"They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards."
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And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.
They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
\69:11\I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.