They said to me, “The remnant who have survived the captivity there in the province are in great distress and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
Job 19:5 - Tree of Life Version If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and prove my humiliation against me, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach and humiliation, American Standard Version (1901) If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach; Common English Bible If you look down on me and use my disgrace to criticize me, Catholic Public Domain Version But you have risen up against me, and you accuse me to my disgrace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches. |
They said to me, “The remnant who have survived the captivity there in the province are in great distress and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
May they be ashamed and humiliated, those who rejoice over my misery. May they who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
But You, Adonai, have mercy on me, and raise me up, so I may repay them.
Ruins are in her midst. Oppression and deceit never leave her square.
For if it were an enemy taunting me, I could endure it. If my foe was exalting himself over me, I could hide from him.
Seven women will grab hold of one man in that day, saying: “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel. Only let us be called by your name— take away our reproach!”
Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I have fallen—I will arise. Though I sit in darkness, Adonai is my light.
This is what they will get for their pride, for they have taunted and expanded against the people of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Adonai also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not exceed that of Judah.
“Adonai has done this for me! In these days He looked upon me, to take away my disgrace among the people.”
His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”
They replied to him, “You were born completely in sin, and you’re teaching us?” And they threw him out.
Her rival would taunt her bitterly to provoke her, because Adonai had closed her womb.