The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah fool you! He can’t save you from my power!’
Psalm 73:8 - Easy To Read Version They say cruel, evil things\par about other people.\par They are proud and stubborn.\par And they are always planning ways\par to take advantage of other people.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: They speak loftily. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They scoff, and wickedly utter oppression; they speak loftily [from on high, maliciously and blasphemously]. American Standard Version (1901) They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. Common English Bible They scoff and talk so cruel; from their privileged positions they plan oppression. Catholic Public Domain Version They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: "Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land. |
The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah fool you! He can’t save you from my power!’
Proud and wicked people make evil plans.\par And they hurt poor people.\par
Those bad people have become too proud \{to listen to God\}.\par And they brag about themselves.\par
And you were proud and said things against me. You spoke too many times and I have heard every word you said! Yes, I heard you.”
But they were like a boomerang. {\cf2\super [74]} \par They changed directions,\par but they did not come back to me. {\cf2\super [75]} \par Their leaders bragged \{about their strength\}.\par But they will be killed with swords.\par And the people in Egypt will laugh at them.\par
That punishment is for those people who live by doing the bad things their sinful selves want, and it is for people who hate the Lord’s authority (power).
Those false teachers boast with words that mean nothing. They lead people into the trap \{of sin\}. They lead away people who are just beginning to come away from other people who live wrong. Those false teachers do this by using the evil things people want to do in their sinful selves.
None of the people of Israel could make things from iron. There weren’t any blacksmiths [121] in Israel. The Philistines did not teach the Israelites how to make things from iron because the Philistines were afraid the Israelites would make iron swords and spears.