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[-] RushLana 591 points 3 weeks ago

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8 May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership. 9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children. 13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation. 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out. 15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth. 16 For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted. 17 He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.

[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 208 points 3 weeks ago

Next May is gonna suck for that guy

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe that's what NSYNC was referencing in that one song.

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[-] LapleMeaf@lemmy.world 141 points 3 weeks ago

I read an embarrassing amount of that before I realized those were verses and not dates.

[-] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

That's one hell of a month

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

1 April just kidding

[-] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

It was 2 for me.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I read the whole thing like Sarah Connor and it was quite cathartic to imagine it being recited like a history lesson. That would be a hell of a week Couldn't happen to a more fitting person

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

I first read Sarah Connor as Sean Connery and went back to read it in his accent.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago

Forgive my ignorance, in this context, who is "he"?

Like, what kind of person is being discussed in this passage?

Mostly just curious. But not curious enough to tarnish my Google search history by looking it up.

[-] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's a general enemy. Here are the first few verses, which got left out

1 My God, whom I praise,

do not remain silent,

2 for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me;

they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3 With words of hatred they surround me;

they attack me without cause.

4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,

but I am a man of prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my friendship.

6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;

let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty,

and may his prayers condemn him.

It's not talking about a specific person, but enemies in general.

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[-] Akrenion@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

It's a psalm that wishes bad on those who oppose you and the love you give. Basically a disstrack on all your enemies.

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

Wikipedia says it's attributed to King David but doesn't give more context. Maybe cursing someone that betrayed him?

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I couldn’t even care if Trump and his ~~excrement~~ progeny remain bourgeoise douchebags living in comfort. I’d just like them to stop defecating in the temple, and selling tickets to defecate in the temple.

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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 165 points 3 weeks ago

The Bible is like the Constitution. You don't have to read it to know it's meaning.

And I'll add the "/s" because it's 2025

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 121 points 3 weeks ago

The four horsemen of things people on the internet don't read, but still comment about endlessly:

The Bible
The US constitution
1984
Whatever article is in the OP

[-] threeonefour@piefed.ca 48 points 3 weeks ago

I actually read 1984 because of all the "literally 1984" memes. It's dry but it does hold up surprisingly well.

[-] CountVlad47@feddit.org 19 points 3 weeks ago

It kinda reads like Orwell wanted to write an essay on the subject but thought it would get a larger audience if he wrote it as a novel. I read it about twenty years ago and even back then it was terrifying just how many of the predictions had already come true.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

"Stand On Zanzibar" has entered the chat.

The author of the novel, John Brunner, read Alvin Toffler's books and wrote a science fiction novel based on them. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1969 and it's scary how many of the predictions came to pass

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

I never finished it. The protag was a weird horny misogynist. And though he had fundamental problems with the state of the world, he was too cowardly to do anything to counter it except to sneak around fucking some nympho chick, and, in fact, was derisive of those who actually do rebel against it. The dystopia of it was interesting, but the narrative was not remotely engrossing and often insufferable after the initial world building, at least up the point I dropped it. Maybe it got better towards the end, but I've read a synopsis of it since then and it doesn't really seem like it. Not my cup of tea.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

The protag was a weird horny misogynist.

Well he is forbidden to have sex if I remember correctly. Only the proels may enjoy such acts

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Grain of salt here because it's been a hot minute since I read it. IIRC, He's allowed to have sex with his wife and only his wife, and his wife and him hate each other. He wants to have lots of casual sex but that's only allowed among the party members. He laments that the party members won't sleep with him and that all the women he'd like to sleep with are untrustworthy and will snitch him out. His wife ends up leaving and he meets the nympho and they start meeting up for sex. That's what I remember

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

Of course it was dry, you gotta dip it in mayo beforehand smh

[-] silasmariner@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

As a thought experiment I guess.

Not very good as a novel, though. Same as Aldous Huxley, the characters barely exist, it's just a platform for pontification. Give me George Eliot or William Faulkner any day of the week.

[-] a_person@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Same, I actually really enjoyed it as a dystopic book. It might have been dry but the storytelling was great.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Everybody has enough time to read the constitution. Also 1984 isn't too long. The bible though? I went to church for 20 years and most people couldn't make it through the whole thing. It certainly doesn't help that like the first half of it is boring as hell. (I say that as somebody who got so bored with it I also have never read it through.)

[-] 9bananas@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

the first half is boring??

that's where all of the super juicy stuff is!

[-] piefood@feddit.online 5 points 3 weeks ago

Getting through Leviticus or Numbers is such a slog. There's some juicy stuff in there, but the record-keeping parts get real old, real fast.

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[-] ragas@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

The TOS.

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[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

People make solemn oaths to defend the Constitution without being required to read it. It's just insane.

[-] Ron@zegheteens.nl 49 points 3 weeks ago

Most so called Christians have never read the bible, if they did they instantly became Atheists.

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago

There’s gotta be a bit of critical thinking too

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

There's a difference between Christians and Bible enthusiasts.

[-] Ron@zegheteens.nl 16 points 3 weeks ago

There shouldn't be, if you live by "the book" you should know "the book".

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Hey I watched the movie with Charles Heston. I'm good bro.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 32 points 3 weeks ago

Fun fact: Psalm hexing is a thing, in certain ~~religions~~ traditions (because hoodoo isn't technically a religion, but I was sleepy), like hoodoo and voduin.

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago

"Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you."

James 5:1-6 New International Version

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

Matthew 25:41-46 New King James Bible

41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

44 “Then they also will answer [a]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

eviticus 19:33–34 (NIV):

“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.”

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 weeks ago

Doing the Lords work. Hope you shower after browsing those platforms.

[-] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The problem is worse that folks are not aware off:
xiaq has been talking to robots all this time.

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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

Trump and Vance make quite the wit.

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They certainly are a pair of shining wits as Dr. Spooner would say.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

I thought they meant the two of them added up to one full wit.

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[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago

God bless! Ezekiel 23:20!

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Gahdamn that's cold. I love it.

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Marking this down for my own future reference.

[-] fading_person@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is amazing! I will do it when I get the chance

[-] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Psalm 109:8-17 describes prophetic curses on an enemy who persecuted the poor and needy. The verses call for the enemy's days to be few, his children to be orphaned, his family's memory to be blotted out, and for him to be covered in the very curses he loved to pronounce on others. Here's a breakdown of the verses:

Verse 8: "May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership".

Verse 9: "May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow".

Verse 10: "May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes".

Verse 11: "May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned".

Verse 12: "Let no one be kind to him; let no one pity his fatherless children".

Verse 13: "May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation".

Verse 14: "May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother's sins never be erased from the record".

Verse 15: "May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory".

Verse 16: "For he refused all kindness to others; he persecuted the poor and needy, and he hounded the brokenhearted to death".

Verse 17: "He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don't you bless him".

🤣

This is fucking brutal 🤘

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