end. ²³ If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless. ²⁴ Is a land given up into the hand of the wicked? he covereth the faces of its judges: if this be not the truth, who is it then?

³ Is it well for thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst reject the labor of thy hands, and shed light upon the counsel of the wicked?

²¹ Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, ²² A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.

² Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right? ³ Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!

⁶ And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.

¹³ If thou truly direct aright thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him:—

¹³ If thou truly direct aright thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him:— ¹⁴ If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

¹⁴ If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents. ¹⁵ For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear; ¹⁶ Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it; ¹⁷ And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning. ¹⁸ And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety. ¹⁹ Also thou wilt stretch thyself out to rest, with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.

² Truly ye are indeed the right kind of people, and with you wisdom must die out. ³ I also have sense like you; I do not fall short compared with you: and who possesseth not such things as these?

⁶ Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God, to him who carrieth his god in his hand.

¹² So is with the ancients wisdom, and with those of length of days understanding,

¹⁶ With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.

²⁰ He removeth the speech from trusty speakers, and taketh away the intelligence of the aged.

² As much as ye know, do I also know: I do not fall short compared with you.

⁴ But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you. ⁵ Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.

⁵ Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom. ⁶ Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

⁴ Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one thing.

⁷ For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease. ⁸ If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust: ⁹ Yet through the scent of water will it flourish again, and produce boughs as though it were newly planted.

⁸ Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?

¹⁰ Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us,—richer than thy father in days.

²² He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.

²⁵ Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty; ²⁶ And he had run against him, with an extended neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers; ²⁷ Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;

² I have heard many things such as these: troublesome comforters are ye all. ³ Shall there be any end to words of wind? or what compelleth thee that thou shouldst answer?

¹² I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;

² Yet truly those that mock are with me, and on their offendings must my eye rest.

¹⁰ But all of you, do only return, and come but to me: and yet I shall not find among you one wise man.

⁵ Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light. ⁶ The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

¹¹ All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along. ¹² His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.

¹⁵ It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation. ¹⁶ Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away. ¹⁷ His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets. ¹⁸ Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

²⁹ Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath which ye excite is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth in the world.

¹ Then answered Zophar the Na’amathite, and said,

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment. ⁶ Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds; ⁷ Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?

¹² If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;

²² In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of those he troubled will come against him.

²² In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of those he troubled will come against him. ²³ In order to fill his belly, God will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.

²³ In order to fill his belly, God will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating. ²⁴ If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through.

²⁴ If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through. ²⁵ He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering arrow cometh forth: over him come the terrors of death.

²⁵ He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering arrow cometh forth: over him come the terrors of death. ²⁶ Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.

²⁶ Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent. ²⁷ The heavens will lay open his iniquity; and the earth will raise herself up against him. ²⁸ The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.

¹ Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,

⁵ Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities? ⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. ⁷ Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and from the hungry thou hast withholden bread. ⁸ But as for the man of a strong arm, he obtained the land, and the highly honored could dwell therein. ⁹ Widows hast thou sent away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹⁵ Wilt thou thus observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden? ¹⁶ Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river;

¹⁶ Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river; ¹⁷ Who said unto God, “Depart from us:” and what wrought the Almighty for them? ¹⁸ And yet it was he that filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked be still far from me. ¹⁹ The righteous will see it, and be glad; and the innocent will laugh them to scorn. ²⁰ “Is not he destroyed that rose up against us, and hath not the fire consumed what they had left?”

²⁰ “Is not he destroyed that rose up against us, and hath not the fire consumed what they had left?”

¹ Why are not times of punishment treasured up by the Almighty, and why do his adorers not see his days of retribution?

⁴ How then can man be justified with God? or how can be one that is born of woman? ⁵ Behold, even as regardeth the moon, that is not bright; yea, the stars are not pure in his eyes.

⁵ Behold, even as regardeth the moon, that is not bright; yea, the stars are not pure in his eyes. ⁶ How much less the mortal, the mere worm? and the son of earth, the mere maggot?

¹ Then answered Job, and said, ² What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? how hast thou helped the arm without strength? ³ How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?

³ How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully? ⁴ To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?

⁸ For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?

¹⁰ Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?

¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments as plentifully as the clay: ¹⁷ He may prepare, but the righteous will clothe himself therewith, and the silver the innocent will divide.

²⁰ Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away.

⁴ As I was in the days of my abundance, when the confidence of God was upon my tent:

¹² Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him. ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy. ¹⁴ I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me. ¹⁵ Eyes was I to the blind; and feet to the lame was I. ¹⁶ A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate. ¹⁷ And I broke the cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.

