Tuesday, March 11, 2025

^5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry. ⁸Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbour's: will ye dwell alone upon the land? ⁹For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. ¹⁰For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures. ¹¹Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them. ¹²For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands. ¹³Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water. ¹⁴Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down into it. ¹⁵And the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall be brought low. ¹⁶But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.

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^4:8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. ¹¹And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. ¹²When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth. ¹³And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven. ¹⁴If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

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^5:1My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; ²that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; ³for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: ⁴but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. ⁵For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. ⁶For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. ⁷Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. ⁸Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: ⁹lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: ¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; ¹¹and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹²and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! ¹³I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. ¹⁴I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.

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^5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry. ⁸Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbour's: will ye dwell alone upon the land? ⁹For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. ¹⁰For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures. ¹¹Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them. ¹²For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands. ¹³Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water. ¹⁴Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down into it. ¹⁵And the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall be brought low. ¹⁶But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.

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^4:8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. ¹¹And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. ¹²When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth. ¹³And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven. ¹⁴If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

Brenton LXX, public domain

^5:1My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; ²that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; ³for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: ⁴but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. ⁵For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. ⁶For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. ⁷Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. ⁸Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: ⁹lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: ¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; ¹¹and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹²and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! ¹³I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. ¹⁴I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.

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^10:31The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish. ³²The lips of just men drop grace: but the mouth of the ungodly is perverse. ^11:1False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him. ²Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom. ³When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. ⁵Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. ⁶The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction. ⁷At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes. ⁸A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place. ⁹In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous. ¹⁰In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: ¹¹but by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown. ¹²A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

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^4:7But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest. ⁸For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. ⁹But wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age. ¹⁰He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated. ¹¹Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. ¹²For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind. ¹³He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time: ¹⁴for his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked. ¹⁵This the people saw, and understood not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.

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