...I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.
Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings…You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character
10[1] A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
Translation notes (1)
- 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Selfless.
- Encourager.
...She brings him good.
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
9Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
3. Hard Worker.
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.
4. Good with money.
16She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
5. Compassionate.
20She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
6. Godly wisdom.
30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
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