³ Who suffer for want and famine in solitude; who flee into the wilderness where all is darkness, ruin, and desolation; ⁴ Who crop off mallows by the bushes, and have broom-bush roots as their bread;

⁶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite commenced, and said, Young am I in days, and ye are very old: therefore I hesitated and feared to show you what I know. ⁷ I had said, Days shall speak, and multitude of years shall make wisdom known.

¹ Therefore do thou but hear, O Job, my speeches, and give ear to all my words.

⁸ But thou hast said before my ears, and the sound of the words I still hear, ⁹ “I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me: ¹⁰ Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him; ¹¹ He putteth my feet in the stocks, he watcheth all my paths.” ¹² Behold, In this thou art not just: I will answer thee; for God is far greater than a mortal.

² Hear, O ye wise men, my words; and ye that have knowledge, give ear unto me.

⁵ For Job hath said, “I am righteous; and God hath taken away justice from me. ⁶ Should I lie concerning the justice due me? incurable is my wound from the arrow I bear in me without any transgression.” ⁷ What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water,

⁷ What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water, ⁸ And is on the road to keep company with the wrong-doers, and to walk with men of wickedness? ⁹ For he hath said, “It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God.”

² Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God’s?” ³ For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”

² Wait for me a little, and I will instruct thee; for I have still some words on God’s behalf.

⁹ Then doth he tell them of their work, and of their transgressions, when they had become strong.

¹³ But the hypocrites in heart persevere in wrath; they will not offer entreaty when he bindeth them:

¹⁶ And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space, on the site of which there is no straitness; and what is set on thy table is full of fatness.

⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell it, if thou hast any understanding of it. ⁵ Who fixed her measurements, if thou knowest it? or who stretched the measuring-line over her? ⁶ Upon what are her foundation-pillars placed at rest? or who laid her corner-stone: ⁷ When altogether sang the morning stars in gladness, and shouted for joy all the sons of God? ⁸ And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth? ⁹ When I made the clouds its garment, and thick fog its swaddling-cloth, ¹⁰ And when I decreed for it my law, and set for it bars and doors, ¹¹ And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed thy strength in the pride of thy waves? ¹² Didst thou ever, in all thy days, command the morning; didst thou ever assign the morning-dawn its place: ¹³ That it might lay hold of the ends of the earth, so that the wicked might be shaken out therefrom? ¹⁴ She is changed as the sealing-clay: and all things stand as though newly clad. ¹⁵ And from the wicked is their light withdrawn, and the high-raised arm is broken. ¹⁶ Didst thou ever penetrate as far as the springs of the sea? or wander through the bottom of the deep? ¹⁷ Were the gates of death ever laid open unto thee? or canst thou see the doors of the shadow of death? ¹⁸ Hast thou a clear understanding of the breadth of the earth? Tell it, if thou knowest it all. ¹⁹ Where is the way to the spot where the light dwelleth? and the darkness—where is its place, ²⁰ That thou mightest take each to its boundary, and that thou mightest mark the pathways to its house? ²¹ Thou surely knowest it; because thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! ²² Didst thou ever enter into the treasuries of the snow? or canst thou see the treasuries of the hail, ²³ Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of fight and battle? ²⁴ Where is the way to the spot where the light divideth itself, where the east wind is scattered over the earth? ²⁵ Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning that is followed by thunders, ²⁶ To bring rain on a land, void of men; on a wilderness wherein no son of earth is found; ²⁷ To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass? ²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? ²⁹ Out of whose womb cometh forth the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven—who giveth birth to it? ³⁰ When like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters? ³¹ Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion? ³² Canst thou bring forth the constellations of the zodiac, each in its season? or canst thou guide the Bear with its young? ³³ Knowest thou the laws of heaven? or dost thou appoint its rule on the earth? ³⁴ Canst thou lift up to the clouds thy voice, that the abundance of waters may cover thee? ³⁵ Canst thou send out lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here are we? ³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the dark clouds? or who hath given understanding to the bright meteors? ³⁷ Who ordaineth the skies with wisdom? or who emptieth out the bottles of heaven. ³⁸ When the dust is poured out as molten metal, and the clods are made to cleave fast together? ³⁹ Dost thou hunt for the lioness her prey? and suppliest thou the food for the young lions, ⁴⁰ When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait? ⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?

⁸ Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous? ⁹ But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him: ¹⁰ Then do deck thyself with excellence and greatness, and clothe thyself in majesty and glory. ¹¹ Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.

