Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - People have heard that I groan, That I have no comforter [in You]. All my enemies have heard of my desperation; They are delighted [O Lord] that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day [of judgment] which You have proclaimed So that they will become like me.
- 新标点和合本 - 听见我叹息的有人； 安慰我的却无人！ 我的仇敌都听见我所遭的患难； 因你做这事，他们都喜乐。 你必使你报告的日子来到， 他们就像我一样。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 有人听见我叹息 ， 却无人安慰我！ 我所有的仇敌听见我的患难就喜乐， 因这是你所做的。 你使你所宣告的日子来临， 愿他们像我一样。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 有人听见我叹息 ， 却无人安慰我！ 我所有的仇敌听见我的患难就喜乐， 因这是你所做的。 你使你所宣告的日子来临， 愿他们像我一样。
- 当代译本 - “人们听见我的哀叹， 却无人安慰我。 敌人听说你降给我的灾难， 都幸灾乐祸。 愿你宣告的审判之日来临， 叫他们像我一样受苦！
- 圣经新译本 - 有人听见我的唉哼，却没有人安慰我， 我所有的仇敌都听见我的灾难；你作了这事，他们就欢乐。 愿你使你所宣告的日子来临那时，他们就必像我一样。
- 中文标准译本 - “人们听见我叹息， 却无人安慰我； 我一切的仇敌听见我的灾祸， 他们因你做了这事而高兴。 愿你使你宣告的日子来到， 他们就会像我一样。 ת Tav
- 现代标点和合本 - 听见我叹息的有人， 安慰我的却无人。 我的仇敌都听见我所遭的患难， 因你做这事他们都喜乐。 你必使你报告的日子来到， 他们就像我一样。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 听见我叹息的有人， 安慰我的却无人！ 我的仇敌都听见我所遭的患难， 因你作这事，他们都喜乐。 你必使你报告的日子来到， 他们就像我一样。
- New International Version - “People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my distress; they rejoice at what you have done. May you bring the day you have announced so they may become like me.
- New International Reader's Version - “People have heard me groan. But no one is here to comfort me. My enemies have heard about all my troubles. What you have done makes them happy. So please judge them, just as you said you would. Let them become like me.
- English Standard Version - “They heard my groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. You have brought the day you announced; now let them be as I am.
- New Living Translation - “Others heard my groans, but no one turned to comfort me. When my enemies heard about my troubles, they were happy to see what you had done. Oh, bring the day you promised, when they will suffer as I have suffered.
- The Message - “Oh, listen to my groans. No one listens, no one cares. When my enemies heard of the trouble you gave me, they cheered. Bring on Judgment Day! Let them get what I got!
- Christian Standard Bible - People have heard me groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they are glad that you have caused it. Bring on the day you have announced, so that they may become like me. ת Taw
- New American Standard Bible - They have heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me, All my enemies have heard of my disaster; They are joyful that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, So that they will become like me.
- New King James Version - “They have heard that I sigh, But no one comforts me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; They are glad that You have done it. Bring on the day You have announced, That they may become like me.
- American Standard Version - They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
- King James Version - They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
- New English Translation - They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me! ת (Tav)
- World English Bible - “They have heard that I sigh. There is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are glad that you have done it. You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me.
