How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
Isaiah 28:14 - Revised Version 1885 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem! American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: Common English Bible Therefore, hear the LORD’s word, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem. |
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bands be made strong: for a consummation, and that determined, have I heard from the Lord, the LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off:
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
In mine ears saith the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brasier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brasier.
On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.