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Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559, “Behold H2005, the man H120 has become H1961 like one H259 of Us, knowing H3045 good H2896 and evil H7451; and now H6258, he might H6435 reach H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027, and take H3947 fruit also H1571 from the tree H6086 of life H2416, and eat H398, and live H2421 forever H5769”—
Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram's H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.
Then the servant H5650 took H3947 ten H6235 camels H1581 from the camels H1581 of his master H113, and went H1980 out with a variety H3605 of good H2898 things H2898 of his master's H113 in his hand H3027; so he set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to [fn]Mesopotamia H763, to the city H5892 of Nahor H5152.
Now Esau H6215 saw H7200 that Isaac H3327 had blessed H1288 Jacob H3290 and sent H7971 him away H7971 to Paddan-aram H6307 to take H3947 to himself a wife H802 from there H8033, and that when he blessed H1288 him he commanded H6680 him, saying H559, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667,”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121—Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251—each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 undetected H983, and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then they sat H3427 down H3427 to eat H398 [fn]a meal H3899. But as they raised H5375 their eyes H5869 and looked H7200, behold H2009, a caravan H736 of Ishmaelites H3459 was coming H935 from Gilead H1568, with their camels H1581 carrying H5375 labdanum H5219 resin H5219, balsam H6875, and [fn]myrrh H3910, [fn]on H1980 their way H1980 to bring H3381 them down H3381 to Egypt H4714.
Now [fn]after a considerable H7235 time H3117 Shua's H7770 daughter H1323, the wife H802 of Judah H3063, died H4191; and when [fn]the time H5162 of H5162 mourning H5162 was ended H5162, Judah H3063 went H5927 up H5927 to his sheepshearers H6629 H1494 at Timnah H8553, he and his friend H7453 Hirah H2437 the Adullamite H5726.
And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “When you go H1980 [fn]back H7725 to Egypt H4714, see H7200 that you perform H6213 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 all H3605 the wonders H4159 which H834 I have put H7760 in your [fn]power H3027; but I will harden H2388 his heart H3820 so that he will not let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.
So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 did H6213 just H3651 H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680. And he lifted H7311 up H7311 [fn]the staff H4294 and struck H5221 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 in the sight H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 and in the sight H5869 of his servants H5650; and all H3605 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 was turned H2015 into blood H1818.
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, so that [fn]hail H1259 may fall H1961 on all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on every person H120 and animal H929, and on every H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704, throughout the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”
Now when Pharaoh H6547 had let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971, God H430 did not lead H5148 them by the way H1870 of the land H776 of the Philistines H6430, even H3588 though H3588 it was near H7138; for God H430 said H559, “The people H5971 might H6435 change H5162 their minds H5162 when they see H7200 war H4421, and return H7725 to Egypt H4714.”
For the horses H5483 of Pharaoh H6547 with his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571 went H935 into the sea H3220, and the LORD H3068 brought H7725 back H7725 the waters H4325 of the sea H3220 on them, but the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 on dry H3004 land H3004 through the midst H8432 of the sea H3220.
There H8033 He made H7760 for them a statute H2706 and regulation H4941, and there H8033 He tested H5254 them.
Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Elim H362, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, which H834 is between H996 Elim H362 and Sinai H5514, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the second H8145 month H2320 after their departure H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2009, I will rain H4305 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for you; and the people H5971 shall go H3318 out H3318 and gather H3950 a day's H3117 portion H1697 every day H3117, so H4616 that H4616 I may test H5254 them, whether or H518 not they will walk H1980 in My [fn]instruction H8451.
Then Moses H4872 pleaded H2470 with the LORD H3068 his God H430, and said H559, “LORD H3068, why H4100 does Your anger H639 burn H2734 against Your people H5971 whom H834 You have brought H3318 out H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 with great H1419 power H3581 and with a mighty H2389 hand H3027?
Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872, “Depart H1980, go H5927 up H5927 from here H2088, you and the people H5971 whom H834 you have brought H5927 up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, to the land H776 of which H834 I swore H7650 to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290, saying H559, ‘To your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 it.'
Now Moses H4872 used to take H3947 the tent H168 and pitch H5186 it outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264, a good H7368 distance H7368 from the camp H4264, and he called H7121 it the tent H168 of meeting H4150. And everyone H3605 who sought H1245 the LORD H3068 would go H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which H834 was outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264.
“You shall keep H8104 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682. For seven H7651 days H3117 you are to eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread H4682, [fn]as I commanded H6680 you, at the appointed H4150 time H4150 in the month H2320 of Abib H24; for in the month H2320 of Abib H24 you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714.
All H3605 the gold H2091 that was used H6213 for the work H4399, in all H3605 the work H4399 of the sanctuary H6944, [fn]which was the gold H2091 of the wave H8573 offering H8573, was twenty-nine H8672 H6242 [fn]talents H3603 and 730 H7651 H3967 H7970 [fn]shekels H8255, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944.
‘But if H518 [fn]he cannot H3808 afford H5060 H3027 a lamb H7716, then he shall bring H935 to the LORD H3068 his guilt H817 offering H817 for that in which H834 he has sinned H2398, two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, one H259 as a sin H2403 offering H2403 and the other H259 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930.
‘When the days H3117 of her purification H2892 are completed H4390, for a son H1121 or H176 for a daughter H1323, she shall bring H935 to the priest H3548 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 a one-year-old H8141 H1121 lamb H3532 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a young H1121 pigeon H3123 or H176 a turtledove H8449 as a [fn]sin H2403 offering H2403.
“Now on the eighth H8066 day H3117 he is to take H3947 two H8147 male H3532 lambs H3532 without H8549 defect H8549, and a yearling H8141 ewe H3535 lamb H3535 without H8549 defect H8549, and three-tenths H7969 H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 as a grain offering H4503, and one H259 [fn]log H3849 of oil H8081;
“But if H518 he is poor H1800 and his [fn]means H3027 are H369 insufficient H369 H5381, then he is to take H3947 one H259 male H3532 lamb H3532 for a guilt H817 offering H817 as a wave H8573 offering H8573 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for him, and a tenth H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 as a grain offering H4503, and a [fn]log H3849 of oil H8081,
‘Now when H3588 the man H2100 with the discharge H2100 becomes H2891 cleansed H2891 from his discharge H2101, then he shall count H5608 off for himself seven H7651 days H3117 for his cleansing H2893; he shall then wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 his body H1320 in [fn]running H2416 water H4325 and will become H2891 clean H2891.
“Tell H1696 your brother H251 Aaron H175 that he shall not enter H935 at [fn]any H3605 time H6256 into the Holy H6944 Place H6944 inside H4480 H1004 the veil H6532, before H413 H6440 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 which H834 is on the ark H727, or H3808 he will die H4191; for I will appear H7200 in the cloud H6051 over H5921 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727.
‘These H428 are the appointed H4150 times H4150 of the LORD H3068 which H834 you shall proclaim H7121 as holy H6944 convocations H4744, to present H7126 offerings H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068—burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and grain offerings H4503, sacrifices H2077 and drink H5262 offerings H5262, each day's H3117 matter H1697 on its own day H3117—
Now those who were to camp H2583 in front H6440 of the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, in front H6440 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, were Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, performing H8104 the duties H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the obligation H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]layman H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Now when Moses H4872 entered H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 to speak H1696 with Him, he heard H8085 the voice H6963 speaking H1696 to him from above H5921 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 that was on the ark H727 of the testimony H5715, from between H996 the two H8147 [fn]cherubim H3742; so He spoke H1696 to him.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Hobab H2246 the son H1121 of Reuel H7467 the Midianite H4084, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, “We are setting H5265 out H5265 to the place H4725 of which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559, ‘I will give H5414 it to you.' Come H1980 with us and we will do H3190 you good H3190, for the LORD H3068 has [fn]promised H1696 good H2896 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.”
Now on the next H4283 day H4283 Moses H4872 went H935 into the tent H168 of the testimony H5715; and behold H2009, Aaron's H175 staff H4294 for the house H1004 of Levi H3878 had sprouted H6524 and produced H3318 buds H6525 and bloomed H6692 with blossoms H6731, and it yielded H1580 ripe H1580 almonds H8247.
Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Aaron H175, “Now behold H2009, I Myself H589 have put H5414 you in charge H4931 of My [fn]offerings H8641, all H3605 the holy H6944 gifts of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 I have given H5414 to you as a portion H4888 and to your sons H1121 as a permanent H5769 allotment H2706.
Then Balak H1111 said H559 to him, “Please H4994 come H1980 with me to another H312 place H4725 from where H834 H8033 you may see H7200 them, although you will only H657 see H7200 the extreme H7097 end H7097 of them and will not see H7200 all H3605 of them; and put H6895 a H6895 curse H6895 on them for me from there H8033.”
“Then all H3605 of you approached H7126 me and said H559, ‘Let us send H7971 men H376 ahead H6440 of us, so that they may spy H2658 out H2658 the land H776 for us, and bring H7725 back H7725 to us word H1697 of the way H1870 by which H834 we should go H5927 up H5927, and the cities H5892 which H834 we should enter H935.'