³ Who is he that dareth to conceal thy counsel without knowledge? Truly I have spoken of what I understood not, of things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

⁶ Therefore I reject what I have said, and repent; because I am dust and ashes. ⁷ And it came to pass, after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Themanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job.

⁹ Then went Eliphaz the Themanite and Bildad the Shuchite and Zophar the Na’amathite, and did in accordance with what the Lord had spoken to them: and the Lord received Job in favor.

^{14 (7:15)} Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

¹ To the chief musician, by David. The worthless fool saith in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they are abominable in their doings, there is none that doth good. ² The Lord looketh down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be one intelligent, one who seeketh for God. ³ They are all gone aside, they are altogether become corrupt: there is none that doth good, no, not even one.

³ They are all gone aside, they are altogether become corrupt: there is none that doth good, no, not even one.

¹⁰ They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

^{40 (18:41)} And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; and those that hate me,—that I may destroy them.

¹⁴ The secret counsel of the Lord is for those that fear him, and his covenant—to make it known to them.

^{13 (34:14)} Guard thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

¹⁹ Let not rejoice over me those that are my enemies wrongfully: nor let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

¹ To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David. ^(36:2) Saith vice itself to the wicked—so I feel it within my heart—that he should have no dread of God before his eyes. ^{2 (36:3)} For he flattereth himself in his own eyes too much to find out his iniquity to hate it. ^{3 (36:4)} The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

^{16 (49:17)} Be not thou afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased; ^{17 (49:18)} For when he dieth he can take nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.

¹⁹ Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. ²⁰ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother’s son thou utterest slander.

^{5 (51:7)} Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

^{2 (52:4)} Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit. ^{3 (52:5)} Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood more than speaking righteousness. Selah. ^{4 (52:6)} Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit. ^{5 (52:7)} Therefore God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.— ^{6 (52:8)} And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him: ^{7 (52:9)} “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”

^{7 (52:9)} “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.” ^{8 (52:10)} But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the kindness of God for ever and ever.

^{3 (53:4)} Every one of them hath departed from righteousness; altogether are they become corrupt: there is none that doth good, no, not one.

^{23 (55:24)} But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.

^{15 (59:16)} They will indeed roam about after something to eat, if they be not satisfied, so that they can be at rest.

^{10 (62:11)} Do not put your trust in defrauding, and be not rendered vain through robbery: if riches flourish, set not your heart upon them.

^{3 (64:4)} Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:

^{8 (64:9)} And their own tongues will stumble over themselves: all that look on them will shake their head.

¹⁸ Therefore also even in old age, and when I am grayheaded, O God, forsake me not: until I have told of thy strength unto this generation, to every one that may come of thy might.

⁷ Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart’s imaginings.

⁹ They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh busily on the earth.

¹¹ And they say, How should God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

¹⁸ Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction. ¹⁹ How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they perish, they come to their end with terrific events. ²⁰ As a dream after awaking, O Lord, reject thou in wrath their image.

³ Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto us. ⁴ We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done. ⁵ Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: ⁶ In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate them to their children;

³¹ When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.

² Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. ³ Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men. ⁴ For a thousand years are in thy eyes but as the yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

¹² Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.

^{7 (92:8)} When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore.

¹⁰ Let his children be continually moving about, and beg, and let them seek their bread out of their ruined places.

¹²⁶ It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.

¹⁴³ Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights.

² O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit. ³ What will God give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

²⁶ Therefore I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride you when your terror cometh; ²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.

²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.

³² For the froward is an abomination to the Lord; but with the upright is his good-will.

¹¹ But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.

¹³ He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;

²² The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement, ²³ From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. ²⁴ When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water. ²⁵ Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth:

³¹ An ornamental crown is the hoary head, on the way of righteousness can it be found.

²⁸ An ungodly witness scorneth at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth mischief.

⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.

⁸ He that soweth injustice will reap wrong-doing; and the rod of God’s wrath will not fail.

³⁴ But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.

¹⁷ Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?

²⁰ For no man is so righteous upon earth, that he should do always good, and never sin.—

²⁹ Lo, this only did I find, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought for many sinful devices.

³ This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one occurrence for all, and that also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and that madness is in their heart while they live, and after this they go to the dead.

⁸ For if a man live even many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will be many; all that cometh is vanity. ⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in the direction which thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

⁸ Woe unto those that cause house to join on house, bring field near to field, till there is no more room, so that ye may be left alone as the inhabitants in the midst of the land! ⁹ In my ears spoke the Lord of hosts, Truly many houses shall become desolate, yea, great and beautiful ones without an inhabitant. ¹⁰ Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a chomer-seed shall yield but an ephah.

