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Jeremiah 6:16-8:7
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 6:16-8:7
English Standard Version
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for (A)the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
(B)and find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 (C)I set watchmen over you, saying,
‘Pay attention to (D)the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, (E)‘We will not pay attention.’
18 Therefore hear, O nations,
and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people,
(F)the fruit of their devices,
because they have not paid attention to my words;
and as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 (G)What use to me is (H)frankincense that comes from (I)Sheba,
or sweet cane from a distant land?
(J)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(K)‘Behold, I will lay before this people
stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
22 Thus says the Lord:
(L)“Behold, a people is coming (M)from the north country,
a great nation is stirring from (N)the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They lay hold on bow and javelin;
they are (O)cruel and have no mercy;
(P)the sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
set in array as a man for battle,
against you, O daughter of Zion!”
24 We have heard the report of it;
(Q)our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
(R)pain as of a woman in labor.
25 Go not out into the field,
nor walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
(S)terror is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, (T)put on sackcloth,
and (U)roll in ashes;
(V)make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.
27 “I have made you (W)a tester of metals among my people,
that you may know and (X)test their ways.
28 (Y)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
(Z)going about with slanders;
they are (AA)bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.
29 The (AB)bellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;
(AC)in vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
30 (AD)Rejected silver they are called,
for the Lord has rejected them.”
Evil in the Land
7 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 (AE)“Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord. 3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (AF)Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 (AG)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
5 “For if you truly (AH)amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly (AI)execute justice one with another, 6 if you (AJ)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, (AK)or shed innocent blood in this place, (AL)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 (AM)then I will let you dwell in this place, (AN)in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
8 “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. 9 (AO)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, (AP)swear falsely, (AQ)make offerings to Baal, (AR)and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, (AS)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 (AT)Has this house, (AU)which is called by my name, (AV)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord. 12 Go now to (AW)my place that was in Shiloh, (AX)where I made my name dwell at first, and (AY)see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel. 13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and (AZ)when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and (BA)when I called you, you did not answer, 14 therefore I will do to (BB)the house (BC)that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, (BD)as I did to Shiloh. 15 (BE)And I will cast you out of my sight, (BF)as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of (BG)Ephraim.
16 “As for you, (BH)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. 17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, (BI)and the women knead dough, to (BJ)make cakes for (BK)the queen of heaven. And (BL)they pour out drink offerings to other gods, (BM)to provoke me to anger. 19 (BN)Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, (BO)to their own shame? 20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, (BP)my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; (BQ)it will burn and not be quenched.”
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (BR)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. 22 For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them (BS)concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this command I gave them: (BT)‘Obey my voice, and (BU)I will be your God, and you shall be my people. (BV)And walk in all the way that I command you, (BW)that it may be well with you.’ 24 (BX)But they did not obey or incline their ear, (BY)but walked in their own counsels and (BZ)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and (CA)went backward and not forward. 25 From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, (CB)I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day. 26 (CC)Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, (CD)but stiffened their neck. (CE)They did worse than their fathers.
27 (CF)“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. (CG)You shall call to them, but they will not answer you. 28 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; (CH)truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.
29 (CI)“‘Cut off your hair and cast it away;
raise a lamentation on (CJ)the bare heights,
for the Lord has rejected and forsaken
the generation of his wrath.’
The Valley of Slaughter
30 “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set (CK)their detestable things in the house (CL)that is called by my name, to (CM)defile it. 31 And they have built the high places of (CN)Topheth, which is in (CO)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, (CP)to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, (CQ)which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind. 32 (CR)Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it will no more be called (CS)Topheth, or (CT)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; (CU)for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere. 33 (CV)And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, (CW)and none will frighten them away. 34 (CX)And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, (CY)for the land shall become a waste.
8 “At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs. 2 And they shall be spread (CZ)before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. (DA)And they shall not be gathered or buried. (DB)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. 3 (DC)Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family (DD)in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.
Sin and Treachery
4 “You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord:
(DE)When men fall, do they not rise again?
If one turns away, does he not return?
5 Why then has this people (DF)turned away
in perpetual (DG)backsliding?
(DH)They hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.
6 (DI)I have paid attention and listened,
but they have not spoken rightly;
no man relents of his evil,
saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turns to his own course,
(DJ)like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
7 Even the stork in the heavens
knows her times,
and (DK)the turtledove, (DL)swallow, and crane[a]
keep the time of their coming,
(DM)but my people know not
the rules[b] of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Jeremiah 8:7 Or just decrees
Jeremiah 6:16-8:7
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Jeremiah 6:16-8:7
New International Version
16 This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,(A)
ask where the good way(B) is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest(C) for your souls.
But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 I appointed watchmen(D) over you and said,
‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’(E)
But you said, ‘We will not listen.’(F)
18 Therefore hear, you nations;
you who are witnesses,
observe what will happen to them.