“Then you replied H6030 H559 to me, ‘We have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068; we ourselves H587 will go H5927 up H5927 and fight H3898, just H3605 H834 as the LORD H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us.' And every H376 man H376 of you strapped H2296 on H2296 his weapons H3627 of war H4421, and you viewed H1951 it as H1951 easy H1951 to go H5927 up H5927 into the hill H2022 country H2022.
“Now this H2088 is the commandment H4687, the statutes H2706, and the judgments H4941 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 me to teach H3925 you, so that you may do H6213 them in the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are going H5674 over H5674 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it,
“Then it shall come H1961 about H1961 when H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 that H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1, to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290, to give H5414 you, great H1419 and splendid H2896 cities H5892 which H834 you did not build H1129,
“When H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are entering H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it, and He drives H5394 away H5394 many H7227 nations H1471 from before H6440 you, the Hittites H2850, the Girgashites H1622, the Amorites H567, the Canaanites H3669, the Perizzites H6522, the Hivites H2340, and the Jebusites H2983, seven H7651 nations H1471 greater H7227 and mightier H6099 than H4480 you,
“If H3588 a case H1697 is H6381 too H4480 difficult H6381 for you to decide H4941, between H996 [fn]one kind of homicide H1818 or another H1818, between H996 [fn]one kind of lawsuit H1779 or another H1779, and between H996 [fn]one kind of assault H5061 or another H5061, that are cases H1697 of dispute H7379 in your [fn]courts H8179, then you shall arise H6965 and go H5927 up H5927 to the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977.
“When H3588 you go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 your enemies H340 and see H7200 horses H5483, chariots H7393, and people H5971 more H7227 numerous H7227 than H4480 you, do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of them; for the LORD H3068 your God H430, who H834 brought H5927 you up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, is with you.
“When H3588 you besiege H6696 a city H5892 for a long H7227 time H3117, to make H3898 war H3898 against H5921 it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy H7843 its trees H6086 by swinging H5080 an axe H1631 against H5921 them; for you may eat H398 from them, so you shall not cut H3772 them down H3772. For [fn]is the tree H6086 of the field H7704 a human H120, that it should [fn]be besieged H4692 by you?
“When H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a wife H802 and marries H1166 her, and it happens H1961, if she finds H4672 no H3808 favor H2580 in his eyes H5869 because H3588 he has found H4672 some H1697 indecency H6172 in her, that he writes H3789 her a certificate H5612 of divorce H3748, puts H5414 it in her hand H3027, and [fn]sends H7971 her away H7971 from his house H1004,
“Now it shall be, if H518 you diligently H8085 [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430, being H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that the LORD H3068 your God H430 will put H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776.
“So it will be when H3588 all H3605 of these H428 things H1697 have come H935 upon you, the blessing H1293 and the curse H7045 which H834 I have placed H5414 before H6440 you, and you [fn]call H7725 them to mind H3824 in all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has scattered H5080 you,
Then Moses H4872 called H7121 to Joshua H3091 and said H559 to him in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel H3478, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, for you will go H935 with this H2088 people H5971 into the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 them, and you will give H5157 it to them as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2005, [fn]the time H3117 for you to die H4191 is near H7126; call H7121 Joshua H3091 and present H3320 yourselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and I will commission H6680 him.” So Moses H4872 and Joshua H3091 went H1980 and presented H3320 themselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 sent H7971 two H8147 men H376 as spies H7270 secretly H2791 from Shittim H7851, saying H559, “Go H1980, view H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and entered H935 the house H1004 of a prostitute H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343, and rested H7901 there H8033.
So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 exactly H3651 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680, and took H5375 up H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the encampment H4411 and put H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not fear H3372 or be dismayed H2865. Take H3947 all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 with you. Arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Ai H5857; see H7200, I have handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the king H4428 of Ai H5857, his people H5971, his city H5892, and his land H776.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that is in your hand H3027 toward H413 Ai H5857, for I will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to you.” So Joshua H3091 reached H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that was in his hand H3027 toward H413 the city H5892.
Now when Israel H3478 had finished H3615 killing H2026 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai H5857 in the field H7704 in the wilderness H4057 where H834 they pursued H7291 them, and all H3605 of them had fallen H5307 by the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 until H5704 they were destroyed H8552, then all H3605 Israel H3478 returned H7725 to Ai H5857 and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
Then the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 word to Joshua H3091 at the camp H4264 at Gilgal H1537, saying H559, “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your servants H5650; come H5927 up H5927 to us quickly H4120 and save H3467 us and help H5826 us, for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that live H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 have assembled H6908 against H413 us.”
So the sun H8121 stood H1826 still H1826, and the moon H3394 stopped H5975,
Until H5704 the nation H1471 avenged H5358 themselves of their enemies H340.
Is it not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of Jashar H3477? And the sun H8121 stopped H5975 in the middle H2677 of the sky H8064 and did not hurry H213 to go H935 down for about H935 a whole H8549 day H3117.
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the Valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,
Now to the one half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 a possession in Bashan H1316, but to the other half H2677 Joshua H3091 gave H5414 a possession among H5973 their brothers H251 westward H3220 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383. So when H3588 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 them away H7971 to their tents H168, he also blessed H1288 them,
When they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 by the Jordan H3383, [fn]a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758.
Then Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 returned H7725 from the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and from the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, from the land H776 of Gilead H1568 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667, to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to them.
Now the [fn]descendants H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, went H5927 up H5927 from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people H5971.
Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053, or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
Now the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came H5927 up H5927 from Gilgal H1537 to Bochim H1066. And he said H559, “I brought H5927 you up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 and led H935 you into the land H776 which H834 I have sworn H7650 to your fathers H1; and I said H559, ‘I will never H3808 H5769 break H6565 My covenant H1285 with you,
“At the sound H6963 of those who distribute H2686 water among H996 the watering H4857 places H4857,
There H8033 they will recount H8567 the righteous H6666 deeds H6666 of the LORD H3068,
The righteous H6666 deeds H6666 for His [fn]peasantry H6520 in Israel H3478.
Then H227 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 went H3381 down H3381 to the gates H8179.
‘Are they not finding H4672, are they not dividing H2505 the spoils H7998?
A concubine H7358, two concubines H7358 for every H7218 warrior H1397;
To Sisera H5516 a spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 cloth H6648,
A spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 cloth H6648 embroidered H7553,
Dyed H6648 cloth H6648 of double embroidery H7553 on the [fn]neck H6677 of the plunderer H7998?'
Then Gideon H1439 went H935 in H935 and prepared H6213 a young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 and unleavened H4682 bread H4682 from an [fn]ephah H374 of flour H7058; he put H7760 the meat H1320 in a basket H5536 [fn]and the broth H4839 in a pot H6517, and brought H3318 them out H3318 to him under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 and presented H5066 them.
When the people H376 of the city H5892 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242, behold H2009, the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 had been torn H5422 down H5422, and the Asherah H842 which H834 had been beside H5921 it had been cut H3772 down H3772, and the second H8145 bull H6499 had been offered H5927 on the altar H4196 which had been built H1129.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Gideon H1439, “The people H5971 are still H5750 too many H7227; bring H3381 them down H3381 to the water H4325 and I will test H6884 them for you there H8033. So it shall be that he of whom H834 I say H559 to you, ‘This H2088 one H2088 shall go H1980 with you,' he shall go H1980 with you; but everyone H3605 of whom H834 I say H559 to you, ‘This H2088 one H2088 shall not go H1980 with you,' he shall not go H1980.”
When Gideon H1439 heard H8085 the account H4557 of the dream H2472 and its interpretation H7667, he bowed H2331 in H2331 worship H2331. Then he returned H7725 to the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Arise H6965, for the LORD H3068 has handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the camp H4264 of Midian H4080!”
Then Gideon H1439 sent H7971 messengers H4397 throughout H3605 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, saying H559, “Come H3381 down H3381 [fn]against H7122 Midian H4080 and take H3920 control H3920 of the waters H4325 ahead of them, as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan H3383.” So all H3605 the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they took H3920 control H3920 of the waters H4325 as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan H3383.
But Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709, and behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. And she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.
Now the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829; and they said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 without H3808 calling H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 H784 your house H1004 down H8313 on you!”
Then the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him, and he went H3381 down H3381 to Ashkelon H831 and killed H5221 thirty H7970 men H376 of them and took H3947 what H2488 they were wearing H2488 and gave H5414 the outfits H2487 of H2487 clothes H2487 to those who told H5046 the riddle H2420. And his anger H639 burned H2734, and he went H5927 up H5927 to his father's H1 house H1004.
When he came H935 to Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were like flax H6593 that has burned H1197 with fire H784, and his restraints H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands H3027.
Then Delilah H1807 said H559 to Samson H8123, “Up to now H2008 you have toyed H8524 with me and told H1696 me lies H3577; tell H5046 me [fn]how H4100 you may be bound H631.” And he said H559 to her, “If H518 you weave H707 the seven H7651 locks H4253 of my [fn]hair H7218 with the [fn]web H4545 [fn][and fasten it with the pin, then I will be weak like any other man.”
