Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign, adding to the trouble Hadad had caused. He reigned over Aram , and loathed Israel.
Zechariah 11:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I cut off the three shepherds [the civil authorities, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was weary and impatient with them, and they also loathed me. [Jer. 2:8, 26; 18:18.] American Standard Version (1901) And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. Common English Bible I removed three shepherds in one month when I grew impatient with them. Moreover, they detested me. Catholic Public Domain Version And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard. |
Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign, adding to the trouble Hadad had caused. He reigned over Aram , and loathed Israel.
This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, , to a servant of rulers: ‘Kings will see, princes will stand up, and they will all bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel #– #and he has chosen you.’
My inheritance has behaved towards me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against me. Therefore, I hate her.
For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us; do not break it.
so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their hearts. They are all estranged from me because of their idols.”
You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hethite and your father an Amorite.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.
They betrayed the Lord; indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their fields.
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.
Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break my covenant with them, since I am the Lord their God.
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how it consumes me until it is finished!
‘But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, “We don’t want this man to rule over us.”
‘If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you.
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it #– #that its works are evil.
When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.
But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him. ,