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THE FOLLY OF IMMORAL GAIN 9 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity! THE FOLLY OF 10 You have devised a shameful thing for your house IMMORAL GAIN By cutting off many
THE FOLLY OF IMMORAL GAIN
THE FOLLY OF IMMORAL GAIN
9 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his houseTo put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
10 “You have devised a shameful thing for your houseBy cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.
11 “Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
THE FOLLY OF IMMORAL GAIN
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshedAnd founds a town with violence!
13 “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hostsThat peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing?
14 “For the earth will be filledWith the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.
THE FOLLY OF IMMORAL GAIN
15 “Woe to you who make your neighbors drink,Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness!
16 “You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness. The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
17 “For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them, Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.
THE FOLLY OF IMMORAL GAIN
B. The shame and the sin of it v. 10
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of
B. The USELESSNESS of it. v. 13
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
Some people believe that the END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS, and the Babylonians clearly believe in this DICTUM.
Ask yourself not, if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
Alan Paton
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating
Sophocles
No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expedience
Theodore Roosevelt
Their GAIN was BLOOD MONEY, all for the sake of their HOUSE. They SECURED themselves at the EXPENSE
had sought to make their cities impregnable and inaccessible to the enemy.
“Woe”
a phrase that speaks of misery that was going to come upon them as JUDGMENT for their EVIL DEEDS!
You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
B. The shame and the sin of it
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
B. The shame and the sin of it You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.
God considers such things as SHAMEFUL, by CUTTING of people for their own PERSONAL BETTERMENT.
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
B. The shame and the sin of it You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.
They were in effect SINNING AGAINST THEMSELVES.
You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself.
If we do HARM TO OTHERS, that HARM SHALL RETURN ON OUR HEADS.
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
B. The shame and the sin of it
If we do HARM TO OTHERS, that HARM SHALL RETURN ON OUR HEADS. For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
B. The shame and the sin of it
If we do HARM TO OTHERS, that HARM SHALL RETURN ON OUR HEADS. But when it came to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
B. The shame and the sin of it
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
C. The RECORD of it Surely the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
Surely the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework. Another Translation: “AND THE BEAMS OF THE WOODWORK”
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
C. The RECORD of it
Surely the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework.
GOD IS WITNESS to all these things
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
C. The RECORD of it
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, GOD IS WITNESS to all these things
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
C. The RECORD of it
10 Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
12 Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You. GOD IS WITNESS to all these things
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of others
C. The RECORD of it
B. The shame and the sin of it v. 10
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of
B. The USELESSNESS of it. v. 13
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
A. The MISERY
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence!
A. The MISERY
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence!
Babylonians built its city through BLOODSHED and VIOLENCE.
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence!
“Woe”
a phrase that speaks of misery that was going to come upon them as JUDGMENT for their EVIL DEEDS!
A. The MISERY
B. The USELESSNESS of it
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts That peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing?
B. The USELESSNESS of it
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
Eventually all that they gain shall eventually be LOST. They will eventually be BURNED and amount to NOTHING.
C. The DEFEAT
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.
C. The DEFEAT
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
The kingdom of God will eventually EMERGE and REIGN SUPREME
The whole earth shall be filled with the KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD.
B. The shame and the sin of it v. 10
IMMORAL GAIN at the expense of
B. The USELESSNESS of it. v. 13
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT
IMMORAL GAIN through violence (progression)
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
A. The MISERY
Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness!
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
The picture here is that Babylon had maliciously schemed to KILL her neighbors that she MIGHT LUSTFULLY have all the RICHES of these NATIONS. A. The MISERY
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
I know what I have done, and Your Honor knows what I have
between my ambitions and my ideals, I lost my ethical compass.
Jeb Magruder A. The MISERY
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
THE LUST FOR THINGS at times has clouded people’s understanding of MORALITY and SPIRITUALITY. A. The MISERY
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
You will be filled with disgrace rather than
your own nakedness. The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT of God in it.
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT of God in it.
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
Instead of HONOR, which they had sought, they would be FILLED with DISGRACE.
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT of God in it.
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
As other nations were massacred and robbed, so would they be.
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT of God in it.
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
The CUP symbolizing the WRATH of God would come upon them through HIS RIGHT HAND, normally our strongest
come in FULL FURY and STRENGTH.
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT of God in it.
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
Let us NEVER FORGET however that the HAND OF GOD IS HERE, and it will move in JUDGMENT at the PROPER TIME.
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
Their GLORY would be covered by their DISGRACE.
B. The DISGRACE and DECIMATION and JUDGMENT of God in it.
C. The Sowing
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them, Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.
C. The Sowing
IMMORAL GAIN through malicious scheming and destruction of others
What you sow is what you shall reap is the PRINCIPLE stated here.
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