Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him.
Isaiah 24:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it shall be–as [what happens] with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him. Common English Bible It will be the same for the people and for the priest; for the slave and for his master; for the female servant and for her mistress; for the buyer and for the seller; for the lender and for the borrower; for the creditor and for the debtor. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth. |
Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him.
He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian kingdom.
So humanity is brought low, and each person is humbled. Do not forgive them!
The earth will be stripped completely bare and will be totally plundered, for the Lord has spoken this message.
Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgements.
Humanity is brought low, each person is humbled, and haughty eyes are humbled.
but then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword; he killed the one the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.
‘For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Just as my anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem’s residents, so will my fury pour out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an example for cursing, scorn, execration, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.”
Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.
The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favour.
The punishment of my dear people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand laid on it.
The same judgement will happen to both people and priests. I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.