and seat two men, sons of worthlessness, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You have blasphemed God and the king. Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.

And two men, sons of worthlessness, came in and sat before him; and the men of worthlessness testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth has blasphemed God and the king! Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.

Then they secretly induced men to say, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.

They also set up false witnesses who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law;

His ways are always twisted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.

He has said in his heart, the Mighty God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it!

Therefore hear the Word of Jehovah, you scornful men who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I have founded in Zion a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Cornerstone, a sure Foundation; he who trusts in It shall not be anxious.

And your covenant with death shall be covered over, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overwhelming scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it.

saying: There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God nor regard man,

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

how much more abhorrent and corrupt is man, who drinks injustice like water!

Though evil is sweet in his mouth, and he hides it under his tongue,

though he spares it and does not forsake it, but still keeps it in his mouth,

What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water,

They eat up the sin of My people, and they set their appetites on their iniquity.