- 新標點和合本 - 聽見我歎息的有人； 安慰我的卻無人！ 我的仇敵都聽見我所遭的患難； 因你做這事，他們都喜樂。 你必使你報告的日子來到， 他們就像我一樣。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 有人聽見我嘆息 ， 卻無人安慰我！ 我所有的仇敵聽見我的患難就喜樂， 因這是你所做的。 你使你所宣告的日子來臨， 願他們像我一樣。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 有人聽見我嘆息 ， 卻無人安慰我！ 我所有的仇敵聽見我的患難就喜樂， 因這是你所做的。 你使你所宣告的日子來臨， 願他們像我一樣。
- 當代譯本 - 「人們聽見我的哀歎， 卻無人安慰我。 敵人聽說你降給我的災難， 都幸災樂禍。 願你宣告的審判之日來臨， 叫他們像我一樣受苦！
- 聖經新譯本 - 有人聽見我的唉哼，卻沒有人安慰我， 我所有的仇敵都聽見我的災難；你作了這事，他們就歡樂。 願你使你所宣告的日子來臨那時，他們就必像我一樣。
- 呂振中譯本 - 『人聽見我歎息， 卻沒有人安慰我； 我的仇敵聽見我遭的患難， 都高興你作了這事， 願你使你宣告的日子來到， 他們就像我一樣。
- 中文標準譯本 - 「人們聽見我嘆息， 卻無人安慰我； 我一切的仇敵聽見我的災禍， 他們因你做了這事而高興。 願你使你宣告的日子來到， 他們就會像我一樣。 ת Tav
- 現代標點和合本 - 聽見我嘆息的有人， 安慰我的卻無人。 我的仇敵都聽見我所遭的患難， 因你做這事他們都喜樂。 你必使你報告的日子來到， 他們就像我一樣。
- 文理和合譯本 - 維彼聞我咨嗟、無人慰藉兮、諸敵聞我遘難、悅爾所行兮、爾所宣告之日既至、彼乃與我相同兮、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 維彼人斯、聞予嗟嘆、不加慰藉、敵聞爾降災於予、反增喜色、爾已定命、降災於彼、與余無異言、必有應兮。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 人聞我嗟嘆、不加慰藉、我一切敵聞我遘災、為主所降、反增欣喜、 我一切敵聞我遘災為主所降反增欣喜或作我一切敵聞我遘災則皆欣喜此乃主所使 主已宣告其日將至、我敵 遭災、 與我無異、斯言望主應驗、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »La gente ha escuchado mi gemir, pero no hay quien me consuele. Todos mis enemigos conocen mi pesar y se alegran de lo que has hecho conmigo. ¡Manda ya tu castigo anunciado, para que sufran lo que he sufrido! Tav
- 현대인의 성경 - “사람들이 나의 탄식 소리를 들었지만 나를 위로하는 자는 아무도 없습니다. 나의 모든 원수들이 내 고통에 대해서 들었으나 오히려 기뻐하고 있습니다. 주께서 선포하신 날이 이르게 하셔서 내 원수들도 나처럼 고난받게 하소서.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Люди услышали стоны мои, но нет мне утешителя. Все враги мои услышали о бедствии моем и были рады тому, что Ты сделал со мною. Пусть же наступит день, объявленный Тобой, когда с ними случится то же, что и со мной.
- Восточный перевод - Люди услышали стоны мои, но никто меня не утешит. Все враги мои услышали о бедствии моём и были рады тому, что Ты сделал со мною. Пусть же наступит день, объявленный Тобой, когда с ними случится то же, что и со мной.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Люди услышали стоны мои, но никто меня не утешит. Все враги мои услышали о бедствии моём и были рады тому, что Ты сделал со мною. Пусть же наступит день, объявленный Тобой, когда с ними случится то же, что и со мной.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Люди услышали стоны мои, но никто меня не утешит. Все враги мои услышали о бедствии моём и были рады тому, что Ты сделал со мною. Пусть же наступит день, объявленный Тобой, когда с ними случится то же, что и со мной.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - On entend mes gémissements, mais nul ne me console et tous mes ennemis, ╵apprenant mon malheur, sont dans la joie, ╵car c’est toi qui as fait cela. Fais donc venir le jour ╵que tu as annoncé, et que mes ennemis ╵deviennent comme moi !
- リビングバイブル - 私のうめきを聞いてください。 助けてくれる者はどこにもいません。 敵は私が苦しんでいるのを聞きました。 彼らは、主が私に罰を加えたと知って、 喜んでいます。 しかし主よ。お約束どおり、 彼らも私と同じ目に会う時が来るはずです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Os meus lamentos têm sido ouvidos, mas não há ninguém que me console. Todos os meus inimigos sabem da minha agonia; eles se alegram com o que fizeste. Quem dera trouxesses o dia que anunciaste para que eles ficassem como eu!
