To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
Hosea 5:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers; I will pour out my fury on them like water. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The princes of Judah are like those who remove the landmark [the barrier between right and wrong]; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water. [Deut. 19:14; Prov. 22:28.] American Standard Version (1901) The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. Common English Bible The princes of Judah act like raiders who steal the land; I will pour out my anger like water upon them. Catholic Public Domain Version The leaders of Judah have become like those who assume the end. I will pour my wrath over them like water. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. |
To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my wrath on you.’
I will pour out my wrath on you very soon; I will exhaust my anger against you and judge you according to your ways. I will punish you for all your detestable practices.
The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.’
But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.’
‘Do not move your neighbour’s boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
“The one who moves his neighbour’s boundary marker is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”