Habakkuk 1:4 因此律法放松，公理也不显明；恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。”

1:4 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 因此律法放松，公理也不显明；恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因此律法无效，公理从未彰显。恶人围困义人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因此律法无效，公理从未彰显。恶人围困义人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
当代译本 - 因此律法失效，正义不彰，恶人包围义人，正义被扭曲。
圣经新译本 - 因此律法不能生效（“律法不能生效”原文作“律法松懈”），公理无法彰显。因为恶人把义人包围，所以公理颠倒。
中文标准译本 - 因此律法废弛，公正总不彰显；因恶人围住义人，公正就显为歪曲。
现代标点和合本 - 因此律法放松，公理也不显明。恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。
和合本（拼音版） - 因此律法放松，公理也不显明；恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。”
New International Version - Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
New International Reader's Version - The law can’t do what it’s supposed to do. Fairness never comes out on top. Sinful people surround those who do what is right. So people are never treated fairly.
English Standard Version - So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
New Living Translation - The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.
Christian Standard Bible - This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore the Law is ignored, And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out confused.
New King James Version - Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Amplified Bible - Therefore, the law is ineffective and ignored And justice is never upheld, For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore, justice becomes perverted.
American Standard Version - Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
King James Version - Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
New English Translation - For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
World English Bible - Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
新標點和合本 - 因此律法放鬆，公理也不顯明；惡人圍困義人，所以公理顯然顛倒。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因此律法無效，公理從未彰顯。惡人圍困義人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因此律法無效，公理從未彰顯。惡人圍困義人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
當代譯本 - 因此律法失效，正義不彰，惡人包圍義人，正義被扭曲。
聖經新譯本 - 因此律法不能生效（“律法不能生效”原文作“律法鬆懈”），公理無法彰顯。因為惡人把義人包圍，所以公理顛倒。
呂振中譯本 - 因此律法僵化，公理總不出現。因為惡人圍困着義人，故此公理就使出現、也彎曲了。
中文標準譯本 - 因此律法廢弛，公正總不彰顯；因惡人圍住義人，公正就顯為歪曲。
現代標點和合本 - 因此律法放鬆，公理也不顯明。惡人圍困義人，所以公理顯然顛倒。
文理和合譯本 - 緣此法律廢弛、公義不彰、惡者環繞義人、公義顯然違反、
文理委辦譯本 - 惡者枉法、環攻義人、律例俱廢、伸其冤者、卒無一人。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 緣此律法已廢、是非不循理而決、惡者圍攻善人、以致曲直顛倒、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por lo tanto, se entorpece la ley y no se da curso a la justicia. El impío acosa al justo, y las sentencias que se dictan son injustas.
현대인의 성경 - 그래서 법이 무시되고 정의가 실현되지 못하고 있습니다. 악인이 의로운 자를 둘러싸고 있으므로 부정이 판을 치게 되었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Из-за этого Закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
Восточный перевод - Из-за этого закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Из-за этого закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Из-за этого закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A cause de cela, ╵on ne respecte plus la loi, et le droit ne triomphe pas. Car les méchants ╵empêchent les justes d’agir , les jugements qui sont rendus ╵sont corrompus.
リビングバイブル - 律法は無視され、法廷では正しい裁きが行われません。悪者の数は正しい人よりはるかに多く、わいろと詐欺が公然と行われているからです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Por isso a lei se enfraquece, e a justiça nunca prevalece. Os ímpios prejudicam os justos, e assim a justiça é pervertida.
Hoffnung für alle - Dagegen ist das Gesetz machtlos geworden, auf ein gerechtes Urteil hofft man vergeblich. Der Gottlose treibt den Unschuldigen in die Enge, und Recht wird in Unrecht verdreht.
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交叉引用

Jeremiah 38:4 - These officials told the king, “Please, kill this man. He’s got to go! He’s ruining the resolve of the soldiers who are still left in the city, as well as the people themselves, by spreading these words. This man isn’t looking after the good of this people. He’s trying to ruin us!”
Jeremiah 38:5 - King Zedekiah caved in: “If you say so. Go ahead, handle it your way. You’re too much for me.”
Jeremiah 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malkijah the king’s son that was in the courtyard of the palace guard. They lowered him down with ropes. There wasn’t any water in the cistern, only mud. Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Psalms 82:1 - God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock.
