Punishment for Disobedience

14 (A)“But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments,

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Punishment for Disobedience

14 “‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,(A)

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14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

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17 The Lord has done what he purposed;
    he has carried out (A)his word,
which he commanded (B)long ago;
    (C)he has thrown down (D)without pity;
(E)he has made the enemy rejoice over you
    and exalted the (F)might of your foes.

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17 The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled(A) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.(B)
He has overthrown you without pity,(C)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,(D)
    he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.

17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

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11 (A)All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, (B)refusing to obey your voice. (C)And the curse and oath (D)that are written in the Law of (E)Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because (F)we have sinned against him.

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11 All Israel has transgressed(A) your law(B) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses(C) and sworn judgments(D) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned(E) against you.

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11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

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13 (A)As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, (B)turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth.

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13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord(A) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.(B)

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13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

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(A)If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send (B)the curse upon you and I will curse (C)your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

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If you do not listen,(A) and if you do not resolve to honor(B) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(C) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(D) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

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If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

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