I trust the Lord.\par So why did you tell me \{to run and hide\}?\par \{You told me,\}\par “Fly like a bird to your mountain!”\par
Psalm 10:6 - Easy To Read Version Those people think bad things will never happen to them.\par \{They say,\}\par “We will have fun and never be punished.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: For I shall never be in adversity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He thinks in his heart, I shall not be moved; for throughout all generations I shall not come to want or be in adversity. American Standard Version (1901) He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity. Common English Bible They think to themselves, We’ll never stumble. We’ll never encounter any resistance. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul. |
I trust the Lord.\par So why did you tell me \{to run and hide\}?\par \{You told me,\}\par “Fly like a bird to your mountain!”\par
A foolish person {\cf2\super [75]} says in his heart,\par “There is no God.”\par Foolish people do terrible, rotten things.\par Not even one of them does good.\par
If that person gives money to someone,\par he will not charge interest on that loan.\par And that person will not take money\par to do bad things to innocent people.\par If a person lives like that good man,\par then he will always be near God. {\cf2\super [82]} \par
Sometimes people are not immediately punished for the bad things they do. Their punishment is slow to come. And that makes other people want to do bad things too.
You said,\par ‘I will live forever.\par I will always be The Queen.’\par You didn’t even notice the bad things\par you did to those people.\par You didn’t think about what would happen.\par
They come and say,\par “I will drink some wine.\par I will drink some beer.\par I will do the same thing tomorrow.\par Only, I will drink even more.”\par
You will be completely destroyed\par like thorn bushes burning under a pot.\par You will be destroyed quickly\par like dry weeds that burn fast.\par
But what will happen if the servant is evil and thinks his master will not come back soon?
People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly. Destruction will come like the pains of a woman who is having a baby. And those people will not escape.
She (Babylon) gave herself much glory\par and rich living.\par Give her that much suffering and sadness.\par She says to herself, ‘I am a queen\par sitting \{on my throne\}.\par I am not a widow {\cf2\super [131]} ;\par I will never be sad.’\par