For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
Micah 2:3 - Y'all Version Bible Therefore YHWH says: “Look! I am planning evil for this family, from which y’al cannot free your necks. Then y’all will not walk proudly, for it is an time of evil. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, against this family I am planning a disaster from which you cannot remove your necks, nor will you be able to walk erect; for it will be an evil time. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time. Common English Bible Therefore, the LORD proclaims: I myself am devising an evil against this family from which you will not be able to remove your necks! You will no longer be able to go about arrogantly, for it will be an evil time. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, thus says the Lord: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which you will not steal away your necks. And you will not walk in arrogance, because this is a most wicked time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time. |
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
Moreover YHWH said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking seductiveley as they go, jingling ornaments on their ankles;
who say, “Let ʜɪᴍ make hurry do ʜɪꜱ work quickly, so that we may see it! Let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so that we may know it!”
“Now therefore, you are to speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘YHWH says: “Look! I will form a disaster for y’all, and devise a plan against y’all. Every one of y’all should return from your evil way now, and reform your* ways and actions.”’
I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, “Y’all must submit your* necks to the yoke of the king of Babylon, and y’all must serve him and his people, and live.
Therefore YHWH says: “Y’all have not obeyed me and proclaimed liberty, every person to their sibling and neighbor. Look! I now proclaim liberty to y’all,” says YHWH, “to the sword, to plague, and to famine! I will make y’all a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth.
When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. YHWH our God has not sent you to say, ‘Y’all must not go into Egypt to live there.’
Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says YHWH Almighty.
“The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand. They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. He made my strength fail. The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
YHWH has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself.
Y’all must listen this word that YHWH has spoken against y’all, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
“I have only chosen y’all from all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish y’all for all of y’all’s sins.”
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the ethnic groups.
therefore you will serve your enemies whom YHWH sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
For judgment is without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.