After this event Yaroḇ‛am did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from all sorts of people for the high places. Whoever wished, he ordained, to become one of the priests of the high places.
Proverbs 27:22 - The Scriptures 2009 Even if you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle Along with crushed grain, His folly shall not leave him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. American Standard Version (1901) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Common English Bible Even if you grind fools in a mortar, even grinding them along with the grain, their folly won’t be driven from them. Catholic Public Domain Version Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. |
After this event Yaroḇ‛am did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from all sorts of people for the high places. Whoever wished, he ordained, to become one of the priests of the high places.
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants, and all the Mitsrites. And there was a great cry in Mitsrayim, for there was not a house where there was not a dead one.
And it was reported to the sovereign of Mitsrayim that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people. And they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Yisra’ĕl go from serving us?”
“The enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.
“They struck me, I was not sick! They beat me, I did not know! When shall I wake up? Let me seek it again!”
Why should you be stricken any more? You continue in apostasy! All the head is sick, and all the heart faints.
Does a Kushite change his skin and a leopard its spots? You who are taught to do evil are also unable to do good!
O יהוה, are Your eyes not on truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive instruction. They made their faces stronger than rock, they refused to turn back.
And when Sha’ul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. So Sha’ul sent messengers again, the third time, and they prophesied also.