Israel's Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous man perishes,
    and no one lays it to heart;
(A)devout men are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

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20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and (A)you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.

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The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.

12 Save, O Lord, for (A)the godly one is gone;
    for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
    and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, (A)but he did not understand;
    it burned him up, (B)but he did not take it to heart.

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28 Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants.’” And they brought back word to the king.

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(A)The godly has perished from the earth,
    and (B)there is no one upright among mankind;
(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
    and (D)each hunts the other with a net.

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You said, “I shall be (A)mistress forever,”
    so that you did not lay these things to heart
    or remember their end.

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33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the (A)upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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(A)If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send (B)the curse upon you and I will curse (C)your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

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24 So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. (A)All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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11 (A)Whom did you dread and fear,
    (B)so that you lied,
and did not remember me,
    did not lay it to heart?
(C)Have I not held my peace, even for a long time,
    and you do not fear me?

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13 And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him (A)there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

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