to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.
Isaiah 29:20 - New Revised Standard Version For the tyrant shall be no more, and the scoffer shall cease to be; all those alert to do evil shall be cut off— Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the terrible one [the Assyrian enemy] shall come to nought, and the scoffer shall cease, and all those who watch for iniquity [as an occasion for accusation] shall be cut off– American Standard Version (1901) For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off; Common English Bible The tyrant will be no more, the mocker will perish, and all who plot evil will be eliminated: Catholic Public Domain Version For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he that did prevail hath failed; the scorner is consumed; and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity: |
to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.
The proud, haughty person, named “Scoffer,” acts with arrogant pride.
I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, and lay low the insolence of tyrants.
I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, have summoned my warriors, my proudly exulting ones, to execute my anger.
But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of tyrants like flying chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,
But thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued; for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
No one brings suit justly, no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, conceiving mischief and begetting iniquity.
After this I saw in the visions by night a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth and was devouring, breaking in pieces, and stamping what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that preceded it, and it had ten horns.
Alas for those who devise wickedness and evil deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in their power.
Therefore thus says the Lord: Now, I am devising against this family an evil from which you cannot remove your necks; and you shall not walk haughtily, for it will be an evil time.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.
Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then he put an elegant robe on him, and sent him back to Pilate.
And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!”
The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.