- Hoffnung für alle - Man hört mich seufzen, doch keiner tröstet mich. Stattdessen jubeln meine Feinde, wenn sie erfahren, welches Unglück du über mich gebracht hast. Doch wenn dein Gerichtstag kommt, den du seit langem angekündigt hast, dann wird es ihnen ergehen wie mir.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xin nghe tiếng con thở than, nhưng chẳng một người nào an ủi con. Khi quân thù nghe tin con hoạn nạn. Họ mừng rỡ vì tay Chúa đánh phạt con. Vào đúng thời điểm Ngài ấn định, để họ cùng chịu hoạn nạn như con.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ผู้คนได้ยินเสียงครวญครางของข้าพระองค์ แต่ไม่มีใครปลอบโยนข้าพระองค์ ศัตรูทั้งปวงได้ยินถึงความทุกข์ยากลำเค็ญของข้าพระองค์ ก็กระหยิ่มลิงโลดในสิ่งที่พระองค์ได้ทรงทำ ขอทรงนำวันนั้นที่ทรงประกาศไว้มาถึง เพื่อพวกเขาจะได้เป็นเหมือนข้าพระองค์
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฟังเสียงโอดครวญของข้าพเจ้าเถิด ไม่มีใครปลอบประโลมเลย พวกศัตรูทราบว่าข้าพเจ้าลำบาก พวกเขาดีใจที่พระองค์กระทำต่อข้าพเจ้า พระองค์ให้สิ่งเป็นไปตามที่พระองค์ประกาศแล้ว แต่ขอให้ศัตรูประสบอย่างเดียวกันกับข้าพเจ้าเถิด
Cross Reference
- Ezekiel 25:1 - The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
- Ezekiel 25:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 25:3 - And say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God, for thus says the Lord God, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
- Ezekiel 25:4 - therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
- Ezekiel 25:5 - I will make Rabbah [your chief city] a pasture for camels and [the cities of] the Ammonites a resting place for flocks [of sheep]. And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 25:6 - For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the contempt, and malice, and spite of your soul against the land of Israel,
- Ezekiel 25:7 - therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and will hand you over as prey and spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 25:8 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Moab and Seir (Edom) say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [pagan] nations,’
- Ezekiel 25:9 - therefore, behold, I will deprive the flank of Moab of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim.
- Ezekiel 25:10 - I will give it, along with the children of Ammon, to the people of the East as a possession, so that the children of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations [any longer].
- Ezekiel 25:11 - Thus I will execute judgment and punishment on Moab, and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 25:12 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,”
- Ezekiel 25:13 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and I will cut off and destroy man and beast. I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 25:14 - I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom in accordance with My anger and My wrath, and they will know and experience My vengeance,” says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 25:15 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted revengefully and have taken vengeance [contemptuously] with malice in their hearts to destroy with everlasting hostility and hatred,”
- Ezekiel 25:16 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
- Ezekiel 25:17 - I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes and chastisements and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them.” ’ ”
- Isaiah 13:1 - The [mournful, inspired] oracle ( a burden to be carried) concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw [in a prophetic vision]:
- Isaiah 13:2 - Lift up a signal banner on the bare mountain, Summon them [the Medes and Persians] with a loud voice, Wave the [beckoning] hand so that they may enter the doorways of the [Babylonian] nobles.
- Isaiah 13:3 - I [the Lord] have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My great warriors, My proudly exulting ones [the Medes and the Persians who triumph for My honor]— To execute My anger.
- Isaiah 13:4 - A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of the kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The Lord of hosts is mustering an army for battle.
- Isaiah 13:5 - They are coming from a distant country, From the end of heaven [the farthest horizon]— The Lord and the weapons of His indignation— To destroy the whole land.
- Isaiah 13:6 - Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty (All Sufficient One—Invincible God)!
- Isaiah 13:7 - Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt.
- Isaiah 13:8 - They [of Babylon] will be shocked and terrified, Pains and anguish will grip them; They will be in pain like a woman in childbirth. They will stare aghast and horrified at one another, Their faces aflame [from the effects of the unprecedented warfare].
- Isaiah 13:9 - Listen carefully, the day of the Lord is coming, Cruel, with wrath and raging anger, To make the land a horror [of devastation]; And He shall exterminate its sinners from it.
- Isaiah 13:10 - For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash with their light; The sun will be dark when it rises, And the moon will not shed its light.
- Isaiah 13:11 - In this way I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing]; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And will abase the arrogance of the tyrant.
- Isaiah 13:12 - I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold, And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:13 - Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; And the earth will be shaken from its place At the wrath of the Lord of hosts In the day of His burning anger.
- Isaiah 13:14 - And like the hunted gazelle, Or like sheep that no man gathers, Each [foreign resident] will turn [and go back] to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.
- Ezekiel 26:2 - “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gateway of the people is broken; she is open to me. I will be filled, now that she is a desolate waste,’
- Psalms 38:16 - For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”
- Psalms 37:13 - The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous], For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.