Psalms 82:2 - “Enough! You’ve corrupted justice long enough, you’ve let the wicked get away with murder. You’re here to defend the defenseless, to make sure that underdogs get a fair break; Your job is to stand up for the powerless, and prosecute all those who exploit them.”
Psalms 82:5 - Ignorant judges! Head-in-the-sand judges! They haven’t a clue to what’s going on. And now everything’s falling apart, the world’s coming unglued.
Amos 5:7 - Woe to you who turn justice to vinegar and stomp righteousness into the mud. Do you realize where you are? You’re in a cosmos star-flung with constellations by God, A world God wakes up each morning and puts to bed each night. God dips water from the ocean and gives the land a drink. God, God-revealed, does all this. And he can destroy it as easily as make it. He can turn this vast wonder into total waste.
Psalms 22:16 - Now packs of wild dogs come at me; thugs gang up on me. They pin me down hand and foot, and lock me in a cage—a bag Of bones in a cage, stared at by every passerby. They take my wallet and the shirt off my back, and then throw dice for my clothes.
Psalms 94:3 - God, the wicked get away with murder— how long will you let this go on? They brag and boast and crow about their crimes!
Matthew 23:35 - “You can’t squirm out of this: Every drop of righteous blood ever spilled on this earth, beginning with the blood of that good man Abel right down to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered at his prayers, is on your head. All this, I’m telling you, is coming down on you, on your generation.
Acts 7:59 - As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, “Master Jesus, take my life.” Then he knelt down, praying loud enough for everyone to hear, “Master, don’t blame them for this sin”—his last words. Then he died. Saul was right there, congratulating the killers.
Acts 23:12 - Next day the Jews worked up a plot against Paul. They took a solemn oath that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed him. Over forty of them ritually bound themselves to this murder pact and presented themselves to the high priests and religious leaders. “We’ve bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. But we need your help. Send a request from the council to the captain to bring Paul back so that you can investigate the charges in more detail. We’ll do the rest. Before he gets anywhere near you, we’ll have killed him. You won’t be involved.”
Micah 3:1 - Then I said: “Listen, leaders of Jacob, leaders of Israel: Don’t you know anything of justice? Haters of good, lovers of evil: Isn’t justice in your job description? But you skin my people alive. You rip the meat off their bones. You break up the bones, chop the meat, and throw it in a pot for cannibal stew.”
Jeremiah 37:14 - “That’s a lie,” protested Jeremiah. “I wouldn’t think of deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah wouldn’t listen to him. He arrested him and took him to the police. The police were furious with Jeremiah. They beat him up and threw him into jail in the house of Jonathan the secretary of state. (They were using the house for a prison cell.) So Jeremiah entered an underground cell in a cistern turned into a dungeon. He stayed there a long time.
Matthew 26:59 - The high priests, conspiring with the Jewish Council, tried to cook up charges against Jesus in order to sentence him to death. But even though many stepped up, making up one false accusation after another, nothing was believable.
Matthew 26:60 - Finally two men came forward with this: “He said, ‘I can tear down this Temple of God and after three days rebuild it.’”
Matthew 26:62 - The Chief Priest stood up and said, “What do you have to say to the accusation?”
Matthew 26:63 - Jesus kept silent. Then the Chief Priest said, “I command you by the authority of the living God to say if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
Matthew 26:64 - Jesus was curt: “You yourself said it. And that’s not all. Soon you’ll see it for yourself: The Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Mighty One, Arriving on the clouds of heaven.”
Matthew 26:65 - At that, the Chief Priest lost his temper, ripping his robes, yelling, “He blasphemed! Why do we need witnesses to accuse him? You all heard him blaspheme! Are you going to stand for such blasphemy?” They all said, “Death! That seals his death sentence.”
Mark 7:9 - He went on, “Well, good for you. You get rid of God’s command so you won’t be inconvenienced in following the religious fashions! Moses said, ‘Respect your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone denouncing father or mother should be killed.’ But you weasel out of that by saying that it’s perfectly acceptable to say to father or mother, ‘Gift! What I owed you I’ve given as a gift to God,’ thus relieving yourselves of obligation to father or mother. You scratch out God’s Word and scrawl a whim in its place. You do a lot of things like this.”
Romans 3:31 - But by shifting our focus from what we do to what God does, don’t we cancel out all our careful keeping of the rules and ways God commanded? Not at all. What happens, in fact, is that by putting that entire way of life in its proper place, we confirm it.
