The Wicked Will Get Punished
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Handout
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Introduction
Introduction
8 “But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God; 9 Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number. 10 “He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields, 11 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success. 13 “He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted. 14 “By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night. 15 “But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the mighty. 16 “So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth. 17 “Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 “For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal. 19 “From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you.
v.21
v.21
21 Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.
21 יָ֣ד לְ֭יָד לֹא־יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט׃
“Hand to/for hand”
“Hand to/for hand”
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
19 ‘If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.
17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger? 18 “Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away? 19 “You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’ Let God repay him so that he may know it. 20 “Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 “For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves one who pursues righteousness.
26 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, But pleasant words are pure.
10 Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; He who hates reproof will die.
v.22
v.22
22 As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
22 נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃
Go to Lane’s Manners…
47 “Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.
16 Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet, 17 Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.” 18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, 19 dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, 20 headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, 21 finger rings, nose rings, 22 festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, 23 hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils. 24 Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. 25 Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle. 26 And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground.
8 “Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares the Lord God. 9 “Then I bathed you with water, washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil. 10 “I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 “I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck. 12 “I also put a ring in your nostril, earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 “Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. 14 “Then your fame went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you,” declares the Lord God. 15 “But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be willing. 16 “You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen. 17 “You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them. 18 “Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them. 19 “Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened,” declares the Lord God. 20 “Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter? 21 “You slaughtered My children and offered them up to idols by causing them to pass through the fire. 22 “Besides all your abominations and harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood. 23 “Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ declares the Lord God), 24 that you built yourself a shrine and made yourself a high place in every square.
A nose ornament was worn for beauty and decoration.
Yet, if that was her only “beauty,” she was ugly, like a pig.
25 “But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!
23 “For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,
9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. 11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 15 But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint.
The idea is that what is more desired for beauty comes from a will that wants to do righteousness before God.
“Discernment”
“Discernment”
(taʿam). Taste, discretion, judgment, discernment, decree. (ASV and RSV translate “behavior” in I Sam 21:13 [H 14] and in Ps 34 superscription, the ASV translates “reason” in Prov 26:16 and “understanding” in Job 12:20.)
Though the derivative noun is employed to convey the more basic idea of “flavor” (Ex 16:31; Num 11:8), its predominant usage is to denote “discretion” and “discernment.” Good “judgment” comes only from God’s commandments (Ps 119:66) and is in the sovereign control of God (Job 12:20). A woman with discretion is praised (I Sam 25:33), while a woman without godly discernment is like a pig with a gold ring in its snout (Prov 11:22).
A variant meaning of this noun is discovered when David changes his “conduct” and acts like a madman before Achish (I Sam 21:13 [H 14]). David made a decision to act differently when he appraised the need of the situation. He changed his “discretion” or “behavior.” Another variant meaning is “decree.” This occurs when a judgment has been made and then formalized (Jon 3:7). The Aramaic influence of ṭĕʿēm may have affected this usage by the Assyrian king.
“taste” = would give the sense of being able to discern between one taste and another.
A woman who cannot see what is dishonoring and what is not, and yet keeps her outward appearance appealing to people (alluring to men; jealousy to women), is like a pig who is adorned with a simple nose-ring.
A pig is a big animal and a simple nose ring, which is a statement of so-called class and distinction, will not mask the actual pig.
23 The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
23 תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; 11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
The craving of the righteous is “goodness.”
“good” = pleasantness, beauty, aesthetics.
31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
What the wicked hopes for will only produce fury/wrath.
This relates to both what is desired and what actually comes about.
This is the person who is actually guilty of sins.
He is unrepentant.
He continues in sins.