Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,
Jeremiah 15:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me to be a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither loaned, nor have men loaned to me, yet everyone curses me. [Jer. 1:18, 19.] American Standard Version (1901) Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me. Common English Bible I wish I had never been born! I have become a source of conflict and dissension in my own country. Even though I haven’t lent or borrowed, still everyone curses me. Catholic Public Domain Version "O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe is me, my mother! Why hast thou borne me, a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me. |
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”
Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.
who do not lend money at interest and do not take a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved.
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal, must I now restore?
“If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, says the Lord.
Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you.
You shall not lend them your money at interest taken in advance or provide them food at a profit.
Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
“Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed
“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”