Micah 2:1 - Doom to those who plot evil, who go to bed dreaming up crimes! As soon as it’s morning, they’re off, full of energy, doing what they’ve planned. They covet fields and grab them, find homes and take them. They bully the neighbor and his family, see people only for what they can get out of them. God has had enough. He says, “I have some plans of my own: Disaster because of this interbreeding evil! Your necks are on the line. You’re not walking away from this. It’s doomsday for you. Mocking ballads will be sung of you, and you yourselves will sing the blues: ‘Our lives are ruined, our homes and lands auctioned off. They take everything, leave us nothing! All is sold to the highest bidder.’” And there’ll be no one to stand up for you, no one to speak for you before God and his jury. * * *
Matthew 27:25 - The crowd answered, “We’ll take the blame, we and our children after us.”
Matthew 27:26 - Then he pardoned Barabbas. But he had Jesus whipped, and then handed over for crucifixion.
Psalms 59:4 - Wake up and see for yourself! You’re God, God-of-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God! Get on the job and take care of these pagans, don’t be soft on these hard cases.
Matthew 27:1 - In the first light of dawn, all the high priests and religious leaders met and put the finishing touches on their plot to kill Jesus. Then they tied him up and paraded him to Pilate, the governor.
Psalms 58:1 - Is this any way to run a country? Is there an honest politician in the house? Behind the scenes you weave webs of deceit, behind closed doors you make deals with demons.
Ezekiel 22:26 - “‘Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can’t tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there’s no difference between right and wrong. They’re contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level. Your politicians are like wolves prowling and killing and rapaciously taking whatever they want. Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say, “This is what God, the Master, says . . .” when God hasn’t said so much as one word. Extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, the poor and needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice.’
Ezekiel 22:30 - “I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city, to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn’t have to destroy it. I couldn’t find anyone. Not one. So I’ll empty out my wrath on them, burn them to a crisp with my hot anger, serve them with the consequences of all they’ve done. Decree of God, the Master.”
Isaiah 59:15 - God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon— so much evil and no sign of Justice. He couldn’t believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness. He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders. He’ll make everyone pay for what they’ve done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full. In the west they’ll fear the name of God, in the east they’ll fear the glory of God, For he’ll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of God.
Exodus 23:6 - “When there is a dispute concerning your poor, don’t tamper with the justice due them.
Isaiah 5:20 - Doom to you who call evil good and good evil, Who put darkness in place of light and light in place of darkness, Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Ezekiel 9:9 - He said, “The guilt of Israel and Judah is enormous. The land is swollen with murder. The city is bloated with injustice. They all say, ‘God has forsaken the country. He doesn’t see anything we do.’ Well, I do see, and I’m not feeling sorry for any of them. They’re going to pay for what they’ve done.”
Psalms 94:20 - Can Misrule have anything in common with you? Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side? They ganged up on good people, plotted behind the backs of the innocent. But God became my hideout, God was my high mountain retreat, Then boomeranged their evil back on them: for their evil ways he wiped them out, our God cleaned them out for good.
Jeremiah 12:1 - You are right, O God, and you set things right. I can’t argue with that. But I do have some questions: Why do bad people have it so good? Why do con artists make it big? You planted them and they put down roots. They flourished and produced fruit. They talk as if they’re old friends with you, but they couldn’t care less about you. Meanwhile, you know me inside and out. You don’t let me get by with a thing! Make them pay for the way they live, pay with their lives, like sheep marked for slaughter. How long do we have to put up with this— the country depressed, the farms in ruin— And all because of wickedness, these wicked lives? Even animals and birds are dying off Because they’ll have nothing to do with God and think God has nothing to do with them. * * *
Isaiah 1:21 - Oh! Can you believe it? The chaste city has become a whore! She was once all justice, everyone living as good neighbors, And now they’re all at one another’s throats. Your coins are all counterfeits. Your wine is watered down. Your leaders are turncoats who keep company with crooks. They sell themselves to the highest bidder and grab anything not nailed down. They never stand up for the homeless, never stick up for the defenseless.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 因此律法放松，公理也不显明；恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因此律法无效，公理从未彰显。恶人围困义人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因此律法无效，公理从未彰显。恶人围困义人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
当代译本 - 因此律法失效，正义不彰，恶人包围义人，正义被扭曲。
圣经新译本 - 因此律法不能生效（“律法不能生效”原文作“律法松懈”），公理无法彰显。因为恶人把义人包围，所以公理颠倒。
中文标准译本 - 因此律法废弛，公正总不彰显；因恶人围住义人，公正就显为歪曲。
现代标点和合本 - 因此律法放松，公理也不显明。恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。
和合本（拼音版） - 因此律法放松，公理也不显明；恶人围困义人，所以公理显然颠倒。”
New International Version - Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
New International Reader's Version - The law can’t do what it’s supposed to do. Fairness never comes out on top. Sinful people surround those who do what is right. So people are never treated fairly.
