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Job 16:4

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I also could speak as you do, if your soul were in my place. I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you;

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This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: She despises you, she ridicules you— virgin daughter of Zion. Behind you, she shakes her head — daughter of Jerusalem.

“Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

but I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would relieve your grief.

therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.”

“A despairing man should be shown kindness from his friend, or he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

I also have become a reproach to them; when they look at me, they shake their heads.

All who see me mock me; they sneer with the lip; they shake the head, saying,

“Trust in the Lord, let Him rescue him; let Him deliver him, since He delights in him.”

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

When words are many, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

A fool increases his words. No one knows what is to come; who can tell him what will come after him?

this is the word which the Lord has spoken against him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

to make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes by shall be astonished and shake his head.

For was not Israel a derision to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak of him, you shake your head in scorn.

All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?”

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake his fist.

Therefore, everything you would like men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.




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