He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

他使君王蒙羞被辱，放松有力之人的腰带。

他使贵族蒙羞受辱，放松勇士的腰带。

他使贵族蒙羞受辱，放松勇士的腰带。

祂使权贵倍受羞辱，祂除掉强者的权势。

他把羞辱倾倒在王子上，又松开壮士的腰带。

他使君王蒙羞被辱，放鬆有力之人的腰帶。

他使貴族蒙羞受辱，放鬆勇士的腰帶。

他使貴族蒙羞受辱，放鬆勇士的腰帶。

祂使權貴倍受羞辱，祂除掉強者的權勢。

他把羞辱傾倒在王子上，又鬆開壯士的腰帶。

他向王子身上傾倒侮辱，又使壯士的腰帶鬆了勁。

被王侯以羞恥、釋倔強者之帶、

民牧則黜其位、豪強則弛其力。

使侯伯被辱蒙羞、使強者失力而弱、原文作傾辱於侯伯釋強者之帶

He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

He looks down on proud leaders. He takes away the strength of those who are mighty.

He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.

He pours disgrace upon princes and disarms the strong.

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the strong.

He pours contempt on nobles, And loosens the belt of the strong.

He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.

He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the strong.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws.

The LORD who commands armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

The LORD says this about Jezebel,‘ Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall of Jezreel.’As for Ahab’s family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

At that time the LORD will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth.They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.

‘“ Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the LORD,“ and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” says the LORD.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the LORD said.”

After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“ Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.

I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. He will become a protector of the residents of Jerusalem and of the people of Judah.

None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.

He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.

He went inside and had a meal. Then he said,“ Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.When they went back and told him, he said,“ The LORD’s word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned,‘ In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.