So the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 and came H935 to Laish H3919, and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, in the way H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 ruler H3423 humiliating H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
While they were [fn]celebrating H3190 H3820, behold H2009, the men H376 of the city H5892, certain H376 [fn]worthless H1100 men H1121, surrounded H5437 the house H1004, pushing H1849 one another at the door H1817; and they spoke H559 to the owner H1167 of the house H1004, the old H2205 man H376, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the man H376 who H834 entered H935 your house H1004 that we may [fn]have H3045 relations H3045 with him.”
Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H6965 out H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and inquired H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 first H8462 for us to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462.”
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 in the assembly H6951?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a solemn H1419 oath H7621 concerning anyone who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
So they said H559, “Behold H2009, there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 from year H3117 to year H3117 in Shiloh H7887, which H834 is on the north H6828 side H6828 of Bethel H1008, on the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the road H4546 that goes H5927 up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem H7927, and on the south H5045 side H5045 of Lebonah H3829.”
Then they got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and worshiped H2331 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and returned H7725 H935 again H7725 to their house H1004 in Ramah H7414. And Elkanah H511 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with Hannah H2584 his wife H802, and the LORD H3068 remembered H2142 her.
“Those who contend H7378 with the LORD H3068 will be terrified H2865;
Against H5921 them He will thunder H7481 in the heavens H8064,
The LORD H3068 will judge H1777 the ends H657 of the earth H776;
And He will give H5414 strength H5797 to His king H4428,
And will exalt H7311 the [fn]horn H7161 of His anointed H4899.”
Now when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gathered H6908 at Mizpah H4709, the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 against H413 Israel H3478. And when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 about it, they were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Philistines H6430.
Now Saul H7586 chose H977 for himself three H7969 thousand H505 men of Israel H3478, of whom two H505 thousand H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Bethel H1008, while a thousand H505 were with Jonathan H3083 at Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144. But he sent H7971 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 away H7971, each H376 to his tent H168.
Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, thirty H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393 and six H8337 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and people H5971 like the sand H2344 which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193 in abundance H7230; and they came H5927 up H5927 and camped H2583 in Michmash H4363, east H6926 of Beth-aven H1007.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H1975 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189 men; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us, because H3588 the LORD H3068 is not limited H4622 to saving H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592!”
Now when Saul H7586 had taken H3920 control H3920 of the kingdom H4410 over H5921 Israel H3478, he fought H3898 against all H3605 his enemies H340 on every H5439 side H5439, against Moab H4124, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Edom H123, the kings H4428 of Zobah H6678, and the Philistines H6430; and wherever H3605 H834 he turned H6437, he [fn]inflicted H7561 punishment H7561.
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 are you going to mourn H56 for [fn]Saul H7586, since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478? Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go H1980; I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022, because H3588 I have chosen H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons H1121.”
Now it happened H1961 as they were coming H935, when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine H6430, that the women H802 came H3318 out H3318 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478, singing H7891 and dancing H4246, to meet H7122 King H4428 Saul H7586, with tambourines H8596, with joy H8057 and with other [fn]musical H7991 instruments H7991.
Then Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David's H1732 house H1004 to watch H8104 him, in order to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 in the morning H1242. But Michal H4324, David's H1732 wife H802, informed H5046 him, saying H559, “If H518 you do not save H4422 your life H5315 tonight H3915, tomorrow H4279 you will be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191!”
Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to David H1732, “The LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, is my witness! When H3588 I have sounded H2713 out H2713 my father H1 about this time H6256 tomorrow H4279 or the third H7992 day, behold H2009, if he has a good H2895 feeling toward H413 [fn]you, shall I not then H227 send H7971 word to you and [fn]inform H1540 H241 you?
Then Saul's H7586 anger H639 burned H2734 against Jonathan H3083, and he said H559 to him, “You son H1121 of a perverse H5753, rebellious H4780 woman! Do I not know H3045 that you are choosing H977 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to your own shame H1322, and to the shame H1322 of your mother's H517 nakedness H6172?
Afterward H310 H3651, however, David H1732 got H6965 up H6965 and went H3318 out H3318 of the cave H4631, and called H7121 after H310 Saul H7586, saying H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428!” And when Saul H7586 looked H5027 behind H310 him, David H1732 bowed H6915 with his face H639 to the ground H776 and prostrated H2331 himself.
“Now H6258 then, my lord H113, as the LORD H3068 lives H2416, and as your soul H5315 lives H2416, since H834 the LORD H3068 has restrained H4513 you from [fn]shedding H935 blood H1818, and from [fn]avenging H3467 yourself by your own hand H3027, now H6258 then, may your enemies H340 and those who seek H1245 evil H7451 against H413 my lord H113, be like Nabal H5037.
When David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead H4191, he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of the shame H2781 inflicted H2781 on me by the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037, and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil H7451. The LORD H3068 has also returned H7725 the evildoing H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head H7218.” Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail H26, to take H3947 her as his wife H802.
Then David H1732 said H559 to [fn]himself H3820, “Now H6258 I will [fn]perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 to safely H4422 escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Then Saul H7586 will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 that the Philistines H6430 gathered H6908 their armed camps H4264 for war H6635, to fight H3898 against Israel H3478. And Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that you will go H3318 out H3318 with me in the camp H4264, you and your men H376.”
Then it happened H1961, when David H1732 and his men H376 came H935 to Ziklag H6860 on the third H7992 day H3117, that the Amalekites H6003 had carried H6584 out H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 on the [fn]Negev H5045 and on Ziklag H6860, and had [fn]overthrown H5221 Ziklag H6860 and burned H8313 it with fire H784;
When David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David H1732 and [fn]had been left H3427 behind H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor H1308, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, then David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.
Then it came H1961 about H1961 afterward H310 H3651 that David H1732 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068, saying H559, “Shall I go H5927 up H5927 to one H259 of the cities H5892 of Judah H3063?” And the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927.” So David H1732 said H559, “Where H575 shall I go H5927 up H5927?” And He said H559, “To Hebron H2275.”
And behold H2009, the servants H5650 of David H1732 and Joab H3097 came H935 from a raid H1416 and brought H935 a large H7227 amount H7227 of plunder H7998 with them; but Abner H74 was not with David H1732 in Hebron H2275, since H3588 he had let H7971 him go H7971, and he had gone H1980 in peace H7965.
Now the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but even those who are blind H5787 and those who limp H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493,” [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Now when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 David H1732 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, all H3605 the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 to seek H1245 out H1245 David H1732; and when David H1732 heard H8085 about it, he went H3381 down H3381 to the stronghold H4686.
Now it was reported H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 up H5927 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 to the city H5892 of David H1732 with joy H8057.
But when David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 his own household H1004, Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559, “How H4100 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 dignified H3513 himself today H3117! For he exposed H1540 himself today H3117 in the sight H5869 of his servants' H5650 female H519 slaves H519, as one H259 of the rabble H7386 shamelessly H1540 exposes H1540 himself!”
And he [fn]defeated H5221 Moab H4124, and measured H4058 them with the line H2256, making them lie H7901 down H7901 on the ground H776; and he measured H4058 two H8147 lines H2256 to put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, and a full H4393 line H2256 to keep H2421 alive H2421. And the Moabites H4124 became H1961 servants H5650 to David H1732, bringing H5375 tribute H4503.
Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel H3478, and they brought H7843 destruction H7843 on the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389.
Nathan H5416 then said H559 to David H1732, “You yourself H859 are the man H376! This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘It is I who anointed H4886 you as king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, and it is I who rescued H5337 you from the hand H3027 of Saul H7586.
Then Absalom H53 her brother H251 said H559 to her, “Has Amnon H550 your brother H251 been H1961 with you? But now H6258 keep H2790 silent H2790, my sister H269, he is your brother H251; do not take H7896 this H2088 matter H1697 to heart H3820.” So Tamar H8559 remained H3427 and was H8074 isolated H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom's H53 house H1004.
Then Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his servants H5288, saying H559, “See H7200 now H4994, when Amnon's H550 heart H3820 is cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, and I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon H550,' then put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191. Do not fear H3372; have I not commanded H6680 you myself H595? Be H2388 courageous H2388 and be [fn]valiant H1121 H2428.”
Now when David H1732 had gone H5674 on H5674 a little H4592 beyond H4480 the summit H7218, behold H2009, Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a team H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543, and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899, a hundred H3967 cakes H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, a hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits H7019, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196.
Now when H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his advice H6098 had not been [fn]followed H6213, he saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and hanged H2614 himself; so he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in his father's H1 grave H6913.
[fn]Then the king H4428 trembled H7264 and went H5927 up H5927 to the chamber H5944 over H5944 the gate H8179 and wept H1058. And this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 he said H559 as he walked H1980: “My son H1121 Absalom H53, my son H1121, my son H1121 Absalom H53! If H4310 H5414 only H4310 H5414 I had died H4191 instead H8478 of H8478 you, Absalom H53, my son H1121, my son H1121!”
Now Israel H3478 had fled H5127, each H376 to his tent H168.
Then King H4428 David H1732 sent H7971 word to Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 the priests H3548, saying H559, “Speak H1696 to the elders H2205 of Judah H3063, saying H559, ‘Why H4100 are you the last H314 to bring H7725 the king H4428 back H7725 to his house H1004, since the word H1697 of all H3605 Israel H3478 has come H935 to the king H4428, even to his house H1004?
