He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Joshua 9:20 - New International Version (Anglicised) This is what we will do to them: we will let them live, so that God’s wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This we will do to them: we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them. American Standard Version (1901) This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. Common English Bible This is what we’ll do with them. We’ll let them live so that wrath won’t come down on us because of the solemn pledge that we made to them.” Catholic Public Domain Version But we shall do this to them: Certainly, let them be preserved so that they may live, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, since we would have sworn falsely. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But this we will do to them: Let their lives be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, if we should be forsworn. |
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.
‘So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud labourers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,’ says the Lord Almighty.
for the sexually immoral, for those practising homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers – and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
but all the leaders answered, ‘We have given them our oath by the Lord, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now.
They continued, ‘Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water-carriers in the service of the whole assembly.’ So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.