You made our a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us. Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people. Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.įoreigners joke about us and shake their heads. You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles and a shaking of the head among the peoples. Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the people. Thou dost make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. You make us a proverb among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. You have made us the butt of their jokes they shake their heads at us in scorn. Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.You have made us a byword among the nations the peoples shake their heads at us. “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.” Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy’ but it is they who shall be put to shame.ĮSV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.ĮSV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. ESV / 93 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpfulīehold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst.
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