Lamentations 2:16 But now your enemies gape, slack-jawed. Then they rub their hands in glee: “We’ve got them! We’ve been waiting for this! Here it is!”

2:16 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - But now your enemies gape, slack-jawed. Then they rub their hands in glee: “We’ve got them! We’ve been waiting for this! Here it is!”
新标点和合本 - 你的仇敌都向你大大张口；他们嗤笑，又切齿说： “我们吞灭她。这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了！我们亲眼看见了！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你所有的仇敌张口来攻击你；他们嗤笑，切齿，说： “我们把她吞灭了，这是我们所盼望的日子！我们终于等到了，亲眼看见了！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你所有的仇敌张口来攻击你；他们嗤笑，切齿，说： “我们把她吞灭了，这是我们所盼望的日子！我们终于等到了，亲眼看见了！”
当代译本 - 敌人都幸灾乐祸地讥讽你，他们咬牙切齿地嗤笑说： “我们吞灭了她！这是我们期待已久的日子！我们终于见到这一天了！”
圣经新译本 - 你所有的仇敌都张开口攻击你，他们嗤笑你，又咬牙切齿，说：“我们吞灭它了！这真是我们期待的日子！我们等到了！亲眼看见了！”
中文标准译本 - 你一切的仇敌张开口攻击你，他们嗤笑、咬牙切齿，说： “我们吞灭了她！这真是我们等候的日子！我们等到了，亲眼看见了！” ע Ayin
现代标点和合本 - 你的仇敌都向你大大张口，他们嗤笑又切齿，说： “我们吞灭她！这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了，我们亲眼看见了！”
和合本（拼音版） - 你的仇敌都向你大大张口。他们嗤笑，又切齿说： “我们吞灭她，这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了！我们亲眼看见了！”
New International Version - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.”
New International Reader's Version - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you. They laugh at you and grind their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed up Jerusalem’s people. This is the day we’ve waited for. And we’ve lived to see it.”
English Standard Version - All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have swallowed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!”
New Living Translation - All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”
Christian Standard Bible - All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it.” ע Ayin
New American Standard Bible - All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have engulfed her! This certainly is the day which we awaited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”
New King James Version - All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!”
Amplified Bible - All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Certainly this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”
American Standard Version - All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
King James Version - All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
New English Translation - All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ע (Ayin)
World English Bible - All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
新標點和合本 - 你的仇敵都向你大大張口；他們嗤笑，又切齒說：我們吞滅她。這真是我們所盼望的日子臨到了！我們親眼看見了！
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你所有的仇敵張口來攻擊你；他們嗤笑，切齒，說：「我們把她吞滅了，這是我們所盼望的日子！我們終於等到了，親眼看見了！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你所有的仇敵張口來攻擊你；他們嗤笑，切齒，說：「我們把她吞滅了，這是我們所盼望的日子！我們終於等到了，親眼看見了！」
當代譯本 - 敵人都幸災樂禍地譏諷你，他們咬牙切齒地嗤笑說：「我們吞滅了她！這是我們期待已久的日子！我們終於見到這一天了！」
聖經新譯本 - 你所有的仇敵都張開口攻擊你，他們嗤笑你，又咬牙切齒，說：“我們吞滅它了！這真是我們期待的日子！我們等到了！親眼看見了！”
呂振中譯本 - 你的仇敵都抿着嘴來調弄你；他們嗤笑着又切齒着，說：『我們吞滅了她了！啊！這正是我們所盼望的日子呀！我們得到了！我們看到了！』
中文標準譯本 - 你一切的仇敵張開口攻擊你，他們嗤笑、咬牙切齒，說：「我們吞滅了她！這真是我們等候的日子！我們等到了，親眼看見了！」 ע Ayin
現代標點和合本 - 你的仇敵都向你大大張口，他們嗤笑又切齒，說：「我們吞滅她！這真是我們所盼望的日子臨到了，我們親眼看見了！」
文理和合譯本 - 維爾諸敵、厥口孔張兮、嗤笑而切齒曰、吾儕吞滅之兮、我所望者、誠是日也、亦既覯止、亦既見止兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 敵口孔張、切齒憤聲、曰、我所望者、今日之事、斯邑吞噬、我所目睹兮。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾之諸敵、向爾張口、嗤笑切齒、曰、我儕已吞噬之、我所望之日、今已至矣、我所目睹、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Todos tus enemigos abren la boca para hablar mal de ti; rechinando los dientes, declaran burlones: «Nos la hemos comido viva. Llegó el día tan esperado; ¡hemos vivido para verlo!» Ayin
현대인의 성경 - 너의 모든 원수들이 너를 향해 입을 벌려 조소하며 이를 갈고 “우리가 그를 삼켰다. 우리가 이 날을 기다려 왔더니 이제야 보게 되었다” 하는구나.
Новый Русский Перевод - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили ее! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
Восточный перевод - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили её! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили её! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили её! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Vois : tous tes ennemis ont ouvert largement ╵leur bouche contre toi, ils sifflent, ils grincent des dents et ils s’exclament : ╵« Nous l’avons engloutie, c’est le jour que nous attendions, nous y sommes, le voici enfin ! »
リビングバイブル - 敵はあなたをあざ笑い、ののしって言います。「とうとう、この都を滅ぼしたぞ。待ちに待った時がついにきた。この目で、都が倒れるのを見た。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Todos os seus inimigos escancaram a boca contra você; eles zombam, rangem os dentes e dizem: “Nós a devoramos. Este é o dia que esperávamos; e eis que vivemos até vê-lo chegar!”
Hoffnung für alle - Deine Feinde ziehen über dich her und weiden sich an deinem Untergang: »Wir haben sie vernichtet!«, höhnen sie. »Auf diesen Tag haben wir lange gewartet, und nun ist er endlich da, wir haben unser Ziel erreicht!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tất cả thù nghịch đều chế nhạo ngươi. Chúng chế giễu và nghiến răng bảo: “Cuối cùng chúng ta đã tiêu diệt nó! Bao nhiêu năm tháng đợi chờ, bây giờ đã đến ngày nó bị diệt vong!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ศัตรูทั้งปวงของเจ้า อ้าปากเย้ยหยันเจ้า ส่งเสียงเยาะเย้ย ยิงฟันใส่ และกล่าวว่า “ในที่สุดเราก็ทำลายเจ้าลงได้ นี่เป็นวันที่เรารอคอยมานาน เราอยู่มาจนได้เห็นสิ่งนี้เกิดขึ้น”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ศัตรูทุกคนของท่านพูดล้อเลียนท่าน พวกเขาเหน็บแนมและเข่นเขี้ยวเคี้ยวฟันใส่ และพูดว่า “พวกเรากลืนนางได้แล้ว เออ พวกเรารอคอยวันนี้มานานแล้ว เรามีชีวิตอยู่ก็เพื่อจะได้เห็นอย่างนี้นี่เอง”

交叉引用

Jeremiah 50:17 - “Israel is a scattered flock, hunted down by lions. The king of Assyria started the carnage. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Has completed the job, gnawing the bones clean.”
Isaiah 49:19 - “And your ruined land? Your devastated, decimated land? Filled with more people than you know what to do with! And your barbarian enemies, a fading memory. The children born in your exile will be saying, ‘It’s getting too crowded here. I need more room.’ And you’ll say to yourself, ‘Where on earth did these children come from? I lost everything, had nothing, was exiled and penniless. So who reared these children? How did these children get here?’”
Acts 7:54 - At that point they went wild, a rioting mob of catcalls and whistles and invective. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, hardly noticed—he only had eyes for God, whom he saw in all his glory with Jesus standing at his side. He said, “Oh! I see heaven wide open and the Son of Man standing at God’s side!”
Obadiah 1:15 - “God’s Judgment Day is near for all the godless nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. What you did will boomerang back and hit your own head. Just as you partied on my holy mountain, all the godless nations will drink God’s wrath. They’ll drink and drink and drink— they’ll drink themselves to death. But not so on Mount Zion—there’s respite there! a safe and holy place! The family of Jacob will take back their possessions from those who took them from them. That’s when the family of Jacob will catch fire, the family of Joseph become fierce flame, while the family of Esau will be straw. Esau will go up in flames, nothing left of Esau but a pile of ashes.” God said it, and it is so. * * *
Ezekiel 25:6 - “God, the Master, says, Because you clapped and cheered, venting all your malicious contempt against the land of Israel, I’ll step in and hand you out as loot—first come, first served. I’ll cross you off the roster of nations. There’ll be nothing left of you. And you’ll realize that I am God.” * * *
Zephaniah 2:8 - “I’ve heard the crude taunts of Moab, the mockeries flung by Ammon, The cruel talk they’ve used to put down my people, their self-important strutting along Israel’s borders. Therefore, as sure as I am the living God,” says God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel’s personal God, “Moab will become a ruin like Sodom, Ammon a ghost town like Gomorrah, One a field of rocks, the other a sterile salt flat, a moonscape forever. What’s left of my people will finish them off, will pick them clean and take over. This is what they get for their bloated pride, their taunts and mockeries of the people of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. God will be seen as truly terrible—a Holy Terror. All earth-made gods will shrivel up and blow away; And everyone, wherever they are, far or near, will fall to the ground and worship him. Also you Ethiopians, you, too, will die—I’ll see to it.” * * *
Ezekiel 25:15 - “God, the Master, says: Because the Philistines were so spitefully vengeful—all those centuries of stored-up malice!—and did their best to destroy Judah, therefore I, God, the Master, will oppose the Philistines and cut down the Cretans and anybody else left along the seacoast. Huge acts of vengeance, massive punishments! When I bring vengeance, they’ll realize that I am God.”
Psalms 41:8 - The rumor goes out, “He’s got some dirty, deadly disease. The doctors have given up on him.” Even my best friend, the one I always told everything —he ate meals at my house all the time!— has bitten my hand.
Psalms 37:12 - Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn’t losing any sleep; to him they’re a joke with no punch line.
Jeremiah 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon chewed up my people and spit out the bones. He wiped his dish clean, pushed back his chair, and belched—a huge gluttonous belch. Lady Zion says, ‘The brutality done to me be done to Babylon!’ And Jerusalem says, ‘The blood spilled from me be charged to the Chaldeans!’ Then I, God, step in and say, ‘I’m on your side, taking up your cause. I’m your Avenger. You’ll get your revenge. I’ll dry up her rivers, plug up her springs. Babylon will be a pile of rubble, scavenged by stray dogs and cats, A dumping ground for garbage, a godforsaken ghost town.’ * * *
Lamentations 3:46 - “Our enemies shout abuse, their mouths full of derision, spitting invective. We’ve been to hell and back. We’ve nowhere to turn, nowhere to go. Rivers of tears pour from my eyes at the smashup of my dear people.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - But now your enemies gape, slack-jawed. Then they rub their hands in glee: “We’ve got them! We’ve been waiting for this! Here it is!”
新标点和合本 - 你的仇敌都向你大大张口；他们嗤笑，又切齿说： “我们吞灭她。这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了！我们亲眼看见了！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你所有的仇敌张口来攻击你；他们嗤笑，切齿，说： “我们把她吞灭了，这是我们所盼望的日子！我们终于等到了，亲眼看见了！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你所有的仇敌张口来攻击你；他们嗤笑，切齿，说： “我们把她吞灭了，这是我们所盼望的日子！我们终于等到了，亲眼看见了！”
当代译本 - 敌人都幸灾乐祸地讥讽你，他们咬牙切齿地嗤笑说： “我们吞灭了她！这是我们期待已久的日子！我们终于见到这一天了！”
圣经新译本 - 你所有的仇敌都张开口攻击你，他们嗤笑你，又咬牙切齿，说：“我们吞灭它了！这真是我们期待的日子！我们等到了！亲眼看见了！”
中文标准译本 - 你一切的仇敌张开口攻击你，他们嗤笑、咬牙切齿，说： “我们吞灭了她！这真是我们等候的日子！我们等到了，亲眼看见了！” ע Ayin
现代标点和合本 - 你的仇敌都向你大大张口，他们嗤笑又切齿，说： “我们吞灭她！这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了，我们亲眼看见了！”
和合本（拼音版） - 你的仇敌都向你大大张口。他们嗤笑，又切齿说： “我们吞灭她，这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了！我们亲眼看见了！”
New International Version - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.”
New International Reader's Version - All your enemies open their mouths wide against you. They laugh at you and grind their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed up Jerusalem’s people. This is the day we’ve waited for. And we’ve lived to see it.”
English Standard Version - All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have swallowed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!”
New Living Translation - All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”
Christian Standard Bible - All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it.” ע Ayin
New American Standard Bible - All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have engulfed her! This certainly is the day which we awaited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”
New King James Version - All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!”
Amplified Bible - All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Certainly this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”
American Standard Version - All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
King James Version - All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
New English Translation - All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ע (Ayin)
World English Bible - All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
新標點和合本 - 你的仇敵都向你大大張口；他們嗤笑，又切齒說：我們吞滅她。這真是我們所盼望的日子臨到了！我們親眼看見了！
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你所有的仇敵張口來攻擊你；他們嗤笑，切齒，說：「我們把她吞滅了，這是我們所盼望的日子！我們終於等到了，親眼看見了！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你所有的仇敵張口來攻擊你；他們嗤笑，切齒，說：「我們把她吞滅了，這是我們所盼望的日子！我們終於等到了，親眼看見了！」
當代譯本 - 敵人都幸災樂禍地譏諷你，他們咬牙切齒地嗤笑說：「我們吞滅了她！這是我們期待已久的日子！我們終於見到這一天了！」
聖經新譯本 - 你所有的仇敵都張開口攻擊你，他們嗤笑你，又咬牙切齒，說：“我們吞滅它了！這真是我們期待的日子！我們等到了！親眼看見了！”
呂振中譯本 - 你的仇敵都抿着嘴來調弄你；他們嗤笑着又切齒着，說：『我們吞滅了她了！啊！這正是我們所盼望的日子呀！我們得到了！我們看到了！』
中文標準譯本 - 你一切的仇敵張開口攻擊你，他們嗤笑、咬牙切齒，說：「我們吞滅了她！這真是我們等候的日子！我們等到了，親眼看見了！」 ע Ayin
現代標點和合本 - 你的仇敵都向你大大張口，他們嗤笑又切齒，說：「我們吞滅她！這真是我們所盼望的日子臨到了，我們親眼看見了！」
文理和合譯本 - 維爾諸敵、厥口孔張兮、嗤笑而切齒曰、吾儕吞滅之兮、我所望者、誠是日也、亦既覯止、亦既見止兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 敵口孔張、切齒憤聲、曰、我所望者、今日之事、斯邑吞噬、我所目睹兮。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾之諸敵、向爾張口、嗤笑切齒、曰、我儕已吞噬之、我所望之日、今已至矣、我所目睹、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Todos tus enemigos abren la boca para hablar mal de ti; rechinando los dientes, declaran burlones: «Nos la hemos comido viva. Llegó el día tan esperado; ¡hemos vivido para verlo!» Ayin
현대인의 성경 - 너의 모든 원수들이 너를 향해 입을 벌려 조소하며 이를 갈고 “우리가 그를 삼켰다. 우리가 이 날을 기다려 왔더니 이제야 보게 되었다” 하는구나.
Новый Русский Перевод - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили ее! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
Восточный перевод - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили её! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили её! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Все враги твои широко разинули пасть свою на тебя. Они глумятся и скрежещут зубами, говоря: «Мы поглотили её! Вот день, который мы так ждали, вот и дожили мы, вот и увидели!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Vois : tous tes ennemis ont ouvert largement ╵leur bouche contre toi, ils sifflent, ils grincent des dents et ils s’exclament : ╵« Nous l’avons engloutie, c’est le jour que nous attendions, nous y sommes, le voici enfin ! »
リビングバイブル - 敵はあなたをあざ笑い、ののしって言います。「とうとう、この都を滅ぼしたぞ。待ちに待った時がついにきた。この目で、都が倒れるのを見た。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Todos os seus inimigos escancaram a boca contra você; eles zombam, rangem os dentes e dizem: “Nós a devoramos. Este é o dia que esperávamos; e eis que vivemos até vê-lo chegar!”
Hoffnung für alle - Deine Feinde ziehen über dich her und weiden sich an deinem Untergang: »Wir haben sie vernichtet!«, höhnen sie. »Auf diesen Tag haben wir lange gewartet, und nun ist er endlich da, wir haben unser Ziel erreicht!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tất cả thù nghịch đều chế nhạo ngươi. Chúng chế giễu và nghiến răng bảo: “Cuối cùng chúng ta đã tiêu diệt nó! Bao nhiêu năm tháng đợi chờ, bây giờ đã đến ngày nó bị diệt vong!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ศัตรูทั้งปวงของเจ้า อ้าปากเย้ยหยันเจ้า ส่งเสียงเยาะเย้ย ยิงฟันใส่ และกล่าวว่า “ในที่สุดเราก็ทำลายเจ้าลงได้ นี่เป็นวันที่เรารอคอยมานาน เราอยู่มาจนได้เห็นสิ่งนี้เกิดขึ้น”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ศัตรูทุกคนของท่านพูดล้อเลียนท่าน พวกเขาเหน็บแนมและเข่นเขี้ยวเคี้ยวฟันใส่ และพูดว่า “พวกเรากลืนนางได้แล้ว เออ พวกเรารอคอยวันนี้มานานแล้ว เรามีชีวิตอยู่ก็เพื่อจะได้เห็นอย่างนี้นี่เอง”

Jeremiah 50:17 - “Israel is a scattered flock, hunted down by lions. The king of Assyria started the carnage. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Has completed the job, gnawing the bones clean.”
Isaiah 49:19 - “And your ruined land? Your devastated, decimated land? Filled with more people than you know what to do with! And your barbarian enemies, a fading memory. The children born in your exile will be saying, ‘It’s getting too crowded here. I need more room.’ And you’ll say to yourself, ‘Where on earth did these children come from? I lost everything, had nothing, was exiled and penniless. So who reared these children? How did these children get here?’”
Acts 7:54 - At that point they went wild, a rioting mob of catcalls and whistles and invective. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, hardly noticed—he only had eyes for God, whom he saw in all his glory with Jesus standing at his side. He said, “Oh! I see heaven wide open and the Son of Man standing at God’s side!”
Obadiah 1:15 - “God’s Judgment Day is near for all the godless nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. What you did will boomerang back and hit your own head. Just as you partied on my holy mountain, all the godless nations will drink God’s wrath. They’ll drink and drink and drink— they’ll drink themselves to death. But not so on Mount Zion—there’s respite there! a safe and holy place! The family of Jacob will take back their possessions from those who took them from them. That’s when the family of Jacob will catch fire, the family of Joseph become fierce flame, while the family of Esau will be straw. Esau will go up in flames, nothing left of Esau but a pile of ashes.” God said it, and it is so. * * *
Ezekiel 25:6 - “God, the Master, says, Because you clapped and cheered, venting all your malicious contempt against the land of Israel, I’ll step in and hand you out as loot—first come, first served. I’ll cross you off the roster of nations. There’ll be nothing left of you. And you’ll realize that I am God.” * * *
Zephaniah 2:8 - “I’ve heard the crude taunts of Moab, the mockeries flung by Ammon, The cruel talk they’ve used to put down my people, their self-important strutting along Israel’s borders. Therefore, as sure as I am the living God,” says God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel’s personal God, “Moab will become a ruin like Sodom, Ammon a ghost town like Gomorrah, One a field of rocks, the other a sterile salt flat, a moonscape forever. What’s left of my people will finish them off, will pick them clean and take over. This is what they get for their bloated pride, their taunts and mockeries of the people of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. God will be seen as truly terrible—a Holy Terror. All earth-made gods will shrivel up and blow away; And everyone, wherever they are, far or near, will fall to the ground and worship him. Also you Ethiopians, you, too, will die—I’ll see to it.” * * *
Ezekiel 25:15 - “God, the Master, says: Because the Philistines were so spitefully vengeful—all those centuries of stored-up malice!—and did their best to destroy Judah, therefore I, God, the Master, will oppose the Philistines and cut down the Cretans and anybody else left along the seacoast. Huge acts of vengeance, massive punishments! When I bring vengeance, they’ll realize that I am God.”
Psalms 41:8 - The rumor goes out, “He’s got some dirty, deadly disease. The doctors have given up on him.” Even my best friend, the one I always told everything —he ate meals at my house all the time!— has bitten my hand.
Psalms 37:12 - Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn’t losing any sleep; to him they’re a joke with no punch line.
Jeremiah 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon chewed up my people and spit out the bones. He wiped his dish clean, pushed back his chair, and belched—a huge gluttonous belch. Lady Zion says, ‘The brutality done to me be done to Babylon!’ And Jerusalem says, ‘The blood spilled from me be charged to the Chaldeans!’ Then I, God, step in and say, ‘I’m on your side, taking up your cause. I’m your Avenger. You’ll get your revenge. I’ll dry up her rivers, plug up her springs. Babylon will be a pile of rubble, scavenged by stray dogs and cats, A dumping ground for garbage, a godforsaken ghost town.’ * * *
Lamentations 3:46 - “Our enemies shout abuse, their mouths full of derision, spitting invective. We’ve been to hell and back. We’ve nowhere to turn, nowhere to go. Rivers of tears pour from my eyes at the smashup of my dear people.