- Jeremiah 50:29 - “Call together many [archers] against Babylon, All those who bend the bow. Encamp against her on every side; Let no one from there escape. Repay her according to her actions; Just as she has done, do to her. For she has been proudly defiant and presumptuous against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.
- Lamentations 1:11 - All her people groan, seeking bread; They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food To restore their lives. “See, O Lord, and consider How despised and repulsive I have become!”
- Lamentations 1:12 - “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the Lord has inflicted [on me] on the day of His fierce anger.
- Isaiah 47:1 - “Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground [in abject humiliation]; there is no throne for you, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
- Isaiah 47:2 - Take millstones [as a female slave does] and grind meal; Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers [at the command of your captors].
- Isaiah 47:3 - Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame will also be exposed; I will take vengeance and will spare no man.”
- Isaiah 47:4 - Our Redeemer [will do all this], the Lord of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 47:5 - “Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms.
- Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with My people, I profaned [Judah] My inheritance And gave them into your hand [Babylon]. You showed them no mercy; You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
- Isaiah 47:7 - And you said, ‘I shall be a queen forevermore.’ You did not consider these things, Nor did you [seriously] remember the [ultimate] outcome of such conduct.
- Isaiah 47:8 - “Now, then, hear this, you who live a luxuriant life, You who dwell safely and securely, Who say in your heart (mind), ‘I am [the queen], and there is no one besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, Nor know the loss of children.’
- Isaiah 47:9 - But these two things shall come to you abruptly, in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many [claims of power through your] sorceries, In spite of the great power of your enchantments.
- Isaiah 47:10 - For you [Babylon] have trusted and felt confident in your wickedness; you have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray, And you have said in your heart (mind), ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
- Isaiah 47:11 - Therefore disaster will come on you; You will not know how to make it disappear [with your magic]. And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone [with all your offerings to your gods]; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly.
- Isaiah 47:12 - “Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments And your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them], Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.
- Isaiah 47:13 - You are wearied by your many counsels. Just let the astrologers, The stargazers, Those who predict by the new moons [each month] Stand up and save you from the things that will come upon you [Babylon].
- Isaiah 47:14 - In fact, they are like stubble; Fire burns them. They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame [much less save the nation], There is no blazing coal for warming Nor fire before which to sit!
- Isaiah 47:15 - This is how they have become to you, those [astrologers and sorcerers] with whom you have labored, Those who have done business with you from your youth; Each has wandered in his own way. There is no one to save you.
- Jeremiah 50:31 - “Behold, I am against you, [O Babylon, you] arrogant one, [you who are pride and presumption personified],” Says the Lord God of hosts, “For your day has come, The time when I will punish you.
- Jeremiah 48:27 - For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.
- Jeremiah 25:17 - Then I (Jeremiah) took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord had sent me drink it:
- Jeremiah 25:18 - Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;
- Jeremiah 25:19 - Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, all his people,
- Jeremiah 25:20 - and all the foreign (mixed) population, all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (and [their cities of] Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
- Jeremiah 25:21 - Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;
- Jeremiah 25:22 - all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the islands and the coastlands across the [Mediterranean] Sea;
- Jeremiah 25:23 - Dedan, Tema, Buz [the neighboring tribes north of Arabia], and all who clip off the side-growth of their hair;
- Jeremiah 25:24 - all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign population who live in the desert;
- Jeremiah 25:25 - all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam (Persia), and all the kings of Media;
- Jeremiah 25:26 - all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another—and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And the king of Sheshach (Babylon) shall drink after them.
- Jeremiah 25:27 - “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Drink, be drunk, vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’
- Jeremiah 25:28 - And if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “You shall surely drink!
- Jeremiah 25:29 - For behold, I am beginning to work disaster in the city which is called by My Name, and shall you go unpunished? You will not be exempt from punishment, for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’
- Obadiah 1:12 - Do not gaze and gloat [in triumph] over your brother’s day, The day when his misfortune came. Do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Do not speak arrogantly [jeering and maliciously mocking] In the day of their distress.
- Obadiah 1:13 - Do not enter the gate of My people In the day of their disaster; Yes, you, do not look [with delight] on their misery In the day of their ruin, And do not loot treasures In the day of their ruin.
- Jeremiah 51:24 - “And I will [completely] repay Babylon and all the people of Chaldea for all the evil that they have done in Zion—before your very eyes [I will do it],” says the Lord.
