and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Isaiah 2:9 - King James Version - American Edition and the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the common man is bowed down [before idols], also the great man is brought low and humbles himself–therefore forgive them not [O Lord]. American Standard Version (1901) And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not. Common English Bible Humanity will be brought down; each person laid low—don’t lift them up! Catholic Public Domain Version And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should not forgive them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And man hath bowed himself down: and man hath been debased. Therefore forgive them not. |
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
but the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.