19 Hear, you earth:(G)
I am bringing disaster(H) on this people,
the fruit of their schemes,(I)
because they have not listened to my words(J)
and have rejected my law.(K)
20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(L)
or sweet calamus(M) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(N)
your sacrifices(O) do not please me.”(P)
21 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“I will put obstacles before this people.
Parents and children alike will stumble(Q) over them;
neighbors and friends will perish.”
22 This is what the Lord says:
“Look, an army is coming
from the land of the north;(R)
a great nation is being stirred up
from the ends of the earth.(S)
23 They are armed with bow and spear;
they are cruel and show no mercy.(T)
They sound like the roaring sea(U)
as they ride on their horses;(V)
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Zion.(W)”
24 We have heard reports about them,
and our hands hang limp.(X)
Anguish(Y) has gripped us,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(Z)
25 Do not go out to the fields
or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
and there is terror on every side.(AA)
26 Put on sackcloth,(AB) my people,
and roll in ashes;(AC)
mourn with bitter wailing(AD)
as for an only son,(AE)
for suddenly the destroyer(AF)
will come upon us.
27 “I have made you a tester(AG) of metals
and my people the ore,
that you may observe
and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(AH)
going about to slander.(AI)
They are bronze and iron;(AJ)
they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(AK) goes on in vain;
the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(AL)
because the Lord has rejected them.”(AM)
False Religion Worthless
7 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand(AN) at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message:
“‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord. 3 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways(AO) and your actions, and I will let you live(AP) in this place. 4 Do not trust(AQ) in deceptive(AR) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” 5 If you really change(AS) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(AT) 6 if you do not oppress(AU) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(AV) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(AW) to your own harm, 7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land(AX) I gave your ancestors(AY) for ever and ever. 8 But look, you are trusting(AZ) in deceptive(BA) words that are worthless.
9 “‘Will you steal(BB) and murder,(BC) commit adultery(BD) and perjury,[a](BE) burn incense to Baal(BF) and follow other gods(BG) you have not known, 10 and then come and stand(BH) before me in this house,(BI) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?(BJ) 11 Has this house,(BK) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers(BL) to you? But I have been watching!(BM) declares the Lord.
12 “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh(BN) where I first made a dwelling(BO) for my Name,(BP) and see what I did(BQ) to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke(BR) to you again and again,(BS) but you did not listen;(BT) I called(BU) you, but you did not answer.(BV) 14 Therefore, what I did to Shiloh(BW) I will now do to the house that bears my Name,(BX) the temple(BY) you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. 15 I will thrust you from my presence,(BZ) just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’(CA)
16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea(CB) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen(CC) to you. 17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.(CD) They pour out drink offerings(CE) to other gods to arouse(CF) my anger. 19 But am I the one they are provoking?(CG) declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?(CH)
20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign(CI) Lord says: My anger(CJ) and my wrath will be poured(CK) out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.(CL)
21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(CM) and eat(CN) the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(CO) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(CP) 23 but I gave them this command:(CQ) Obey(CR) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(CS) Walk in obedience to all(CT) I command you, that it may go well(CU) with you. 24 But they did not listen(CV) or pay attention;(CW) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(CX) They went backward(CY) and not forward. 25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again(CZ) I sent you my servants(DA) the prophets.(DB) 26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention.(DC) They were stiff-necked(DD) and did more evil than their ancestors.’(DE)
27 “When you tell(DF) them all this, they will not listen(DG) to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.(DH) 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.(DI) Truth(DJ) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
29 “‘Cut off(DK) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament(DL) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned(DM) this generation that is under his wrath.
The Valley of Slaughter
30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(DN) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(DO) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(DP) it. 31 They have built the high places of Topheth(DQ) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(DR) to burn their sons and daughters(DS) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(DT) 32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,(DU) for they will bury(DV) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 33 Then the carcasses(DW) of this people will become food(DX) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(DY) 34 I will bring an end to the sounds(DZ) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom(EA) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,(EB) for the land will become desolate.(EC)
8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(ED) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(EE) from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(EF) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(EG) They will not be gathered up or buried,(EH) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(EI) 3 Wherever I banish them,(EJ) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(EK) declares the Lord Almighty.’
Sin and Punishment
4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:
“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(EL)
When someone turns away,(EM) do they not return?
