My brothers have acted deceptively, as a seasonal stream, as a torrential stream that overflows
Jeremiah 12:6 - Tree of Life Version For even your brothers —your father’s house— even they will betray you, even they will shout out after you. Have no confidence in them, even if they say nice words to you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For even your brethren and the house of your father–even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, even they are [like a pack of hounds] in full cry after you. Believe them not, though they speak fair words and promise good things to you. American Standard Version (1901) For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. Common English Bible Even your relatives, your very family, are planning to trap you. They are out to get you. So don’t trust them, even if they appear to be on your side. Catholic Public Domain Version For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even these have fought against you. And they have cried out after you with loud voice: 'You should not believe them, when they speak good things to you.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice. Believe them not when they speak good things to thee. |
My brothers have acted deceptively, as a seasonal stream, as a torrential stream that overflows
Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
Everyone tells a lie to his neighbor, talking with flattering lips and a divided heart.
For I have endured scorn for Your sake. Disgrace has covered my face.
You will vomit up the morsel you ate, and will waste your pleasant words.
When he speaks favorably, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
For thus says Adonai to me: “As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, though a company of shepherds is called out against him —their voice does not disturb him, nor does their noise upset him— so Adonai-Tzva’ot will come down to fight on Mount Zion, on its hill.
But I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter. I did not know they had devised plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be no more remembered.”
Therefore thus says Adonai concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, “You must not prophesy in the Name of Adonai, so you would not die by our hand.”
For I heard the whispering of many: “‘Terror on every side?’ Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” Even all my close friends are watching for my fall: “Perhaps he may be deceived, so we’ll get the better of him, and we’ll get our revenge on him.”
They bend their tongue like a bow. Lies, not faithfulness, prevail in the land. “For they go from evil to evil and do not know Me,” says Adonai.
Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out doing wrong.
“You dwell in the midst of deceit. In deceit they refuse to know Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.
They were trying to seize Yeshua, because they realized that He spoke the parable against them. But they feared the crowd, so they left Him and went away.
Then the crowd joined in the attack on them. So the chief authorities ripped their clothes off them and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders made a united attack against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,