Lexicon :: Strong's H7230 - rōḇ

Better a little with righteousness

than great income with injustice.

Many a person proclaims his own loyalty,

but who can find a trustworthy person?

for you should wage war with sound guidance —

victory comes with many counselors.

For with much wisdom is much sorrow;

as knowledge increases, grief increases.

Just as dreams accompany much labor, so also a fool’s voice comes with many words.

Send your bread on the surface of the water,

for after many days you may find it.

“What are all your sacrifices to me? ”

asks the LORD.

“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams

and the fat of well-fed cattle;

I have no desire for the blood of bulls,

lambs, or male goats.

and from the abundant milk they give

he will eat curds,

for every survivor in the land will eat curds and honey.

They will be gathered together

like prisoners in a pit.

They will be confined to a dungeon;

after many days they will be punished.

“You have mocked the Lord through your servants.

You have said, “With my many chariots

I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,

to the far recesses of Lebanon.

I cut down its tallest cedars,

its choice cypress trees.

I came to its distant heights,

its densest forest.

Look up and see!

Who created these?

He brings out the stars by number;

he calls all of them by name.

Because of his great power and strength,

not one of them is missing.

“These two things will happen to you

suddenly, in one day:

loss of children and widowhood.

They will happen to you in their entirety,

in spite of your many sorceries

and the potency of your spells.

You became weary on your many journeys,

but you did not say, “It’s hopeless! ”

You found a renewal of your strength;[fn]

therefore you did not grow weak.

Who is this coming from Edom

in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah —

this one who is splendid in his apparel,

striding in his formidable[fn] might?

It is I, proclaiming vindication,[fn]

powerful to save.

And when you ask yourself,

“Why have these things happened to me? ”

it is because of your great guilt

that your skirts have been stripped off,

your body exposed.[fn]

All your lovers have forgotten you;

they no longer look for you,

for I have struck you as an enemy would,

with the discipline of someone cruel,

because of your enormous guilt

and your innumerable sins.

Judah has gone into exile

following[fn] affliction and harsh slavery;

she lives among the nations

but finds no place to rest.

All her pursuers have overtaken her

in narrow places.

Even if he causes suffering,

he will show compassion

according to the abundance of his faithful love.

“Therefore, speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: When anyone from the house of Israel sets up idols in his heart and puts his sinful stumbling block in front of himself, and then comes to the prophet, I, the LORD, will answer him appropriately.[fn] I will answer him according to his many idols,

“It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;

its height towered among the clouds.[fn]

So it was conspicuous for its height

as well as its many branches.

“The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkards[fn] from the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women’s hands and beautiful tiaras on their heads.

“ ‘Tarshish was your trading partner because of your abundant wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth.

“I made it beautiful with its many limbs,

and all the trees of Eden,

which were in God’s garden, envied it.

Though I were to write out for him

ten thousand points of my instruction,

they would be[fn] regarded as something strange.

The days of punishment have come;

the days of retribution have come.

Let Israel recognize it!

The prophet is a fool,

and the inspired man is insane,

because of the magnitude

of your iniquity and hostility.

Israel is a lush[fn] vine;

it yields fruit for itself.

The more his fruit increased,

the more he increased the altars.

The better his land produced,

the better they made the sacred pillars.

Charging horseman,

flashing sword,

shining spear;

heaps of slain,

mounds of corpses,

dead bodies without end —

they stumble over their dead.

He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.”

The LORD of Armies says this: “Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age.

Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.