Then Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]grandson H1121 of Saul H7586 came H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; but he had neither H3808 [fn]tended H6213 to H6213 his feet H7272, nor H3808 [fn]trimmed H6213 his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899 since H4480 the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.
Now a worthless H1100 man H376 happened H7122 to be there H8033 whose name H8034 was Sheba H7652, the son H1121 of Bichri H1075, a Benjaminite H376 H3228; and he blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 and said H559,
“We have H369 no H369 share H2506 in David H1732,
Nor H3808 do we have an inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women H802, the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004, and put H5414 them in custody H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with H3557 food H3557, but did not [fn]have H935 relations H935 with H935 them. So they were locked H6887 up H6887 until H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191, living H2424 as widows H491.
These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429, a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991; he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112 because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 who were killed H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471.
So Bathsheba H1339 went H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010, to speak H1696 to him for Adonijah H138. And the king H4428 stood H6965 to meet H7122 her, bowed H2331 to her, and sat H3427 on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set H7760 up H7760 for the king's H4428 mother H517, and she sat H3427 on his right H3225.
Then to Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 the king H4428 said H559, “Go H1980 to Anathoth H6068 to your own field H7704, for you [fn]deserve H376 to die H4194; but I will not put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191 at this H2088 [fn]time H3117, because H3588 you carried H5375 the ark H727 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 before H6440 my father H1 David H1732, and because H3588 you were afflicted H6031 in everything H3605 with which H834 my father H1 was afflicted H6031.”
Then Solomon H8010 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472. And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord H136, and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings H8002, and held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon's H8010 reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478, in the month H2320 of Ziv H2099, that is, the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
All H3605 of these H428 were made of valuable H3368 stones H68, of stone H1496 cut H1496 according to measure H4060, sawed H1641 with saws H4050, inside H4480 H1004 and outside H4480 H2351; even from the foundation H4527 to the [fn]coping H2947, and from the outside H2351 to the large H1419 courtyard H2691.
So all H3605 the work H4399 that King H4428 Solomon H8010 performed H6213 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the offerings H6944 vowed H6944 by his father H1 David H1732, the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to the LORD H3068 [fn]toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 person H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, distant H7350 or H176 near H7138;
And King H4428 Solomon H8010 granted H5414 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 everything H3605 she desired H2656, whatever H834 she requested H7592, besides H4480 H905 what H834 he gave H5414 her in proportion to [fn]his royal H4428 bounty H3027. Then she [fn]departed H6437 and went H1980 to her own land H776 [fn]together with her servants H5650.
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw H7200 that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
To your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
And it came H1961 about H1961, when all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 that Jeroboam H3379 had returned H7725, that they sent H7971 word and called H7121 him to the assembly H5712, and made H4427 him king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478. None H3808 except H2108 the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 alone H905 followed H310 the house H1004 of David H1732.
Now when Rehoboam H7346 had come H935 to Jerusalem H3389, he assembled H6950 all H3605 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144, 180,000 H3967 H8084 H505 chosen H977 warriors H6213 H4421, to fight H3898 against H5973 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 to restore H7725 the kingdom H4410 to Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010.
After H310 this H2088 event H1697, Jeroboam H3379 did not [fn]abandon H7725 his evil H7451 way H1870, but he again H7725 [fn]appointed H6213 priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 from [fn]all H7098 the people H5971; anyone who wanted H2655, he ordained H4390 H3027, and he became [fn]one of the priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116.
Now behold H2009, a prophet H5030 approached H5066 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478, and said H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Have you seen H7200 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 multitude H1995? Behold H2009, I am going to hand H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to you today H3117, and you shall know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.'”
Then the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 are [fn]unanimously H259 H6310 favorable H2896 to the king H4428. Please H4994 let your word H1697 be like the word H1697 of one H259 of them, and speak H1696 favorably H2896.”
When he came H935 to the king H4428, the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Micaiah H4321, should we go H1980 to battle H4421 against H413 Ramoth-gilead H7433, or H518 should we refrain H2308?” And he said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927 and succeed H6743, for the LORD H3068 will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to the king H4428!”
And Elijah H452 said H559 to him, “Elisha H477, please H4994 stay H3427 here H6311, for the LORD H3068 has sent H7971 me to Jericho H3405.” But he said H559, “As surely as the LORD H3068 lives H2416, and as you yourself H5315 live H2416, I will not leave H5800 you.” So they came H935 to Jericho H3405.
Now he went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 to Bethel H1008; and as he was going H5927 up H5927 by the road H1870, some young H6996 boys H5288 came H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892 and ridiculed H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142; go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142!”
Now Elisha H477 said H559 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, “[fn]What H4100 business do you have with me? Go H1980 to your father's H1 prophets H5030 and your mother's H517 prophets H5030.” But the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to him, “No H408, for the LORD H3068 has called H7121 these H428 three H7969 kings H4428 together to hand H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to Moab H4124.”
Now a woman H802 of the wives H802 of the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 cried H6817 out H6817 to Elisha H477, saying H559, “Your servant H5650 my husband H376 is dead H4191, and you know H3045 that your servant H5650 feared H3372 the LORD H3068; and the creditor H5383 has come H935 to take H3947 my two H8147 children H3206 to be his slaves H5650.”
Now a day H3117 came H1961 when Elisha H477 went H5674 over H5674 to Shunem H7766, where H8033 there was a [fn]prominent H1419 woman H802, and she urged H2388 him to eat H398 [fn]food H3899. And so it was, as often H1767 as he passed H5674 by H5674, that he turned H5493 in H5493 there H8033 to eat H398 [fn]food H3899.
When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 in front H6440 of him, he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”
Then he said H559 to him, “Did my heart H3820 not go H1980 with you, when H834 the man H376 turned H2015 from his chariot H4818 to meet H7122 you? Is it a time H6256 to accept H3947 money H3701 and to accept H3947 clothes H899, olive H2132 groves H2132, vineyards H3754, sheep H6629, oxen H1241, and male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H5650 H8198?
Then they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “We are not doing H6213 the right H3651 thing. This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of good H1309 news H1309, but we are keeping H2814 silent H2814 about it; if we wait H2442 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, punishment H5771 will [fn]overtake H4672 us. Now H6258 then come H1980, let's go H935 and inform H5046 the king's H4428 household H1004.”
Then [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “[fn]Get H631 ready H631.” And they [fn]made H631 his chariot H7393 ready H631. Then [fn]Joram H3088 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Ahaziah H274 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3318 out H3318, each H376 in his chariot H7393, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Jehu H3058 and found H4672 him on the [fn]property H2513 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158.
When Ahaziah H274 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 saw H7200 this, he fled H5127 by way H1870 of the garden H1588 house H1004. But Jehu H3058 pursued H7291 him and said H559, “[fn]Shoot H5221 him too H1571, in the chariot H4818.” So they shot him at the ascent H4608 of Gur H1483, which H834 is at Ibleam H2991. But he fled H5127 to Megiddo H4023 and died H4191 there H8033.
Now when he had gone H1980 from there H8033, he [fn]encountered H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]greeted H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, just H834 as H834 my heart H3824 is with your heart H3824?” And Jehonadab H3082 [fn]answered H559, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give H5414 me your hand H3027.” And he gave H5414 him his hand H3027, and he pulled H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141 Jehoiada H3077 sent H7971 orders and brought H3947 the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 of the Carites H3746 and of the [fn]guards H7323, and brought H935 them to himself at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. Then he made H3772 a covenant H1285 with them and put H7650 them under H7650 oath H7650 at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and showed H7200 them the king's H4428 son H1121.
In the days H3117 of Pekah H6492 king H4428 of Israel H3478, [fn]Tiglath-pileser H8407 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 and took H3947 Ijon H5859, Abel-beth-maacah H62, Janoah H3239, Kedesh H6943, Hazor H2674, Gilead H1568, and Galilee H1552, all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali H5321; and he led H1540 [fn]their populations into H1540 exile H1540 to Assyria H804.
Now King H4428 Ahaz H271 went H1980 to Damascus H1834 to meet H7122 Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804, and he saw H7200 the altar H4196 which H834 was at Damascus H1834; and King H4428 Ahaz H271 sent H7971 to Urijah H223 the priest H3548 the [fn]pattern H1823 of the altar H4196 and its model H8403, according to all H3605 its workmanship H4639.
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661, Rab-saris H7249, and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the road H4546 of the [fn]fuller's H3526 field H7704.
‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I went H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choicest H4004 junipers H1265.
And I entered H935 its farthest H7093 resting H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
‘Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 about H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804: “He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043 nor H3808 heap H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
In those H1992 days H3117 Hezekiah H2396 became H2470 [fn]mortally H4191 ill H2470. And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030, the son H1121 of Amoz H531, came H935 to him and said H559 to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Set H6680 your house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, for you are going to die H4191 and not live H2421.'”
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 and all H3605 his might H1369, and how H834 he constructed H6213 the pool H1295 and the conduit H8585 and brought H935 water H4325 into the city H5892, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?