English Standard Version - So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
New Living Translation - The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.
Christian Standard Bible - This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore the Law is ignored, And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out confused.
New King James Version - Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Amplified Bible - Therefore, the law is ineffective and ignored And justice is never upheld, For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore, justice becomes perverted.
American Standard Version - Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
King James Version - Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
New English Translation - For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
World English Bible - Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
新標點和合本 - 因此律法放鬆，公理也不顯明；惡人圍困義人，所以公理顯然顛倒。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因此律法無效，公理從未彰顯。惡人圍困義人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因此律法無效，公理從未彰顯。惡人圍困義人，所以公理遭受扭曲。
當代譯本 - 因此律法失效，正義不彰，惡人包圍義人，正義被扭曲。
聖經新譯本 - 因此律法不能生效（“律法不能生效”原文作“律法鬆懈”），公理無法彰顯。因為惡人把義人包圍，所以公理顛倒。
呂振中譯本 - 因此律法僵化，公理總不出現。因為惡人圍困着義人，故此公理就使出現、也彎曲了。
中文標準譯本 - 因此律法廢弛，公正總不彰顯；因惡人圍住義人，公正就顯為歪曲。
現代標點和合本 - 因此律法放鬆，公理也不顯明。惡人圍困義人，所以公理顯然顛倒。
文理和合譯本 - 緣此法律廢弛、公義不彰、惡者環繞義人、公義顯然違反、
文理委辦譯本 - 惡者枉法、環攻義人、律例俱廢、伸其冤者、卒無一人。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 緣此律法已廢、是非不循理而決、惡者圍攻善人、以致曲直顛倒、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por lo tanto, se entorpece la ley y no se da curso a la justicia. El impío acosa al justo, y las sentencias que se dictan son injustas.
현대인의 성경 - 그래서 법이 무시되고 정의가 실현되지 못하고 있습니다. 악인이 의로운 자를 둘러싸고 있으므로 부정이 판을 치게 되었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Из-за этого Закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
Восточный перевод - Из-за этого закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Из-за этого закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Из-за этого закон утратил силу, и нет больше справедливости. Нечестивые взяли верх над праведными, и порочным стал правый суд.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A cause de cela, ╵on ne respecte plus la loi, et le droit ne triomphe pas. Car les méchants ╵empêchent les justes d’agir , les jugements qui sont rendus ╵sont corrompus.
リビングバイブル - 律法は無視され、法廷では正しい裁きが行われません。悪者の数は正しい人よりはるかに多く、わいろと詐欺が公然と行われているからです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Por isso a lei se enfraquece, e a justiça nunca prevalece. Os ímpios prejudicam os justos, e assim a justiça é pervertida.
Hoffnung für alle - Dagegen ist das Gesetz machtlos geworden, auf ein gerechtes Urteil hofft man vergeblich. Der Gottlose treibt den Unschuldigen in die Enge, und Recht wird in Unrecht verdreht.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Luật pháp không được tôn trọng, công lý chẳng được thi hành. Bọn hung ác lấn lướt người công chính, làm thiên lệch cán cân công lý.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ฉะนั้นกฎหมายจึงเป็นอัมพาต และความยุติธรรมไม่ปรากฏ คนชั่วล้อมกรอบคนชอบธรรม จนความยุติธรรมถูกบิดเบือนไป
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้นกฎบัญญัติจึงใช้การไม่ได้ และความยุติธรรมไม่มีวันสำเร็จผล เพราะคนชั่วอยู่ล้อมรอบคนมีความชอบธรรม ความยุติธรรมจึงถูกบิดเบือน

Jeremiah 38:4 - These officials told the king, “Please, kill this man. He’s got to go! He’s ruining the resolve of the soldiers who are still left in the city, as well as the people themselves, by spreading these words. This man isn’t looking after the good of this people. He’s trying to ruin us!”
