Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and bound him with fetters of bronze and brought him to Babylon.
Luke 15:14 - Revised Standard Version CI And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want. American Standard Version (1901) And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. Common English Bible “When he had used up his resources, a severe food shortage arose in that country and he began to be in need. Catholic Public Domain Version And after he had consumed it all, a great famine occurred in that region, and he began to be in need. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. |
Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and bound him with fetters of bronze and brought him to Babylon.
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you, and diminished your allotted portion, and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.
So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.