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[3] And in their chomed (covetous) greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. For them the Mishpat (Judgment) of old is not drei (idle) and their churban (ruin) does not slumber. ON NOACH THE MAGGID OF TZIDKANUT, THE MABBUL, AND THE MOSHIACH’S PAROUSIA [4] For if Hashem did not spare malachim that sinned, but cast them into Gehinnom, consigning them to the kaval (chain/fetter) of choshech to be kept for Mishpat; [5] and if Hashem did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noach, the eighth of the shemoneh nefashot [in the Teva (Ark)], a maggid of Tzidkanut (Righteousness), when Hashem brought a mabbul (flood) upon the world of resha’im (evildoers); [6] and if Hashem judged the cities of S’dom and Amora, reducing them to ashes by a churban catastrophe, making them a mofet for the ones intending to be resha’im; [7] and if Hashem delivered Lot, a tzaddik distressed by the hitnahagut (conduct) of the mufkarim (lawless–2:8,10;3:17) walking in darchei zimah (the ways of licentiousness) [8] [for that tzaddik, living among them day after day, was tortured in his nefesh hayesharah (honest soul) by the darchei mufkarim (the ways of lawless ones) that he saw and heard]; [9] then Hashem knows how to rescue the chasidim from trial and how to keep the anshei resha (men of wickedness) being punished for the Yom HaDin, [10] especially the ones going after the basar (flesh) in ta’avah (lust) producing tum’a (defilement) and the ones despising kol samchut (Matt.28:18). Bold and self-willed, these have no yirat Shomayim and therefore commit Chillul Hashem as they slander the glorious ones, [11] whereas malachim, being greater b’oz and koach (in strength and power), al kol panim (nevertheless) do not bring against them a slanderous judgment before Hashem. [12] But these men, like irrational beasts born b’derech hatevah (naturally) to be caught and killed, commit Chillul Hashem in matters where they lack da’as. In the destruction of them they also will be destroyed, [13] suffering harm as onesh (penalty) for harm done. They actually think there is nachas in reveling in broad daylight. They are mumim (defects) and spots reveling in their evil pleasures even while they sit at seudot (banquet dinners) with you. [14] Having eyes full of ni’uf (adultery), ceaselessly committing averos (sins), enticing unstable nefashot (souls), having levavot trained in chomed (covetous) greed–banim mekulalim (accursed children)! [15] Forsaking the Derech haYashar (Straight Way), they went astray, having followed the derech haBil’am Ben-B’or, who loved the sachar haresha (reward of unrighteousness). [16] But he had tochechah (reproof) for his own pesha (transgression): a dumb chamor (donkey), having spoken in a man’s voice, hindered the madness of the meshuga navi. [17] These men are mikva’ot without mayim and mists being driven by storms, for whom has been reserved the gloom of choshech (darkness). [18] Using high-sounding words of hevel, they entice, with licentious ta’avot of the basar, the ones barely escaped from those living in toyus and delusion. [19] They offer them the havtachah (promise) of cherut (freedom), but they themselves are avadim (slaves) of shachat (corruption), for whatever defeats a man also enslaves him. [20] For if, having escaped the tumot (defilements) of Olam Hazeh by da’as of Adoneynu and Moshieynu Moshiach Yehoshua, they are again entangled in these, then their last state is worse for them than their first. [21] For better it was for them not to have da’as of the derech haTzidkanut (the Way of Righteousness) than, having known it, to turn away from the mitzvah hakedosha (holy commandment) handed down to them. [22] The word of the true mashal (proverb) has overtaken them: KECHELEV SHAV AL KE’O (“As a dog having returned to its own vomit”), and a “chazir (swine) is washed only to wallow in the mud” (MISHLE 26:11).
(II Peter 2:3-22 [OrthJBC])
[1] O יהוה El, to whom vengeance belongeth; O El, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. [2] Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. [3] יהוה, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? [4] How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? [5] They break in pieces thy people, O יהוה, and afflict thine heritage. [6] They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. [7] Yet they say, YAH shall not see, neither shall the Elohim of Jacob regard it. [8] Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? [9] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? [10] He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? [11] יהוה knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. [12] Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O YAH, and teachest him out of thy law; [13] That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. [14] For יהוה will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. [15] But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. [16] Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? [17] Unless יהוה had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. [18] When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O יהוה, held me up. [19] In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. [20] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? [21] They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. [22] But יהוה is my defence; and my Elohim is the rock of my refuge. [23] And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, יהוה our Elohim shall cut them off
(Psalms 94:1-23 [RNKJV])
0717 Yisroel Yeshsakar