Jeremiah 38:5 - King Zedekiah caved in: “If you say so. Go ahead, handle it your way. You’re too much for me.”
Jeremiah 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malkijah the king’s son that was in the courtyard of the palace guard. They lowered him down with ropes. There wasn’t any water in the cistern, only mud. Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Psalms 82:1 - God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock.
Psalms 82:2 - “Enough! You’ve corrupted justice long enough, you’ve let the wicked get away with murder. You’re here to defend the defenseless, to make sure that underdogs get a fair break; Your job is to stand up for the powerless, and prosecute all those who exploit them.”
Psalms 82:5 - Ignorant judges! Head-in-the-sand judges! They haven’t a clue to what’s going on. And now everything’s falling apart, the world’s coming unglued.
Amos 5:7 - Woe to you who turn justice to vinegar and stomp righteousness into the mud. Do you realize where you are? You’re in a cosmos star-flung with constellations by God, A world God wakes up each morning and puts to bed each night. God dips water from the ocean and gives the land a drink. God, God-revealed, does all this. And he can destroy it as easily as make it. He can turn this vast wonder into total waste.
Psalms 22:16 - Now packs of wild dogs come at me; thugs gang up on me. They pin me down hand and foot, and lock me in a cage—a bag Of bones in a cage, stared at by every passerby. They take my wallet and the shirt off my back, and then throw dice for my clothes.
Psalms 94:3 - God, the wicked get away with murder— how long will you let this go on? They brag and boast and crow about their crimes!
Matthew 23:35 - “You can’t squirm out of this: Every drop of righteous blood ever spilled on this earth, beginning with the blood of that good man Abel right down to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered at his prayers, is on your head. All this, I’m telling you, is coming down on you, on your generation.
Acts 7:59 - As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, “Master Jesus, take my life.” Then he knelt down, praying loud enough for everyone to hear, “Master, don’t blame them for this sin”—his last words. Then he died. Saul was right there, congratulating the killers.
Acts 23:12 - Next day the Jews worked up a plot against Paul. They took a solemn oath that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed him. Over forty of them ritually bound themselves to this murder pact and presented themselves to the high priests and religious leaders. “We’ve bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. But we need your help. Send a request from the council to the captain to bring Paul back so that you can investigate the charges in more detail. We’ll do the rest. Before he gets anywhere near you, we’ll have killed him. You won’t be involved.”
Micah 3:1 - Then I said: “Listen, leaders of Jacob, leaders of Israel: Don’t you know anything of justice? Haters of good, lovers of evil: Isn’t justice in your job description? But you skin my people alive. You rip the meat off their bones. You break up the bones, chop the meat, and throw it in a pot for cannibal stew.”
Jeremiah 37:14 - “That’s a lie,” protested Jeremiah. “I wouldn’t think of deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah wouldn’t listen to him. He arrested him and took him to the police. The police were furious with Jeremiah. They beat him up and threw him into jail in the house of Jonathan the secretary of state. (They were using the house for a prison cell.) So Jeremiah entered an underground cell in a cistern turned into a dungeon. He stayed there a long time.
Matthew 26:59 - The high priests, conspiring with the Jewish Council, tried to cook up charges against Jesus in order to sentence him to death. But even though many stepped up, making up one false accusation after another, nothing was believable.
Matthew 26:60 - Finally two men came forward with this: “He said, ‘I can tear down this Temple of God and after three days rebuild it.’”
Matthew 26:62 - The Chief Priest stood up and said, “What do you have to say to the accusation?”
Matthew 26:63 - Jesus kept silent. Then the Chief Priest said, “I command you by the authority of the living God to say if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
Matthew 26:64 - Jesus was curt: “You yourself said it. And that’s not all. Soon you’ll see it for yourself: The Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Mighty One, Arriving on the clouds of heaven.”
Matthew 26:65 - At that, the Chief Priest lost his temper, ripping his robes, yelling, “He blasphemed! Why do we need witnesses to accuse him? You all heard him blaspheme! Are you going to stand for such blasphemy?” They all said, “Death! That seals his death sentence.”
Mark 7:9 - He went on, “Well, good for you. You get rid of God’s command so you won’t be inconvenienced in following the religious fashions! Moses said, ‘Respect your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone denouncing father or mother should be killed.’ But you weasel out of that by saying that it’s perfectly acceptable to say to father or mother, ‘Gift! What I owed you I’ve given as a gift to God,’ thus relieving yourselves of obligation to father or mother. You scratch out God’s Word and scrawl a whim in its place. You do a lot of things like this.”
