Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
Isaiah 32:9 - English Standard Version 2016 Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my [Isaiah's] voice, you confident and careless daughters! Listen to what I am saying! American Standard Version (1901) Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech. Common English Bible Women of leisure, stand up! Hear my voice! Carefree daughters, listen to my word! Catholic Public Domain Version You opulent women, rise up and listen to my voice! O confident daughters, play close attention to my eloquence! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech. |
Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet,
For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are ruined! We are utterly shamed, because we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
Hear, O women, the word of the Lord, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbor a dirge.
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces, to her son and to her daughter,
When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.