Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.
And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah keep his people safe from my hands.
And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.
But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.
They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.
Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.
And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.
And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.
They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.
Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.
That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.
Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;
Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.
I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.
They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.
They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.
O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.
O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.
When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.
Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.
Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.
Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.
Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.
Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.
But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.
But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.
You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;
They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.
Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.
I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.
My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.
You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.
Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.
Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.
In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.
Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.
O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.
Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.
Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;
Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it and be shamed; because you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.
You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)
Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.
They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.
Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.
I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.
Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.
So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame.
Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.
Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.
Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining.
The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.
Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.
A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.
When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.
The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:
But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.
And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!
Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins.
It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.
And the strength of pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.
For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.
This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.
Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.
Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.
Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only words of men: let them all come forward together; they will all be in fear and be put to shame.
All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.
But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.
Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.
The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.
Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.
Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;
As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.
For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:
Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.
Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.
As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;
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