5 Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(EN)
they refuse to return.(EO)
6 I have listened(EP) attentively,
but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(EQ) of their wickedness,
saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(ER)
like a horse charging into battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(ES)
the requirements of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods
Colossians 2:8-23
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Colossians 2:8-23
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive by (A)philosophy and (B)empty deceit, according to (C)human tradition, according to the (D)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For (E)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (F)bodily, 10 and (G)you have been filled in him, who is (H)the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also (I)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (J)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (K)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (L)you were also raised with him through faith in (M)the powerful working of God, (N)who raised him from the dead. 13 (O)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God (P)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by (Q)canceling (R)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 (S)He disarmed the rulers and authorities[b] and (T)put them to open shame, by (U)triumphing over them in him.[c]
Let No One Disqualify You
16 Therefore let no one (V)pass judgment on you (W)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to (X)a festival or (Y)a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 (Z)These are a shadow of the things to come, but (AA)the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one (AB)disqualify you, (AC)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (AD)going on in detail about visions,[d] (AE)puffed up without reason by (AF)his sensuous mind, 19 and (AG)not (AH)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
20 If with Christ (AI)you died to the (AJ)elemental spirits of the world, (AK)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 (AL)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ((AM)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (AN)human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in (AO)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are (AP)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
- Colossians 2:15 Probably demonic rulers and authorities
- Colossians 2:15 Or in it (that is, the cross)
- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
Colossians 2:8-23
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Colossians 2:8-23
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(A) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(B) rather than on Christ.
9 For in Christ all the fullness(C) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(D) over every power and authority.(E) 11 In him you were also circumcised(F) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b](G) was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(H) in which you were also raised with him(I) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(J)
13 When you were dead in your sins(K) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive(L) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(M) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(N) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(O) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(P) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(Q) by the cross.[e]
Freedom From Human Rules
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(R) by what you eat or drink,(S) or with regard to a religious festival,(T) a New Moon celebration(U) or a Sabbath day.(V) 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(W) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(X) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(Y) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(Z) from whom the whole body,(AA) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(AB)
20 Since you died with Christ(AC) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(AD) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(AE) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(AF) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(AG) 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility(AH) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
- Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
- Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
- Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
- Colossians 2:15 Or them in him
Psalm 78:1-31
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Psalm 78:1-31
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Tell the Coming Generation
A Maskil[a] of (A)Asaph.
78 (B)Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2 (C)I will open my mouth (D)in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3 things that we have heard and known,
that our (E)fathers have told us.
4 We will not (F)hide them from their children,
but (G)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and (H)the wonders that he has done.
5 He established (I)a testimony in (J)Jacob
and appointed a law in (K)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6 that (L)the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (M)the works of God,
but (N)keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be (O)like their fathers,
(P)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (Q)whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The Ephraimites, armed with[b] the bow,
(R)turned back on the day of battle.
10 They (S)did not keep God's covenant,
but refused to walk according to his law.
11 They (T)forgot his works
and (U)the wonders that he had shown them.
12 In the sight of their fathers (V)he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in (W)the fields of Zoan.
13 He (X)divided the sea and let them pass through it,
and made the waters (Y)stand like a heap.
14 (Z)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
15 He (AA)split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of (AB)the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
(AC)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They (AD)tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
(AE)“Can God (AF)spread a table in the wilderness?
20 (AG)He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?”
21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
(AH)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they (AI)did not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
and (AJ)opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he (AK)rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them (AL)the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of (AM)the angels;
he sent them food (AN)in abundance.
26 He (AO)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
27 he rained meat on them like (AP)dust,
winged birds like (AQ)the sand of the seas;
28 he (AR)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
29 And they (AS)ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they (AT)craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
(AU)while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed (AV)the strongest of them
and laid low (AW)the young men of Israel.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 78:9 Hebrew armed and shooting
Psalm 78:1-31
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Psalm 78:1-31
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Psalm 78
A maskil[a] of Asaph.
1 My people, hear my teaching;(A)
listen to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(B)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.(C)
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;(D)
we will tell the next generation(E)
the praiseworthy deeds(F) of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders(G) he has done.
5 He decreed statutes(H) for Jacob(I)
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,(J)
and they in turn would tell their children.
7 Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget(K) his deeds
but would keep his commands.(L)
8 They would not be like their ancestors(M)—
a stubborn(N) and rebellious(O) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(P)
turned back on the day of battle;(Q)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(R)
and refused to live by his law.(S)
11 They forgot what he had done,(T)
the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(U) in the sight of their ancestors
in the land of Egypt,(V) in the region of Zoan.(W)
13 He divided the sea(X) and led them through;
he made the water stand up like a wall.(Y)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.(Z)
15 He split the rocks(AA) in the wilderness
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin(AB) against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(AC)
by demanding the food they craved.(AD)
19 They spoke against God;(AE)
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
and water gushed out,(AF)
streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
Can he supply meat(AG) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
his fire broke out(AH) against Jacob,
and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
or trust(AI) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
and opened the doors of the heavens;(AJ)
24 he rained down manna(AK) for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(AL) from the heavens
and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds(AM) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(AN)
he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,(AO)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
he put to death the sturdiest(AP) among them,
cutting down the young men of Israel.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Proverbs 24:26
English Standard Version
Proverbs 24:26
English Standard Version
26 Whoever gives an honest answer
kisses the lips.
Proverbs 24:26
New International Version
Proverbs 24:26
New International Version
26 An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
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