The next day the firstborn said to the younger, ‘Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.’
Jeremiah 8:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,’ says the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They are brought to shame because they have committed abominations (extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things). And yet they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown, says the Lord. [Jer. 6:12-15.] American Standard Version (1901) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible They should be ashamed of their detestable practices, but they have no shame; they don’t even blush! Therefore, they will fall among the fallen and stumble when disaster arrives, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion and they have not known how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord. |
The next day the firstborn said to the younger, ‘Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.’
people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, though I did not send them, and who say, “There will never be sword or famine in this land.” By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end.
Therefore, their way will seem like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
This is why the showers haven’t come – why there has been no spring rain. You have the brazen look of a prostitute and refuse to be ashamed.
They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed my instruction or my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.
Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse, says the Lord.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people; fathers and sons together will stumble over them; friends and neighbours will also perish.
When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.
Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment; I announce what is certain among the tribes of Israel.
The righteous Lord is in her; he does no wrong. He applies his justice morning by morning; he does not fail at dawn, yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.
Vengeance and retribution belong to me. , In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.’
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.