Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Ezekiel 16:38 - Revised Standard Version CI And I will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I the Lord will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and I will bring upon you the blood of [your divine Husband's] wrath and jealousy. [Num. 5:18.] American Standard Version (1901) And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy. Common English Bible I will convict you of adultery and murder, and I will hand you over in bloody fury and zeal. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will judge you with the judgment of adulteresses and of those who shed blood. And I will give you over to blood, in fury and in zeal. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will judge thee as adulteresses and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. |
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; and moreover she is with child by harlotry.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword, let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.
Thus says the Lord God, Because your shame was laid bare and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotries with your lovers, and because of all your idols, and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them,
They shall bring up a host against you, and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
And they shall come against you from the north with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples; they shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet, and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
And I will direct my indignation against you, that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.
therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you are guilty of blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.
“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.
The Lord is a jealous God and avenging, the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
I will bring distress on men, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
“But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death; he is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.
Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall be put to death.
For men have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is their due!”