- Habakkuk 2:15 - “Woe (judgment is coming) to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom to make them drunk So that you may look at their nakedness!
- Habakkuk 2:16 - You will be filled with disgrace instead of honor. Now drink and expose your own nakedness! The cup [of wrath] in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you [O destroyer], And utter disgrace will be on your own glory.
- Habakkuk 2:17 - For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; The destruction of the animals will terrify you On account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land, To the city and all its inhabitants.
- Jeremiah 51:49 - Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As also for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.
- Jeremiah 50:15 - Raise the battle cry against her on every side! She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: Take vengeance on her; As she has done [to others], do to her.
- Isaiah 51:22 - So says your Lord, the Lord, who is also your God Who pleads the cause of His people, “Listen carefully, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering and intoxication, The cup of My wrath; You shall never drink it again.
- Isaiah 51:23 - I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’ You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it.”
- Amos 1:1 - The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa, which he saw [in a divine revelation] concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
- Amos 1:2 - And he said, “The Lord thunders and roars from Zion [in judgment] And utters His voice from Jerusalem; Then the pastures of the shepherds mourn, And the summit of [Mount] Carmel dries up [because of God’s judgment].”
- Amos 1:3 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Damascus and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they have threshed Gilead [east of the Jordan River] with sharp iron sledges [having spikes that crushed and shredded].
- Amos 1:4 - So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon the house of Hazael, And it shall devour the palaces and strongholds of Ben-hadad (Hazael’s son).
- Amos 1:5 - I also will break the bar [of the gate] of Damascus, And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness), And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus); And the people of Aram [conquered by the Assyrians] will go into exile to Kir,” Says the Lord.
- Amos 1:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared] And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade].
- Amos 1:7 - So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Gaza And it shall consume her citadels.
- Amos 1:8 - And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from Ashdod, And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; And I will unleash My power and turn My hand [in judgment] against Ekron, And the rest of the Philistines [in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities] shall die,” Says the Lord God.
- Amos 1:9 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Tyre and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they [as middlemen] deported an entire [Jewish] population to Edom And did not [seriously] remember their covenant of brotherhood.
- Amos 1:10 - So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Tyre, And it shall consume her citadels.”
- Amos 1:11 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy; His destructive anger raged continually, And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.
- Amos 1:12 - So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Teman, And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah [in Edom].”
- Amos 1:13 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because the Ammonites have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they might enlarge their border.
- Amos 1:14 - So I will kindle a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Rabbah [in Ammon] And it shall devour its strongholds Amid war cries and shouts of alarm on the day of battle, And a tempest on the day of the whirlwind [when the enemy captures the city].
- Amos 1:15 - Their king shall go into exile, He and his princes together,” says the Lord.
- Revelation 18:6 - Repay to her even as she has repaid others, and pay back [to her] double [her torment] in accordance with what she has done; in the cup [of sin and suffering] which she mixed, mix a double portion [of perfect justice] for her.
- Joel 3:14 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].
- Jeremiah 46:1 - The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the [Gentile] nations.
- Jeremiah 46:2 - Concerning Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated [decisively] in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
- Jeremiah 46:3 - “Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, And advance for battle!
- Jeremiah 46:4 - Harness the horses, And mount, you riders! Take your stand with your helmets! Polish the spears, Put on the coats of mail!
- Jeremiah 46:5 - Why have I seen it? They are terrified And have turned back, And their warriors are beaten down. They take flight in haste Without looking back; Terror is on every side!” Says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 46:6 - Do not let the swift man run, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north by the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen.
- Jeremiah 46:7 - Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River], Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
- Jeremiah 46:8 - Egypt rises like the Nile, Even like the rivers whose waters surge about. And He has said, “I will rise, I will cover that land; I will certainly destroy the city and its inhabitants.”
- Jeremiah 46:9 - Charge, you horses, And drive like madmen, you chariots! Let the warriors go forward: Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
- Jeremiah 46:10 - For that day belongs to the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword will devour and be satiated And drink its fill of their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering] In the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 46:11 - Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you use many medicines; For you there is no healing or remedy.
- Jeremiah 46:12 - The nations have heard of your disgrace and shame, And your cry [of distress] has filled the earth. For warrior has stumbled against warrior, And both of them have fallen together.