Furthermore H1571, Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 very H3966 much H7235 innocent H5355 blood H1818 until H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 [fn]from one H6310 end H6310 to another H6310, besides H905 H4480 his sin H2403 into which H834 he misled H2398 Judah H3063, in doing H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.
Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548, the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order, and the [fn]doorkeepers H8104 H5592 to bring H3318 out H3318 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the utensils H3627 that had been made H6213 for Baal H1168, for [fn]Asherah H842, and for all H3605 the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635; and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron H6939 Valley, and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel H1008.
Furthermore H1571, the altar H4196 that was at Bethel H1008 and the high H1116 place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, who H834 misled H2398 Israel H3478 into H2398 sin H2398, had made H6213, even H1571 that altar H4196 and the high H1116 place H1116 he tore H5422 down H5422. Then he burned H8313 the high H1116 place H1116, ground H1854 the remains to dust H6083, and burned H8313 the Asherah H842.
Now on the seventh H7651 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he defiled H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so he is not enrolled H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the Gadites H1425, and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519, consisting of valiant H2428 men H1121, men H376 who carried H5375 shield H4043 and sword H2719 and shot H1869 with a bow H7198 and were skillful H3925 in battle H4421, totaled 44,760 H705 H702 H505 H7651 H3967 H8346 who went H3318 to war H6635.
But Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 [fn]offered H6999 on the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the altar H4196 of incense H7004, for all H3605 the work H4399 of the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel H3478, in accordance with everything H3605 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 had commanded H6680.
From Manasseh H4519 some H4480 also defected H5307 to David H1732 when he was about to go H935 to battle H4421 with the Philistines H6430 against H5921 Saul H7586. But they did not help H5826 them, because H3588 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 sent H7971 him away H7971 after consultation H6098, saying H559, “At the cost of our heads H7218 he might defect H5307 to his master H113 Saul H7586.”
All H3605 of these H428, being men H376 of war H4421 who helped H5737 in battle H4634 formation H4634, came H935 to Hebron H2275 with a perfect H8003 heart H3824 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; and all H3605 the rest H7611 of Israel H3478 also H1571 were of one H259 mind H3820 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427.
Moreover, David H1732 and the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 set H914 apart H914 for the service H5656 some of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, Heman H1968, and Jeduthun H3038, who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres H3658, harps H5035, and cymbals H4700; and the number H4557 of [fn]those H376 who performed H4399 this service H5656 was:
Now this is the number H4557 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and of hundreds H3967, and their officers H7860 who served H8334 the king H4428 in all H3605 the affairs H1697 of the divisions H4256 which came H935 in H935 and went H3318 out H3318 month H2320 by month H2320 throughout H3605 the months H2320 of the year H8141, each H259 division H4256 numbering twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505:
“As for you, my son H1121 Solomon H8010, know H3045 the God H430 of your father H1, and serve H5647 Him wholeheartedly H8003 H3820 and with a willing H2655 [fn]mind H5315; for the LORD H3068 searches H1875 all H3605 hearts H3824, and understands H995 every H3605 intent H3336 of the thoughts H4284. If H518 you seek H1875 Him, He will let you find H4672 Him; but if H518 you forsake H5800 Him, He will reject H2186 you forever H5703.
And they made H4427 Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 king H4427 a second H8145 time H8145, and they anointed H4886 him as ruler H5057 for the LORD H3068 and Zadok H6659 as priest H3548.
Then he made H6213 the [fn]room H1004 of the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944: its length H753 across H5921 H6440 the width H7341 of the house H1004 was [fn]twenty H6242 cubits H520, and its width H7341 was twenty H6242 cubits H520; and he overlaid H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091, amounting to [fn]six H8337 hundred H3967 talents H3603.
So all H3605 the work H4399 that Solomon H8010 performed H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the [fn]things that his father H1 David H1732 had dedicated H6944, the silver H3701, the gold H2091, and all H3605 the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of God H430.
Then H227 Solomon H8010 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478, all H3605 the heads H7218 of the tribes H4294, and the leaders H5387 of the fathers' H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to bring H5927 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 up H5927 from the city H5892 of David H1732, which H1931 is Zion H6726.
“Also H1571 concerning H413 the foreigner H5237 who H834 is not from Your people H5971 Israel H3478, when he comes H935 from a far H7350 country H776 on account H4616 of Your great H1419 name H8034 and Your mighty H2389 hand H3027 and Your outstretched H5186 arm H2220, when they come H935 and pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to You toward H1870 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
Then Solomon H8010 brought H5927 Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 up H5927 from the city H5892 of David H1732 to the house H1004 which H834 he had built H1129 for her, for he said H559, “My wife H802 shall not live H3427 in the house H1004 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478, because H3588 [fn]the places H1992 where H834 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 has entered H935 are holy H6944.”
Now according to the ordinance H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their duties H4931 of praise H1984 and ministering H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for this H3651 is what H3651 David H1732, the man H376 of God H430, had commanded H4687.
Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.
Everyone H376 to your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
So all H3605 Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.
When the LORD H3068 saw H7200 that they had humbled H3665 themselves, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Shemaiah H8098, saying H559, “They have humbled H3665 themselves, so I will not destroy H7843 them; and I will grant H5414 them a little H4592 deliverance H6413, and My wrath H2534 will not be poured H5413 out H5413 on Jerusalem H3389 by means H3027 of Shishak H7895.
“So now H6258 you intend H559 to assert H2388 yourselves against H6440 the kingdom H4467 of the LORD H3068 [fn]through H3027 the sons H1121 of David H1732, [fn]being a great H7227 multitude H1995 and having with you the golden H2091 calves H5695 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 made H6213 for you as gods H430.
In Jerusalem H3389 Jehoshaphat H3092 also H1571 appointed H5975 some H4480 of the Levites H3881 and priests H3548, and some H4480 of the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of Israel H3478, for the judgment H4941 of the LORD H3068, and [fn]to judge H7378 disputes H7378 among the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.
They rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389: Put H539 your trust H539 in the LORD H3068 your God H430 and you will endure H539. Put H539 your trust H539 in His prophets H5030, and succeed H6743.”
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141, Jehoiada H3077 gathered H2388 his courage H2388, and took H3947 captains H8269 of hundreds H3967: Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jeroham H3395, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Johanan H3076, Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Obed H5744, Maaseiah H4641 the son H1121 of Adaiah H5718, and Elishaphat H478 the son H1121 of Zichri H2147, and they entered into a covenant H1285 with him.
Moreover, Amaziah H558 assembled H6908 Judah H3063 and appointed H5975 them according to their fathers' H1 households H1004 under commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967 throughout H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144; and he [fn]took H6485 a H6485 census H6485 of those from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 and found H4672 them to be three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 choice H970 men H970, able to go H3318 to war H6635 and handle H270 spear H7420 and shield H6793.
But when he became H2393 strong H2393, his heart H3820 was H1361 so [fn]proud H1361 that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was H4603 untrue H4603 to the LORD H3068 his God H430, for he entered H935 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.
Therefore the LORD H3068 his God H430 handed H5414 H3027 him over H5414 to the king H4428 of Aram H758; and they [fn]defeated H5221 him and carried H7617 from him a great H1419 number of captives H7633, and brought H935 them to Damascus H1834. And he was also H1571 handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, who struck H5221 him with heavy H1419 casualties H4347.
The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 led H7617 away H7617 captive H7617 two H3967 hundred H3967 thousand H505 of their relatives H251, women H802, sons H1121, and daughters H1323; and they also H1571 [fn]took H962 a great H7227 deal H7227 of spoils H7998 from them, and brought H935 the spoils H7998 to Samaria H8111.
Then Hezekiah H2396 said H559, “Now H6258 that you have [fn]consecrated H4390 H3027 yourselves H3027 to the LORD H3068, come H5066 forward H5066 and bring H935 sacrifices H2077 and thanksgiving H8426 offerings H8426 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.” So the assembly H6951 brought H935 sacrifices H2077 and thanksgiving H8426 offerings H8426, and everyone H3605 who was [fn]willing H5081 H3820 brought burnt H5930 offerings H5930.
Now Hezekiah H2396 sent H7971 word to all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 and also H1571 wrote H3789 letters H107 to Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, that they should come H935 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 to [fn]celebrate H6213 the Passover H6453 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478.
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, broke H7665 the memorial H4676 stones H4676 in H7665 pieces H7665, cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 [fn]they had destroyed H3615 them all H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
And Hezekiah H2396 appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 by their divisions H4256, each H376 according H6310 to his service H5656, both the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, for burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and for peace H8002 offerings H8002, to serve H8334 and to give H3034 thanks H3034 and to praise H1984 in the gates H8179 of the camp H4264 of the LORD H3068.
Now after H310 this H3651 he built H1129 the outer H2435 wall H2346 of the city H5892 of David H1732 on the west H4628 side H4628 of Gihon H1521, in the valley H5158, up to the entrance H935 of the Fish H1709 Gate H8179; and he encircled H5437 the Ophel H6077 with it and made H1361 it very H3966 high H1361. Then he put H7760 army H2428 commanders H8269 in all H3605 the fortified H1219 cities H5892 in Judah H3063.