² Seraphim were standing around him, each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two did he fly. ³ And one called unto the other, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. ⁴ And the posts of the threshold shook at the voice of those that called aloud, and the house was filled with smoke. ⁵ And I said, Woe is me! for I am lost; because a man of unclean lips am I, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips do I dwell; for the King, the Lord of hosts have my eyes seen.

¹⁰ Obdurate will remain the heart of this people, and their ears will be heavy, and their eyes will be shut: so that they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor their hearts be understanding, so that they be converted, and healing be granted them.

⁹ Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces. ¹⁰ Take counsel together, yet shall it come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand firm; for with us is God.

²¹ And the people shall pass through the land, hard oppressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they will become enraged, and curse their king and their god, and turn toward on high for aid. ²² And they will look unto the earth; and behold there are trouble and darkness, dimness of oppression, and they shall be scattered into obscurity.

¹² Wherefore shall it come to pass, that when the Lord hath completed all his work on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the haughtiness of the king of Asshur, and the vain-glory of his proud looks. ¹³ For he hath said, “By the strength of my hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, for I have intelligence; and I have removed the boundaries of nations, and their laid-up treasures have I plundered, and brought down low those that were powerfully seated. ¹⁴ And my hand hath reached, as a bird’s nest, the wealth of the people: and as one gathereth up eggs that are forsaken, have I myself gathered up all the earth: and there was not one that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.”

⁴ But he shall judge with righteousness the poor, and decide with equity for the suffering ones of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

³ I have charged my prepared ones, I have also called my heroes for my anger, those that rejoice in my highness.

¹⁰ Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and the rock of thy strength thou hast not remembered; therefore wouldst thou plant luxuriant plantings, and wouldst set out the shoots of the stranger therein. ¹¹ Already on the day that thou plantedst thou causedst to grow, and in the morning thou madest thy seed to blossom; but now fleeth the harvest on the day of disease and of incurable pain.

⁴ Wrath have I not: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would pass through them, and I would burn them altogether.

¹¹ When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off; women will come and set them on fire; for it is not a people of understanding; therefore he that made it will not have mercy on it, and he that formed it will show it no favor.

³³ For already of old is Topheth made ready; also this is prepared for the king—deep and wide; its pile hath fire and wood in plenty, the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, will kindle it into a flame.

⁹ It mourneth, it languisheth—the land: Lebanon is ashamed, it is withered away; Sharon is become like a wilderness; and bereft of their fruits are Bashan and Carmel.

¹⁴ In Zion sinners are in dread; trembling hath seized on hypocrites. “Who among us shall abide with the devouring fire? who among us shall abide with everlasting burnings?” ¹⁵ He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on evil;

¹⁹ The living, the living alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

⁴ Who hath wrought and done it? he who called the generations from the beginning; I the Lord, who am the first, and with the latest I am the same. ⁵ The isles saw it, and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come. ⁶ They help one another; and each one saith to his brother, Be strong! ⁷ So the smith encouraged the melter, he that smootheth with the hammer him that striketh on the anvil; saying of the solder, It is good; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

²⁰ He pursueth ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, and will not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

⁴ No one admonisheth with righteousness, and no one executeth justice in truth; men trust in naught, and speak lies; they have conceived mischief, and bring forth wickedness.

⁴ No one admonisheth with righteousness, and no one executeth justice in truth; men trust in naught, and speak lies; they have conceived mischief, and bring forth wickedness. ⁵ Basilisk’s eggs do they hatch, and spider’s webs do they weave: he that eateth of their eggs must die, and if one be crushed, a viper will break forth.

²⁸ They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no just sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.

^{3 (9:2)} And they bend their tongues, their bow of falsehood, and not for the truth are they valiant in the land; for from evil to evil do they proceed, and me they know not, saith the Lord. ^{4 (9:3)} Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and on any brother place ye no reliance; for every brother will surely supplant, and every neighbor will go about as a talebearer. ^{5 (9:4)} And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and the truth will they not speak: they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

^{8 (9:7)} A murderous arrow is their tongue; every one speaketh deceit: with his mouth speaketh he peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

^{11 (9:10)} And I will change Jerusalem into heaps of ruins, a dwelling for monsters: and the cities of Judah will I make desolate, without an inhabitant.

¹⁸ For who hath stood in the secret counsel of the Lord, that he could perceive and hear his word? who hath listened to his word and heard it?

¹⁸ Michah the Morashthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah the king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah, as followeth, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Zion shall be ploughed up like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house, woody high-places.

³⁷ And Babylon shall become ruinous heaps, a dwelling-place for monsters, an astonishment, and a derision, without an inhabitant.

