“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
Isaiah 3:11 - The Scriptures 2009 “Woe to the wrong – evil! For the reward of his hand is done to him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them. American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him. Common English Bible Doom to the wicked; they are evil. What they have done will be done to them. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to the impious man immersed in evil! For retribution will be given to him from his own hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. |
“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
“And I am weak today, though anointed sovereign. And these men, the sons of Tseruyah, are too harsh for me. Let יהוה repay the evil-doer according to his evil.”
See, I am bringing evil on you, and shall consume your descendants, and cut off from Aḥaḇ every male in Yisra’ĕl, both those shut up and those left at large,
then hear in the heavens, and act, and rightly rule Your servants, repaying the wrong by bringing his way on his own head, and declare right the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.
If I am wrong, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I would not lift up my head – filled with shame and seeing my grief!
Give to them according to their deeds, And according to the evil of their practices; Give to them according to the work of their hands; Bring back to them what they deserve.
And loving-commitment is Yours, O יהוה; For You reward each one according to his work.
“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.
See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded, How much more the wrong and the sinner!
From the fruit of his mouth one is filled with good, And the work of a man’s hands is given back to him.
Whoever digs a pit falls into it, And whoever rolls a stone, it turns back on him.
But it shall not be well with the wrong one, nor would he prolong his days as a shadow, because he does not fear before Elohim.
“And I shall punish the world for its evil, and the wrong for their crookedness, and shall put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
“No more is an infant from there going to live but a few days, nor an old man who does not complete his days, for the youth dies one hundred years old, but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be lightly esteemed.
“See, it is written before Me: I am not silent, but shall repay, and I shall repay into their bosom,
your crookednesses and the crookednesses of your fathers together,” said יהוה, “who burned incense on the mountains and reproached Me on the hills. And I shall measure their former work into their bosom.”
“And I shall punish you according to the fruit of your deeds,” declares יהוה. “And I shall kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall consume all that is around her.” ’ ”
“But each one shall die for his own crookedness – whoever eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be blunted.
For thus said the Master יהוה, “I shall deal with you as you have done, in that you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
“The being who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the crookedness of the father, nor the father bear the crookedness of the son. The righteousness of the righteous is upon himself, and the wrongness of the wrong is upon himself.
and He spread it before me, and it was written on the inside and on the outside. And written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.
“I, יהוה, have spoken. It shall come, and I shall do it. I do not hold back, nor do I pardon, nor do I relent. According to your ways and according to your deeds they shall judge you,” declares the Master יהוה.’ ”
“When I say to the wrong, ‘O wrong one, you shall certainly die!’ and you have not spoken to warn the wrong from his way, that wrong one shall die in his crookedness, and his blood I require at your hand.
Therefore, when they cry to יהוה He does not answer them, and hides His face from them at that time, as they have made their deeds evil.
But the earth shall become a waste because of those who dwell in it, and for the fruit of their deeds.
“But if you do not do so, then see, you shall sin against יהוה, and know: your sin is going to find you out.
For we all have to appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, in order for each one to receive according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.
And all the evil of the men of Sheḵem Elohim turned back on their own heads, and the curse of Yotham son of Yerubba‛al came on them.