Its nobles--thereis noonethere[Whom] they may proclaimking--And allits princeswill be nothing.
He [it is] who reducesrulersto nothing,Who makesthe judgesof the earthmeaningless.
Behold,you are of noaccount,And your workamounts to nothing;He who choosesyou is an abomination.
whichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylondid not takewhen he carriedinto exileJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,from Jerusalemto Babylon,and allthe noblesof Judahand Jerusalem.
Then the kingof Babylonslewthe sonsof Zedekiahbefore his eyesat Riblah;the kingof Babylonalso slewallthe noblesof Judah.
IfI have[the gift of] prophecy,and knowallmysteriesand allknowledge;and ifI haveallfaith,soas to removemountains,but do not havelove,I amnothing.
Thereforeconcerningthe eatingof things sacrificed to idols,we knowthat there is nosuch thingas an idolin the world,and that there is noGodbut one.
I have becomefoolish;you yourselvescompelledme. ActuallyI shouldhave been commendedby you, for in norespectwas I inferiorto the most eminentapostles,eventhoughI ama nobody.
