Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous shall escape.
Hosea 5:5 - The Scriptures 2009 “And the Excellency of Yisra’ĕl shall witness to his face, and Yisra’ĕl and Ephrayim stumble in their crookedness. Yehuḏah shall also stumble with them. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the pride and self-reliance of Israel testifies before his [own] face. Therefore shall [all] Israel, and [especially] Ephraim [the northern ten tribes], totter and fall in their iniquity and guilt, and Judah shall stumble and fall with them. American Standard Version (1901) And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them. Common English Bible Israel’s pride is a witness against him; both Israel and Ephraim stagger because of their guilt; Judah staggers with them. Catholic Public Domain Version And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face. And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity, and even Judah will fall with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them. |
Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous shall escape.
The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.
By his own evildoing the wrong is thrust down, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
For seven times a righteous man falls and rises, But the wrong one stumbles into evil.
There is a generation; Oh, how haughty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
For Yerushalayim has stumbled, and Yehuḏah has fallen, because their tongue and their doings are against יהוה, to provoke the eyes of His esteem.
The look on their faces witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Seḏom; they do not hide it. Woe to their being! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
Those who make an idol, all of them are emptiness, and their delights do not profit. And they are their own witnesses; they neither see nor know, so that they are put to shame.
For our transgressions have increased before You, and our sins witnessed against us. For our transgressions are with us, and as for our crookednesses, we know them:
O יהוה, though our crookednesses witness against us, act, for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings have been many, we have sinned against You.
“Your own evil instructs you, and your backslidings reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter that you have forsaken יהוה your Elohim, and that My fear is not in you,” declares the Master יהוה of hosts.
O Yisra’ĕl, return to יהוה your Elohim, for you have stumbled by your crookedness.
Take words with you, and return to יהוה. Say to Him, “Take away all crookedness, and accept what is good, and we render the bulls of our lips.
“And you shall stumble in the day, and the prophet shall also stumble with you in the night. And I shall make your mother perish.
“For I am like a lion to Ephrayim, and like a young lion to the house of Yehuḏah. I Myself tear them and go, I take them away, and there is no one to deliver.
“And the Excellency of Yisra’ĕl did witness to his face, but they did not return to יהוה their Elohim, nor did they seek Him for all this.
“For Yisra’ĕl has forgotten his Maker, and has built palaces. And Yehuḏah has increased walled cities. But I shall send fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.”
The maiden of Yisra’ĕl has fallen, not to rise again. She lies forsaken on her land, with no one to lift her up.
Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who did murder the prophets –
“And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I shall judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.