⁶ To Egypt do we stretch out our hand, to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

⁹ At the peril of our life must we bring home our bread, because of the sword of the wilderness.

⁴ Behold, if it be given up to the fire to be consumed,—and the fire have consumed both its ends, and the middle of it be scorched; will it be fit for any work? ⁵ Behold, when it was yet entire, it could not be employed for any work: how much more must this be when the fire hath consumed it, and it is scorched,—and shall it yet be employed for any work? ⁶ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire to be consumed: so do I give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ⁷ And I will set my face against them: from the fire have they gone forth, yet the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

⁸ Although it was planted in a good field by great waters, that it might produce boughs, and that it might bear fruit, that it might become an elegant vine. ⁹ Say now, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Shall it prosper? Behold the other will pull up its roots, and its fruit will he cut away, that it may dry up; every one of its growing leaves shall dry up; and not with great power and numerous people will he have to come to tear it away from its roots. ¹⁰ Yea, behold, although it is planted, shall it prosper? Lo, as soon as the east wind toucheth it, shall it be utterly dried up: in the beds where it groweth shall it dry up.

^{47 (21:3)} And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the glowing flame shall not be quenched, and there shall be burnt therein all faces from the south to the north. ^{48 (21:4)} And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

²³ But against the Lord of heaven hast thou lifted thyself up; and the vessels of his house have they brought before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and the gods of silver, and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor know, hast thou praised; and the God in whose hand thy soul is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

¹⁴ And they cried not unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: for corn and new wine they assemble themselves, and they rebel against me.

⁷ For the wind do they sow, and the whirlwind shall they reap: their seed bringeth no standing corn; the plant yieldeth no meal; but should it yield it, strangers would swallow it up.

¹⁶ Smitten is Ephraim, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet would I slay the beloved fruit of their body.

¹³ But ye have ploughed wickedness, iniquity have ye reaped, ye have eaten the fruit of lies; because thou didst trust in thy own way, in the multitude of thy mighty men:

^{1 (12:2)} Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

^{5 (14:6)} I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall bloom as the lily; and he shall strike his roots as the forests of Lebanon. ^{6 (14:7)} His suckers shall spread out, and his beauty shall be as that of the olive-tree, and his smell as that of the Lebanon. ^{7 (14:8)} They shall return that sat under his shade; they shall revive as corn, and bloom as the vine: the scent of which shall be as that of the wine of Lebanon.

² It is a day of darkness and of gloom, a day of clouds and of tempestuous obscurity, like the morning-dawn spread out upon the mountains: a people numerous and strong, the like of which hath never been and after it there will be none any more, even to the years of all coming generations.

^{17 (4:17)} So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mount: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through her any more.

⁷ For the Lord Eternal will do nothing, unless he have revealed his secret unto his servants the prophets.

¹¹ Therefore forasmuch as you tread down upon the poor, and ye take from him onerous contributions of corn: if ye have built houses of hewn stone, ye shall not dwell in them; if ye have planted pleasant vineyards, ye shall not drink their wine. ¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your numerous sins: ye are those that are the adversaries of the just, that take a ransom, and that wrest the cause of the needy in the gate.

²⁰ Behold the day of the Lord is one of darkness, and not of light; yea, it is obscure, and hath no brightness.

¹⁰ And should a man’s uncle or relative carry him forth, to bring out the bones out of the house, and say unto him that is in the recesses of the house, Is there yet any one with thee? he will say, There is no one left. Then will he say, Be silent; for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

^{8 (2:9)} They that guard false vanities forsake the source of their kindness.

¹² Therefore for your sake shall Zion be ploughed up as a field, and Jerusalem shall become ruinous heaps, and the mount of the house, forest-covered high-places.

² The pious hath disappeared out of the land; and the upright among men there is none; all of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

¹⁸ Who is a god like unto thee, pardoning iniquity, and forgiving transgression to the residue of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in kindness.

⁶ And those that are turned away from following the Lord; and those that have not sought for the Lord, and have not inquired of him.

¹⁵ A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anxiety, a day of wasting and desolation, a day of darkness and obscurity, a day of clouds and tempestuous gloom,

¹³ Your words have been strong against me, saith the Lord; but ye say, What have we spoken among us against thee?

¹³ Your words have been strong against me, saith the Lord; but ye say, What have we spoken among us against thee? ¹⁴ Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked contritely before the Lord of hosts? ¹⁵ And now we call the presumptuous happy: yea, built up are those that practise wickedness; yea, they have even tempted God and are yet suffered to escape.