弥迦书 7:4
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Context
This verse from 弥迦书 Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. 耶户下令将亚哈七十个儿子的首级送来，装在篓子里堆成两堆放在城门口，说这应验了以利亚预言；他消灭了亚哈在耶斯列的全家；他杀了四十二个亚哈谢的弟兄；耶户用诡计召集所有巴力先知进入巴力庙，然后杀尽他们；神应许耶户「你的子孙必坐以色列的王位，直到四代」，但耶户偏离了以色列全心跟从神。
其他译本
The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
Their best one <FI>is<Fi> as a brier, The upright one--than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen--Thy visitation--hath come. Now is their perplexity.
The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.
交叉参考
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