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Proverbs 12

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¹ Their partiality testifies against them, They display their sin like Sodom; They do not even hide it. Woe (judgment is coming) to[2] them! For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].

² Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.

³ Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him, For what his hand has done shall be done to him.

⁴ O My people! Children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.

⁵ The LORD rises to contend, And stands to judge the people.

⁶ The LORD enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, "For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country]; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

⁷ "What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

⁸ Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes, And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait And walk with jingling[3] anklets on their feet,

⁹ Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the LORD will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity)."

¹⁰ In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments,

¹¹ dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves,

¹² head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms),

¹³ signet [finger] rings, nose rings,

¹⁴ festival robes, outer tunics, shawls, handbags,

¹⁵ hand mirrors, [fine linen] undergarments, headbands, and veils [covering the entire body].

¹⁶ Now it will come to pass that instead of the sweet fragrance of spices there will be [the stench of] rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.

¹⁷ Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty men in battle.

¹⁸ And Jerusalem's gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.

¹⁹ And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried]."

²⁰ In that day the Branch of the LORD will be splendid and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have survived.

²¹ It will come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy (set apart for God)—everyone who is recorded for [eternal] life in Jerusalem.

²² When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

²³ then the LORD will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].

²⁴ And there will be a pavilion for shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and the rain.

²⁵ Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [LORD] A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people). My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).

²⁶ He dug it all around and cleared away its stones, And planted it with[1] the choicest vine (the people of Judah). And He built a tower in the center of it; And also hewed out a[2] wine vat in it. Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.

²⁷ "And now, says the Lord, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).

²⁸ "What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield worthless ones?

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1	Their partiality testifies against them, They display their sin like Sodom; They do not even hide it. Woe (judgment is coming) to[2] them! For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].
2	Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.
3	Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him, For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
4	O My people! Children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.
5	The LORD rises to contend, And stands to judge the people.
6	The LORD enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, "For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country]; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
7	"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
8	Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes, And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait And walk with jingling[3] anklets on their feet,
9	Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the LORD will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity)."
10	In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments,
11	dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves,
12	head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms),
13	signet [finger] rings, nose rings,
14	festival robes, outer tunics, shawls, handbags,
15	hand mirrors, [fine linen] undergarments, headbands, and veils [covering the entire body].
16	Now it will come to pass that instead of the sweet fragrance of spices there will be [the stench of] rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.
17	Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty men in battle.
18	And Jerusalem's gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.
19	And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried]."
20	In that day the Branch of the LORD will be splendid and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have survived.
21	It will come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy (set apart for God)—everyone who is recorded for [eternal] life in Jerusalem.
22	When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,
23	then the LORD will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].
24	And there will be a pavilion for shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and the rain.
25	Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [LORD] A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people). My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).
26	He dug it all around and cleared away its stones, And planted it with[1] the choicest vine (the people of Judah). And He built a tower in the center of it; And also hewed out a[2] wine vat in it. Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
27	"And now, says the Lord, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).
28	"What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield worthless ones?

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