Romans 3:31 - But by shifting our focus from what we do to what God does, don’t we cancel out all our careful keeping of the rules and ways God commanded? Not at all. What happens, in fact, is that by putting that entire way of life in its proper place, we confirm it.
Micah 2:1 - Doom to those who plot evil, who go to bed dreaming up crimes! As soon as it’s morning, they’re off, full of energy, doing what they’ve planned. They covet fields and grab them, find homes and take them. They bully the neighbor and his family, see people only for what they can get out of them. God has had enough. He says, “I have some plans of my own: Disaster because of this interbreeding evil! Your necks are on the line. You’re not walking away from this. It’s doomsday for you. Mocking ballads will be sung of you, and you yourselves will sing the blues: ‘Our lives are ruined, our homes and lands auctioned off. They take everything, leave us nothing! All is sold to the highest bidder.’” And there’ll be no one to stand up for you, no one to speak for you before God and his jury. * * *
Matthew 27:25 - The crowd answered, “We’ll take the blame, we and our children after us.”
Matthew 27:26 - Then he pardoned Barabbas. But he had Jesus whipped, and then handed over for crucifixion.
Psalms 59:4 - Wake up and see for yourself! You’re God, God-of-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God! Get on the job and take care of these pagans, don’t be soft on these hard cases.
Matthew 27:1 - In the first light of dawn, all the high priests and religious leaders met and put the finishing touches on their plot to kill Jesus. Then they tied him up and paraded him to Pilate, the governor.
Psalms 58:1 - Is this any way to run a country? Is there an honest politician in the house? Behind the scenes you weave webs of deceit, behind closed doors you make deals with demons.
Ezekiel 22:26 - “‘Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can’t tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there’s no difference between right and wrong. They’re contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level. Your politicians are like wolves prowling and killing and rapaciously taking whatever they want. Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say, “This is what God, the Master, says . . .” when God hasn’t said so much as one word. Extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, the poor and needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice.’
Ezekiel 22:30 - “I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city, to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn’t have to destroy it. I couldn’t find anyone. Not one. So I’ll empty out my wrath on them, burn them to a crisp with my hot anger, serve them with the consequences of all they’ve done. Decree of God, the Master.”
Isaiah 59:15 - God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon— so much evil and no sign of Justice. He couldn’t believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness. He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders. He’ll make everyone pay for what they’ve done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full. In the west they’ll fear the name of God, in the east they’ll fear the glory of God, For he’ll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of God.
Exodus 23:6 - “When there is a dispute concerning your poor, don’t tamper with the justice due them.
Isaiah 5:20 - Doom to you who call evil good and good evil, Who put darkness in place of light and light in place of darkness, Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Ezekiel 9:9 - He said, “The guilt of Israel and Judah is enormous. The land is swollen with murder. The city is bloated with injustice. They all say, ‘God has forsaken the country. He doesn’t see anything we do.’ Well, I do see, and I’m not feeling sorry for any of them. They’re going to pay for what they’ve done.”
Psalms 94:20 - Can Misrule have anything in common with you? Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side? They ganged up on good people, plotted behind the backs of the innocent. But God became my hideout, God was my high mountain retreat, Then boomeranged their evil back on them: for their evil ways he wiped them out, our God cleaned them out for good.
Jeremiah 12:1 - You are right, O God, and you set things right. I can’t argue with that. But I do have some questions: Why do bad people have it so good? Why do con artists make it big? You planted them and they put down roots. They flourished and produced fruit. They talk as if they’re old friends with you, but they couldn’t care less about you. Meanwhile, you know me inside and out. You don’t let me get by with a thing! Make them pay for the way they live, pay with their lives, like sheep marked for slaughter. How long do we have to put up with this— the country depressed, the farms in ruin— And all because of wickedness, these wicked lives? Even animals and birds are dying off Because they’ll have nothing to do with God and think God has nothing to do with them. * * *
Isaiah 1:21 - Oh! Can you believe it? The chaste city has become a whore! She was once all justice, everyone living as good neighbors, And now they’re all at one another’s throats. Your coins are all counterfeits. Your wine is watered down. Your leaders are turncoats who keep company with crooks. They sell themselves to the highest bidder and grab anything not nailed down. They never stand up for the homeless, never stick up for the defenseless.