They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.
as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
“He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.