And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.
Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.
Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?
Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.
You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.
The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.
The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.
The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.
The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:
Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?
At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.
The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.
In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,
He has to become greater while I become less.
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?
They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.
And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.
And when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, in place of driving them out.
And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.
Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good land which he has given you.
If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.
This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.
And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.
And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man.
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