Nehemiah 13:17 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁷ so I contended with the nobles of Judah,––and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day?

⁷ So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest––every man to his brother, are ye making,––So I appointed over them a great assembly;

¹¹ Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

²⁵ So I contended with them, and laid a curse upon them, and I smote, from among them, certain men, and pulled out their hair,––and I put them on oath by God, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take of their daughters, for your sons nor for yourselves.

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge. ² How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.]

⁴ They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.

¹⁰ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,––Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:––

⁵ I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord, have, broken the yoke, torn off the bands.

¹⁸ Say thou to the king and, to the queen–mother, Abase yourselves––Sit down,––For descended, have, your Head–tires, your Crown of adornment.

² and say––Hear thou the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who sittest upon the throne of David,––thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who enter in at these gates, ³ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Execute ye justice, and righteousness, And deliver the robbed, out of the hand of the oppressor,––But, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, do not oppress, neither commit violence, And, the blood of the innocent, do not ye shed, in this place. ⁴ For, if ye, indeed do, this thing, then shall there enter into the gates of this house––kings, sitting for David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. ⁵ But, if ye will not hear, these words, By myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh––That, a ruin, shall, this house, become. ⁶ For, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning the house of the king of Judah,––Though thou wast, Gilead, to me, The summit of Lebanon, Yet surely I will make thee, A wilderness, Cities, not habitable; ⁷ And I will hallow against thee Destroyers, Every man with his weapons,––And they shall cut down of the choicest of thy cedars, and cast upon the fire. ⁸ Then shall many nations pass by this city,––and shall say, every man to his neighbour, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this great city? ⁹ And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, their God,––And bowed down to other, gods, And served them.
¹⁰ Do not ye lament for him that is dead, Neither bemoan ye, him, But weep ye––weep on––for him that is going away, For he shall not return any more, Nor see the land of his birth. ¹¹ For, Thus, saith Yahweh––Touching Shallum, son of Josiah, king of Judah, That reigneth instead of Josiah, his father, Who hath gone forth out of this place, He shall not return thither any more; ¹² For, in the place whither they have taken him captive, There, shall he die,––And, this land, shall he see no more. ¹³ Alas! for him who buildeth, His house without righteousness, And his roof–chambers without justice,––Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And, recompense for his work, giveth him not. ¹⁴ Who saith––I will build me a roomy house, with spacious roof–chambers,––So he cutteth him open its windows, And it is covered in with cedar, And he painteth it with vermilion. ¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did he not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him? ¹⁶ [Did he not] plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh. ¹⁷ Verily thou hast neither eyes, nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of, innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing, to do, them! ¹⁸ Therefore––Thus, saith Yahweh, Touching Jehoiakim son of Josiah, King of Judah, They shall not cry in lament for him, Alas, my brother! or Alas, sister! They shall not cry in lament for him, Alas, lord! or Alas! his renown! ¹⁹ With the burial of an ass, shall he be buried,––Dragged along and cast forth, beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
²⁰ Ascend the Lebanon, and make outcry, And, in Bashan, put forth thy voice,––And make outcry from Abarim, For all thy lovers, are torn in pieces. ²¹ I spake unto thee, in thy carelessness,––Thou saidst, I will not hearken! This, hath been thy way from thy youth, That thou hast not hearkened to my voice. ²² All thy shepherds, the wind, shall feed, And, thy lovers, into captivity, shall depart,––Surely, then, shalt thou turn pale, and be confounded, by reason of all thy wickedness. ²³ O inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars,––How hast thou bemoaned thyself, Now that pangs have overtaken thee, Anguish, as of her that giveth birth.

¹ Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,––Is it not yours to know justice?

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,––who abhor justice, and, all right, do pervert: