Psalms 7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
13 he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. (RSV)
Psalms 7:9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just; for the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
10 My defense is of God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts. (NKJV)
Psalms 7:9 O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. (NIV)
Psalms 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god; their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names on my lips.
5 You, O LORD, are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. (NKJV)
Psalms 16:4 The sorrows of the wicked shall be multiplied in rapid succession that I may not pour out their libations of blood; nor will I mention their names with my lips.
5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou shalt restore my inheritance. (Lamsa)
Psalms 16:4 Sorrow on sorrow is theirs, who choose some other god; their bloody libations I will never pour, their names I will never mention.
5 Thou art what I obtain from life, O thou Eternal, thou thyself art my share. (Moffatt)
Psalms 69:24 Pour your anger out on them; let your anger catch up with them.
25 May their place be empty; leave no one to live in their tents.
26 They chase after those you have hurt, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
27 Charge them with crime after crime, and do not let them have anything good. (NCV™)
Psalms 69:24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt [GNT: They persecute those whom you have punished; they talk about the sufferings of those you have wounded].
27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. (NIV)
Psalms 69:24 Pour out your rage on them. Let your burning anger catch up with them.
25 Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.
26 They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
27 Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent. (GW)
Jeremiah 51:29 "The land shakes and moves in pain, because the LORD will do what he has planned to Babylon.
30 Babylon's warriors have stopped fighting. They stay in their protected cities. Their strength is gone, and they have become like frightened women. Babylon's houses are burning. The bars of her gates are broken.
31 One messenger follows another; messenger follows messenger. They announce to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.
32 The river crossings have been captured, and the swamplands are burning. All of Babylon's soldiers are terribly afraid." (NCV™)
Jeremiah 51:29 "The land trembles and writhes, for the LORD'S purposes against Babylon stand — to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there.
30 Babylon's warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
31 One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,
32 the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified." (NIV)
Jeremiah 51:29 All the world is trembling, for the Eternal's purpose against Babylon holds — to lay the land empty and desolate.
30 Babylon's soldiers cease to fight, they stay inside their forts; their strength has gone from them, they are weak as women.
31 Couriers meet, messengers meet, running to tell the king of Babylon his city is stormed on every side,
30 its houses all ablaze, the gates burst open;
32 the ferries have been seized, the bastions burned, the troops are scared. (Moffatt [numbering per Moffatt])
Isaiah 1:4 You are doomed, you sinful nation, you corrupt and evil people! Your sins drag you down! You have rejected the LORD, the holy God of Israel, and have turned your backs on him.
5 Why do you keep on rebelling? Do you want to be punished even more? Israel, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick. (GNT)
Isaiah 1:4 Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
5 Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. (NIV)
Isaiah 1:4 Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked to anger the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away backward.
5 Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more [Moffatt: Why will you earn fresh strokes, for holding on to your revolt?]. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints. (NKJV)
Isaiah 28:21 The LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon — to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.
22 Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land. (NIV)
Isaiah 28:21 The LORD will fight as he did at Mouht Perazim and in the valley of Gibeon, in order to do what he intends to do — strange as his actions may seem. He will complete his work, his mysterious work.
22 Don't laugh at the warning I am giving you! If you do, it will be even harder for you to escape. I have heard the LORD Almighty's decision to destroy the whole country. (GNT)
Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; to do his deed — strange is his deed! and to work his work — alien is his work!
22 Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong [NCV™: or the ropes around you will become tighter]; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land. (RSV)
Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people worship me with their mouths, and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is based on nothing but human rules.
14 So I will continue to amaze these people by doing more and more miracles. Their wise men will lose their wisdom; their wise men will not be able to understand." (NCV™)
Isaiah 29:13 The Lord said, "These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.
14 So I will startle them with one unexpected blow after another. Those who are wise will turn out to be fools, and all their cleverness will be useless." (GNT)
Isaiah 29:13 "Since this people draw near me with their mouth," says the Eternal, "honouring me with their lips, while their hearts are far remote; since their religion is a mockery, a mere tradition learned by rote;
14 I will now deal with them to their amazement, bewildering, surprising them, till their wise men lose their wits, and their clever men are fooled." (Moffatt)
Ezekiel 7:3 "Now the end is upon you, and I will let loose my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.
4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity; but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5 Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
6 An end has come, the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes." (RSV)
Ezekiel 7:3 The end is now upon you and I will unleash my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.
4 I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will surely repay you for your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Disaster! An unheard-of disaster is coming.
6 The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. It has come!" (NIV)
Ezekiel 7:3 "'Now the end has come upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will repay you for all your abominations.
4 My eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity; but I will repay your ways, and your abominations shall be in your midst; then you shall know that I am the LORD!'
5 Thus says the Lord God: 'A disaster, a singular disaster; behold, it has come [Lamsa: an evil is coming for every evil which you have committed]!
6 An end has come, the end has come; it has dawned for you; behold, it has come!'" (NKJV) [Lamsa: 7:7 The dawn of destruction is come upon you.]
Ezekiel 7:25 "'When anguish comes they shall seek peace, and peace there shall be none.
26 Disaster upon disaster, rumour upon rumour! The prophet is deprived of vision, the priest is bereft of instruction, and aged counsellors have not a word to say;
27 the authorities shall be wrapt in dismay, and the common folk shall be a-tremble. I will treat them as they have behaved, and punish them for their practices — to teach them that I am the Eternal.'" (Moffatt)
Ezekiel 7:25 "When terror comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.
26 Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a vision from the prophet; the teaching of the law by the priest will be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.
27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD." (NIV)
Ezekiel 7:25 "Despair is coming. You will look for peace and never find it.
26 One disaster will follow another, and a steady stream of bad news will pour in. You will beg the prophets to reveal what they foresee. The priests will have nothing to teach the people, and the elders will have no advice to give.
27 The king will mourn, the prince will give up hope, and the people will shake with fear. I will punish you for all you have done, and will judge you in the same way as you have judged others. This will show you that I am the LORD." (GNT)
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