- Jeremiah 46:13 - The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
- Jeremiah 46:14 - “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, And proclaim in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready, For the sword has devoured those around you.’
- Jeremiah 46:15 - Why have your strong ones been cut down? They do not stand because the Lord drove them away.
- Jeremiah 46:16 - He will make many stumble and fall; Yes, they have fallen one on another. Then they said, ‘Arise, and let us go back To our own people and to the land of our birth, Away from the sword of the oppressor.’
- Jeremiah 46:17 - They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is merely a loud noise; He has let the appointed time [of opportunity] pass by!’
- Jeremiah 46:18 - As I live,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, “Surely like Tabor among the mountains Or like Carmel by the sea, So shall he [the great king of Babylon] come.
- Jeremiah 46:19 - O you daughter who dwells in Egypt and you who dwell with her, Prepare yourselves [with all you will need] to go into exile, For Memphis will become desolate; It will even be burned down and without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 46:20 - Egypt is a very pretty heifer, But a horsefly (Babylonia) is coming [against her] out of the north!
- Jeremiah 46:21 - Also her mercenaries in her army Are like fattened calves, For they too have turned back and have fled together; They did not stand [their ground], Because the day of their disaster has come upon them, The time of their punishment.
- Jeremiah 46:22 - The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like [the rustling of] an escaping serpent, For her foes advance with a mighty army And come against her like woodcutters with axes.
- Jeremiah 46:23 - They have cut down her forest,” says the Lord; “Certainly it will no longer be found, Because they (the invaders) are more numerous than locusts And cannot be counted.
- Jeremiah 46:24 - The Daughter of Egypt has been shamed, Given over to the power of the people of the north [the Chaldeans of Babylonia].”
- Jeremiah 46:25 - The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon [chief god of the sacred city] of Thebes [the capital of Upper Egypt], and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings—even Pharaoh and those who put their trust in him [as a shield against Babylon].
- Jeremiah 46:26 - I will put them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants. Afterward Egypt will be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 46:27 - “But as for you, do not fear, O My servant Jacob, Nor be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will save you from [your captivity in] a distant land, And your descendants from the land of their exile; And Jacob will return and be quiet and secure, And no one will make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 46:28 - Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord, “For I am with you. For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you; Yet I will not make a full end of you. But I will discipline and correct you appropriately And by no means will I declare you guiltless or leave you unpunished.”
- Psalms 137:7 - Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom, The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem, Who said “Down, down [with her] To her very foundation.”
- Psalms 137:8 - O daughter of Babylon, you devastator, How blessed will be the one Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.
- Psalms 137:9 - How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.
- Deuteronomy 32:41 - If I sharpen the lightning of My sword, And My hand takes hold of judgment, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me.
- Deuteronomy 32:42 - I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.’
- Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people.”
- Jeremiah 30:16 - Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And they who plunder you will become plunder, And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
- Micah 7:9 - I will bear the indignation and wrath of the Lord Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, And I will behold His [amazing] righteousness and His remarkable deliverance.
- Micah 7:10 - Then my enemy [all the pagan nations] shall see it, And shame [for despising the Lord] will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look on her [with satisfaction at her judgment]; Now she (unbelievers) will be trampled down Like mud of the streets.
- Lamentations 1:4 - The roads to Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are grieved and suffering, And she suffers bitterly.
- Lamentations 1:2 - She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks; Among all her lovers (political allies) She has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.
- Lamentations 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, Who lives in the land of Uz. But the cup [of the wine of God’s wrath] will pass to you as well; You will become drunk and make yourself naked.
- Lamentations 4:22 - The punishment of your sin has been completed, O Daughter of Zion; The Lord will no longer send you into exile. But He will punish your sin, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
- Psalms 35:15 - But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me; They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
- Jeremiah 50:11 - “Though you are glad, though you rejoice, O you who plunder My heritage, Though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer in the grass And neigh like stallions,
- Lamentations 1:22 - Let all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them as You have dealt with me Because of all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”
- Lamentations 1:16 - I weep for these things; My eyes overflow with tears, Because a comforter, One who could restore my soul, is far away from me. My children are desolate and perishing, For the enemy has prevailed.”
- Lamentations 2:15 - All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They scoff and shake their heads At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that was called ‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of all the earth’?”
- Lamentations 1:8 - Jerusalem sinned greatly; Therefore she has become an unclean thing [and has been removed]. All who honored her [now] despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns [her face] away.