Josiah H2977 contributed H7311 to the lay H1121 people H5971, to all H3605 who were H4672 present H4672, flocks H6629 of lambs H3532 and young H1121 H5795 goats H1121 H5795, all H3605 for the Passover H6453 offerings H6453, numbering H4557 thirty H7970 thousand H505, plus three H7969 thousand H505 bulls H1241; these H428 were from the king's H4428 property H7399.
Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.
Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389, in the second H8145 month H2320, Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087, and the rest H7605 of their brothers H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, and all H3605 who came H935 from the captivity H7628 to Jerusalem H3389, began H2490 the work and appointed H5975 the Levites H3881 who were twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 to oversee H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Then H116 as soon H4481 H1768 as the copy H6573 of King H4430 Artaxerxes' H783 decree H5407 was read H7123 before H6925 Rehum H7348 and Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613 and their colleagues H3675, they went H236 in a hurry H924 to Jerusalem H3390 to the Jews H3062 and stopped H989 them by military H2429 force H153.
So all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 assembled H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 within the three H7969 days H3117. It was the ninth H8671 month H2320 on the twentieth H6242 of the month H2320, and all H3605 the people H5971 sat H3427 in the public H7339 square H7339 before the house H1004 of God H430, trembling H7460 because H5921 of this matter H1697 and the heavy rain H1653.
Furthermore H1571, since H4480 the day H3117 that I was appointed H6680 to be their governor H6346 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, from the twentieth H6242 year H8141 to the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141, neither H3808 I nor H3808 my kinsmen H251 have eaten H398 the governor's H6346 food H3899 allowance.
When I entered H935 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806, son H1121 of Mehetabel H4105, who H1931 was confined H6113 at home, he said H559, “Let's meet H3259 together H3259 in the house H1004 of God H430, within H8432 the temple H1964, and let's close H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964, for they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you, and they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you at night H3915.”
Then my God H430 put H5414 it into my heart H3820 to assemble H6908 the nobles H2715, the officials H5461, and the other people H5971 to be enrolled H3187 by H3187 genealogies H3187. Then I found H4672 the book H5612 of the genealogy H3188 of those who came H5927 up H5927 first H7223, [fn]in which I found H4672 the following record H3789:
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 from the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
And all H3605 the people H5971 gathered H622 as one H259 person H376 at the public H7339 square H7339 which H834 was in front H6440 of the Water H4325 Gate H8179, and they [fn]asked H559 Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 to bring H935 the Book H5612 of the Law H8451 of Moses H4872 which H834 the LORD H3068 had [fn]given H6680 to Israel H3478.
“You provided H5414 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger H7458,
You brought H3318 out H3318 water H4325 from a rock H5553 for them for their thirst H6772,
And You told H559 them to enter H935 in order to take H3423 possession H3423 of
The land H776 which H834 You [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to give H5414 them.
“They refused H3985 to listen H8085,
And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You performed H6213 among H5973 them;
So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 in [fn]Egypt H4714.
But You are a God H433 of forgiveness H5547,
Gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349,
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in [fn]mercy H2617;
And You did not abandon H5800 them.
“They captured H3920 fortified H1219 cities H5892 and a [fn]fertile H8082 land H127.
They took H3423 possession H3423 of houses H1004 full H4392 of every H3605 good H2898 thing H2898,
Carved H2672 out H2672 cisterns H953, vineyards H3754, olive H2132 groves H2132,
Fruit H3978 trees H6086 in abundance H7230.
So they ate H398, were filled H7646 and put H8080 on H8080 fat H8080,
And lived H5727 luxuriously H5727 in Your great H1419 goodness H2898.
“But as soon as they had H5117 rest H5117, they did H6213 evil H7451 again H7725 before H6440 You;
Therefore You abandoned H5800 them to the hand H3027 of their enemies H340, so that they ruled H7287 over them.
When they cried H2199 out H2199 again H7725 to You, You heard H8085 from heaven H8064,
And many H7227 times H6256 You rescued H5337 them according to Your compassion H7356,
And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your Law H8451.
Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances H4941,
Which H834, if a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them.
And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck H6203, and would not listen H8085.
Likewise we cast H5307 lots H1486 for the supply H7133 of wood H6086 among the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, and the people H5971 so that they could bring H935 it to the house H1004 of our God H430, according to our fathers' H1 households H1004, at set H2163 times H6256 annually H8141, to burn H1197 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God H430, as it is written H3789 in the Law H8451;
Now at the dedication H2598 of the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 they sought H1245 out H1245 the Levites H3881 from all H3605 their places H4725, to bring H935 them to Jerusalem H3389 so that they could celebrate H6213 the dedication H2598 with joy H8057, with songs H8426 of H8426 thanksgiving H8426 and with songs H7892 to the accompaniment of cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658.
In those H1992 days H3117 I saw H7200 in Judah H3063 people who were treading H1869 wine H1660 presses H1660 on the Sabbath H7676, and bringing H935 in H935 sacks H6194 of H6194 grain H6194 and loading H6006 them on donkeys H2543, as well H637 as wine H3196, grapes H6025, figs H8384, and every H3605 kind of load H4853, and they were bringing H935 them into Jerusalem H3389 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117. So I admonished H5749 them on the day H3117 they sold H4376 food H6718.
When these H428 days H3117 were finished H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a banquet H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the courtyard H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king's H4428 palace H1055.
So it came H1961 about H1961, when the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 were heard H8085 and many H7227 young H5291 ladies H5291 were gathered H6908 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800 into the [fn]custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, that Esther H635 was taken H3947 to the king's H4428 [fn]palace H1004 into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802.
In the first H7223 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, [fn]Pur H6332, that is the lot H1486, was cast H5307 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day H3117 and from month H2320 to month, [fn]until the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, that is the month H2320 Adar H143.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 that Esther H635 put H3847 on H3847 her royal H4438 robes H3847 and stood H5975 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 of the king's H4428 palace H1004 in front H5227 of the king's H4428 [fn]rooms H1004, and the king H4428 was sitting H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 in the [fn]throne H4438 room H1004, opposite H5227 the entrance H6607 to the palace H1004.
For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.
The fool H5036 has said H559 in his heart H3820, “There H369 is H369 no H369 God H430.”
They are H7843 corrupt H7843, and have committed H8581 abominable H8581 injustice H5766;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good H2896.
For the music director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, God H430, be H2603 gracious H2603 to me,
For my soul H5315 takes H2620 refuge H2620 in You;
And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I will take H2620 refuge H2620
Who H4310 has ascended H5927 into heaven H8064 and descended H3381?
Who H4310 has gathered H622 the wind H7307 in His fists H2651?
Who H4310 has wrapped H6887 the waters H4325 in [fn]His garment H8071?
Who H4310 has established H6965 all H3605 the ends H657 of the earth H776?
What H4100 is His name H8034 or His [fn]Son's H1121 name H8034?
For I have taken H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820, even to [fn]examine H952 [fn]it all H3605, that righteous H6662 people H6662, wise H2450 people H2450, and their deeds H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. People H120 do not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 [fn]awaits H6440 them.
The Groom
“I have come H935 into my garden H1588, my sister H269, my bride H3618;
I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 along H5973 with H5973 my balsam H1314.
I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 with my honey H1706;
I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 with my milk H2461.
Drink H8354 and [fn]drink H7937 deeply H7937, lovers H1730.”
And many H7227 peoples H5971 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980, let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068,
To the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290;
So that He may teach H3384 us [fn]about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For [fn]the law H8451 will go H3318 out H3318 from Zion H6726
And He will judge H8199 between H996 the nations H1471,
And will mediate H3198 for many H7227 peoples H5971;
And they will beat H3807 their swords H2719 into plowshares H855, and their spears H2595 into pruning H4211 knives H4211.
Nation H1471 will not lift H5375 up H5375 a sword H2719 against H413 nation H1471,
And never H3808 again H5750 will they learn H3925 war H4421.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 [fn]his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
At that time H6256 a gift H7862 of H7862 tribute H7862 will be brought H2986 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635
[fn]From a people H5971 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
From a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
A powerful H6978 and oppressive H4001 nation H1471,
Whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 divide H958—
To the place H4725 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, to Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The pronouncement H4853 concerning Egypt H4714:
Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt H4714;
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence H6440,
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.
It will come H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of seventy H7657 years H8141 that the LORD H3068 will visit H6485 Tyre H6865. Then she will go H7725 back H7725 to her prostitute's H868 wages H868 and commit H2181 prostitution H2181 with all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 [fn]on the face H6440 of the earth H127.
Then it will be that the one who flees H5127 the sound H6963 of terror H6343 will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And the one who [fn]climbs H5927 out of the pit H6354 will be caught H3920 in the snare H6341;
For the windows H699 [fn]above H4480 H4791 are opened H6605, and the foundations H4144 of the earth H776 shake H7493.
And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty H6643,
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley H1516,
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to the summer H7019,
Which H834 [fn]one sees H7200,
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand H3709,
He swallows H1104 it.
So the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 to them will be,
“[fn]Order H6673 on order H6673, order H6673 on order H6673,
Line H6957 on line H6957, line H6957 on line H6957,
A little H2191 here H8033, a little H2191 there H8033,”
That they may go H1980 and stumble H3782 backward H268, be broken H7665, snared H3369, and taken H3920 captive H3920.
Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:
“Behold H2009, I am laying H3245 a stone H68 in Zion H6726, a tested H976 stone H68,
A precious H3368 cornerstone H6438 for the foundation H4143, [fn]firmly H3245 placed H3245.
The one who believes H539 in it will not be [fn]disturbed H2363.
Then you will be brought H8213 low H8213;
From the earth H776 you will speak H1696,
And from the dust H6083 where you are prostrate H7817
Your words H565 will come.
Your voice H6963 will also be like that of a [fn]spirit H178 from the ground H776,
And your speech H565 will whisper H6850 from the dust H6083.
It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is eating H398;
But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,
But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889
And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.
So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The pronouncement H4853 concerning the animals H929 of the Negev H5045:
Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish H6695,
From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion H3918, viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent H8314,
They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895,
Woe H1945 to those who go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833
And rely H8172 on horses H5483,
And trust H982 in chariots H7393 because H3588 they are many H7227
And in horsemen H6571 because H3588 they are H6105 very H3966 strong H6105,
But they do not look H8159 to the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068!
Look H2372 at H2372 Zion H6726, the city H7151 of our appointed H4150 feasts H4150;
Your eyes H5869 will see H7200 Jerusalem H3389, an undisturbed H7600 settlement H5116,
A tent H168 which will not be folded H6813;
Its stakes H3489 will never H1077 H5331 be pulled H5265 up H5265,
Nor H1077 any H3605 of its ropes H2256 be torn H5423 apart H5423.
Then Eliakim H471, Shebna H7644, and Joah H3098 said H559 to Rabshakeh H7262, “Please H4994 speak H1696 to your servants H5650 in Aramaic H762, for we [fn]understand H8085 it; and do not speak H1696 to us in [fn]Judean H3066 [fn]so that the people H5971 who H834 are on the wall H2346 hear H241 you.”
“Through H3027 your servants H5650 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, ‘With my many H7230 chariots H7393 I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 junipers H1265.
And I will come H935 to its [fn]highest H4791 peak H7093, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
“Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 about H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804: ‘He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043, nor H3808 heap H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been planted H5193,
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been sown H2232,
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 has their stock H1503 taken H8327 root H8327 in the earth H776,
But He merely H1571 blows H5398 on them, and they wither H3001,
And the storm H5591 carries H5375 them away like stubble H7179.
Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 on high H4791
And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,
The One who brings H3318 out H3318 their [fn]multitude H6635 by number H4557,
He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name H8034;
Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His might H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power H3581,
“I will lead H1980 those who are blind H5787 by a way H1870 they have not known H3045,
In paths H5410 they have not known H3045 I will guide H1869 them.
I will turn H7760 darkness H4285 into light H216 before H6440 them
And uneven H4625 land H4625 into plains H4334.
But this H1931 is a people H5971 plundered H962 and pillaged H8154;
All H3605 of them are trapped H6351 in [fn]caves H2352,
Or are hidden H2244 away in prisons H3608;
They have become H1961 plunder H957, with no H369 one H369 to save H5337 them,
And spoils H4933 with no H369 one H369 to say H559, “Give H7725 them back H7725!”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 your Redeemer H1350, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 says H559:
“For your sake H4616 I have sent H7971 to Babylon H894,
And will bring H3381 them all H3605 down H3381 as fugitives H1281,
[fn]Even the Chaldeans H3778, into the ships H591 [fn]over which they rejoice H7440.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it, He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]as a waste H8414 place H8414, but formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427):
“I am the LORD H3068, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750.
He says H559, “It is H7043 too H4480 [fn]small H7043 a thing H7043 that You should be My Servant H5650
To raise H6965 up H6965 the tribes H7626 of Jacob H3290 and to restore H7725 the protected H5336 ones of Israel H3478;
I will also make H5414 You a light H216 [fn]of the nations H1471
So that My salvation H3444 may [fn]reach H1961 to the end H7097 of the earth H776.”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“At a favorable H7522 time H6256 I answered H6030 You,
And on a day H3117 of salvation H3444 I helped H5826 You;
And I will watch H5341 over H5341 You and make H5414 You a covenant H1285 of the people H5971,
To [fn]restore H6965 the land H776, to give H5157 as H5157 inheritances H5157 the deserted H8074 hereditary H5159 lands H5159;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:
“Behold H2009, I will lift H5375 up H5375 My hand H3027 to the nations H1471
And set H7311 up H7311 My flag H5251 to the peoples H5971;
And they will bring H935 your sons H1121 [fn]in their arms H2684,
And your daughters H1323 will be carried H5375 on their shoulders H3802.
“Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,
Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;
For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,
And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in the same H3644 way H3651.
Therefore H3651, I will allot H2505 Him a H2505 portion H2505 with the great H7227,
And He will divide H2505 the plunder H7998 with the strong H6099,
Because H8478 H834 He poured H6168 out H6168 His [fn]life H5315 unto death H4194,
And was counted H4487 with wrongdoers H6586;
Yet He Himself H1931 bore H5375 the sin H2399 of many H7227,
“No H3605 H3808 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 you will succeed H6743;
And you will condemn H7561 every H3605 tongue H3956 that [fn]accuses H6965 you in judgment H4941.
This H2088 is the heritage H5159 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068,
And their vindication H6666 is from Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Instead H8478 of H8478 the thorn H5285 bush H5285, the juniper H1265 will come H5927 up H5927,
And instead H8478 of H8478 the stinging H5636 nettle H5636, the myrtle H1918 will come H5927 up H5927;
And [fn]it will be a [fn]memorial H8034 to the LORD H3068,
An everlasting H5769 sign H226 which will not be eliminated H3772.”
Even those I will bring H935 to My holy H6944 mountain H2022,
And make H8055 them joyful H8055 in My house H1004 of prayer H8605.
Their burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and their sacrifices H2077 will be acceptable H7522 on My altar H4196;
For My house H1004 will be called H7121 a house H1004 of prayer H8605 for all H3605 the peoples H5971.”
“As for Me, this H2088 is My covenant H1285 with them,” says H559 the LORD H3068: “My Spirit H7307 who H834 is upon you, and My words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in your mouth H6310 shall not depart H4185 from your mouth H6310, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your [fn]offspring H2233, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your [fn]offspring's H2233 offspring H2233,” says H559 the LORD H3068, “from now H6258 and forever H5704 H5769.”
To grant H7760 those who mourn H57 in Zion H6726,
Giving H5414 them a garland H6287 instead H8478 of H8478 ashes H665,
The oil H8081 of gladness H8342 instead H8478 of H8478 mourning H60,
The cloak H4594 of praise H8416 instead H8478 of H8478 a disheartened H3544 spirit H7307.
So they will be called H7121 [fn]oaks H352 of righteousness H6664,
The planting H4302 of the LORD H3068, that He may be glorified H6286.
Both your own wrongdoings H5771 and the wrongdoings H5771 of your fathers H1 together H3162,” says H559 the LORD H3068.
“Because H834 they have burned H6999 incense H6999 on the mountains H2022
And scorned H2778 Me on the hills H1389,
Therefore I will measure H4058 their former H7223 work H6468 [fn]into their laps H2436.”
“But the one who slaughters H7819 an ox H7794 is like one who kills H5221 a person H376;
The one who sacrifices H2076 a lamb H7716 is like one who breaks H6202 a dog's H3611 neck H6202;
One who offers H5927 a grain offering H4503 is like one who offers pig's H2386 blood H1818;
One who [fn]burns H2142 incense H3828 is like one who blesses H1288 an idol H205.
As they have chosen H977 their own ways H1870,
And their souls H5315 delight H2654 in their abominations H8251,
“Who H4310 has heard H8085 such H2088 a thing H2088? Who H4310 has seen H7200 such H428 things?
Can a land H776 be [fn]born H2342 in one H259 day H3117?
Can a nation H1471 be given H3205 birth H3205 all H6471 at H6471 once H259 H6471?
As H3588 soon H3588 as H3588 Zion H6726 was H2342 in H2342 labor H2342, she also H1571 delivered H3205 her sons H1121.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I extend H5186 peace H7965 to her like a river H5104,
And the glory H3519 of the nations H1471 like an overflowing H7857 stream H5158;
And you will [fn]be nursed H3243, you will be carried H5375 on the [fn]hip H6654 and rocked H8173 back H8173 and H8173 forth H8173 on the knees H1290.
“Those who sanctify H6942 and purify H2891 themselves to go to the gardens H1593,
[fn]Following H310 one H259 in the center H8432,
Who eat H398 pig's H2386 flesh H1320, detestable H8263 things H8263, and mice H5909,
Will come H5486 to H5486 an H5486 end H5486 altogether H3162,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“The priests H3548 did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068?'
And those who handle H8610 the Law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]rulers H7462 also revolted H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that were of no H3808 benefit H3276.
‘Only H389 [fn]acknowledge H3045 your wrongdoing H5771,
That you have revolted H6586 against the LORD H3068 your God H430,
And have scattered H6340 your [fn]favors H1870 to the strangers H2114 under H8478 every H3605 leafy H7488 tree H6086,
And you have not obeyed H8085 My voice H6963,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
And you, desolate H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?
Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,
Although H3588 you adorn H5710 yourself with jewelry H5716 of gold H2091,
Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with makeup H6320,
In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.
Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of armies H6635 says H559:
“Because H3282 you have spoken H1696 this H2088 word H1697,
Behold H2009, I am making H5414 My words H1697 fire H784 in your mouth H6310,
And this H2088 people H5971 wood H6086, and it will consume H398 them.
But I was like a gentle H441 lamb H3532 led H2986 to the slaughter H2873;
And I did not know H3045 that they had devised H2803 plots H4284 against H5921 me, saying,
“Let's destroy H7843 the tree H6086 with its [fn]fruit H3899,
And let's cut H3772 him off H3772 from the land H776 of the living H2416,
So that his name H8034 will no H3808 longer H5750 be remembered H2142.”
‘If H518 I go H3318 out H3318 to the country H7704,
There H2009 are those killed H2491 by the sword H2719!
Or if H518 I enter H935 the city H5892,
There H2009 are diseases H8463 from famine H7458!
For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548
Have wandered H5503 around H5503 in the land H776 that they do not know H3045.'”
Have You completely H3988 rejected H3988 Judah H3063?
Or H518 have [fn]You loathed H1602 Zion H6726?
Why H4069 have You stricken H5221 us so that we are beyond H369 healing H4832?
We waited H6960 for peace H7965, but nothing H369 good H2896 came;
And for a time H6256 of healing H4832, but behold H2009, terror H1205!
“Those destined for death H4194, to death H4194;
And those destined for the sword H2719, to the sword H2719;
And those destined for famine H7458, to famine H7458;
And those destined for captivity H7628, to captivity H7628.”'
“She who gave H3205 birth H3205 to seven H7651 sons withers H535 away H535;
[fn]Her breathing H5315 is H5301 labored H5301.
Her sun H8121 has set H935 while it was still H5750 day H3119;
She has been shamed H954 and humiliated H2659.
So I will turn H5414 over H5414 their survivors H7611 to the sword H2719
Before H6440 their enemies H340,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Do not enter H935 a house H1004 of mourning H4798, or go H1980 to mourn H5594 or to console H5110 them; for I have withdrawn H622 My peace H7965 from this H2088 people H5971,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “and My favor H2617 and compassion H7356.
Therefore H3651, give H5414 their children H1121 over H5414 to famine H7458
And turn H5064 them over H5064 to the [fn]power H3027 of the sword H2719;
And let their wives H802 become H1961 childless H7909 and widowed H490.
Let their men H376 also be slaughtered H2026 to death H4194,
Their young H970 men H970 struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 by the sword H2719 in battle H4421.
After H310 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 Jeconiah H3204 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim H3079, king H4428 of Judah H3063, and the officials H8269 of Judah H3063 with the craftsmen H2796 and metalworkers H4525 from Jerusalem H3389 and had brought H935 them to Babylon H894, the LORD H3068 showed H7200 me: behold H2009, two H8147 baskets H1731 of figs H8384 placed H5975 before H6440 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068.
‘Then it will be when seventy H7657 years H8141 are completed H4390 I will punish H6485 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and that nation H1471,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘for their wrongdoing H5771, and the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778; and I will make H7760 it an everlasting H5769 desolation H8077.
‘A clamor H7588 has come H935 to the end H7097 of the earth H776,
Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has a controversy H7379 with the nations H1471.
He is entering H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with [fn]humanity H1320;
As for the wicked H7563, He has turned H5414 them over H5414 to the sword H2719,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.”
“Zion H6726 will be plowed H2790 like a field H7704,
And Jerusalem H3389 will become H1961 heaps H5856 of H5856 ruins H5856,
And the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 like the [fn]high H1116 places H1116 of a forest H3293.”'
Now these H428 are the words H1697 of the letter H5612 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 sent H7971 from Jerusalem H3389 to the rest H3499 of the elders H2205 of the exile H1473, the priests H3548, the prophets H5030, and all H3605 the people H5971 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1473 from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon H894.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559 concerning H413 Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Kolaiah H6964 and concerning H413 Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4641, who are prophesying H5012 to you falsely H8267 in My name H8034: “Behold H2009, I am going to hand H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, and he will kill H5221 them before your eyes H5869.
‘Therefore H3651 all H3605 who devour H398 you will be devoured H398;
And all H3605 your adversaries H6862, every H3605 one H3605 of them, will go H1980 into captivity H7628;
And those who plunder H8155 you will become H1961 plunder H4933,
And all H3605 who plunder H962 you I will turn H5414 into plunder H957.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“If H518 the heavens H8064 above H4480 H4605 can be measured H4058
And the foundations H4144 of the earth H776 searched H2713 out H2713 below H4295,
Then I will also H1571 reject H3988 all H3605 the descendants H2233 of Israel H3478
For everything H3605 that they have done H6213,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,
For the LORD H3068 is good H2896,
For His mercy H2617 is everlasting H5769,”
as they bring H935 a thanksgiving H8426 offering H8426 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. For I will restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of the land H776 as they were at first H7223,' says H559 the LORD H3068.
“Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘You have not obeyed H8085 Me in proclaiming H7121 [fn]release H1865, each H376 one H376 to his brother H251 and each H376 to his neighbor H7453. Behold H2009, I am proclaiming H7121 a [fn]release H1865 to you,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘to the sword H2719, to the plague H1698, and to the famine H7458; and I will make H5414 you a terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776.
Now King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 men and took H3947 him out; and in his palace H1004 the king H4428 secretly H5643 asked H7592 him and said H559, “Is H3426 there H3426 a word H1697 from the LORD H3068?” And Jeremiah H3414 said H559, “There H3426 is H3426!” Then he said H559, “You will be handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894!”
Then King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 word and [fn]had Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 brought H3947 to him at the third H7992 entrance H3996 that is in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and the king H4428 said H559 to Jeremiah H3414, “I am going to ask H7592 you something H1697; do not hide H3582 anything H1697 from me.”
The word H1697 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD H3068 after H310 Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 had released H7971 him from Ramah H7414, when he had taken H3947 him bound H631 in chains H246 among H8432 all H3605 the exiles H1546 of Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063 who were being exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
Now all H3605 the commanders H8269 of the forces H2428 that were in the field H7704, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 over the land H776, and that he had put H6485 him in H6485 charge H6485 of the men H376, women H802, and [fn]children H2945, those of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 who H834 had not been exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
Now in the seventh H7637 month H2320 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233 and one of the chief H7227 officers H7227 of the king H4428, along with ten H6235 men H376, came H935 to Mizpah H4709 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. While they were eating H398 bread H3899 together H3162 there H8033 in Mizpah H4709,
Now as for the cistern H953 where H834 H8033 Ishmael H3458 had thrown H7993 all H3605 the bodies H6297 of the men H376 whom H834 he had struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 [fn]because H3027 of Gedaliah H1436, it was the one that King H4428 Asa H609 had constructed H6213 on H4480 H6440 account H4480 H6440 of H4480 H6440 Baasha H1201, king H4428 of Israel H3478; Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 filled H4390 it with the dead H2491.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “As My anger H639 and wrath H2534 have gushed H5413 out H5413 on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, so H3651 My wrath H2534 will gush H5413 out H5413 on you when you enter H935 Egypt H4714. And you will become H1961 a curse H423, an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, [fn]an imprecation H7045, and a disgrace H2781; and you will not see H7200 this H2088 place H4725 again H5750.”
“Jacob H3290 My servant H5650, do not fear H3372,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“For I am with you.
For I will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all H3605 the nations H1471
Where H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 you,
Yet I will not make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you;
But I will correct H3256 you properly H4941
And by H5352 no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.”
“Behold H2009, waters H4325 are going to rise H5927 from the north H6828
And become H1961 an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
And overflow H7857 the land H776 and everything H4393 that is in H4393 it,
The city H5892 and those who live H3427 in it;
And the people H120 will cry H2199 out H2199,
And every H3605 inhabitant H3427 of the land H776 will wail H3213.
“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7599 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;
He has also been H8252 peaceful H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,
And he has not been poured H7324 from vessel H3627 to vessel H3627,
Nor H3808 has he gone H1980 into exile H1473.
Therefore H5921 H3651 [fn]he retains H5975 his flavor H2940,
“The one who flees H5127 from the terror H6343
Will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And the one who climbs H5927 up H5927 out of the pit H6354
Will be caught H3920 in the snare H6341;
For I will bring H935 upon her, upon Moab H4124,
The year H8141 of their punishment H6486,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“When I will cause an alarm H8643 of war H4421 to be heard H8085
Against H413 Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;
And it will become H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510,
And her towns H1323 will be set H3341 on fire H784.
Then Israel H3478 will take H3423 possession H3423 of his possessors H3423,”
“Behold H2009, I am going to bring H935 terror H6343 upon you,”
Declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635,
“From all H3605 directions around H5439 you;
And you will be driven H5080 away H5080 [fn]one H376 after H6440 another,
With no H369 one H369 to gather H6908 the fugitives H5074 together.
“Their camels H1581 will become H1961 plunder H957,
And their many H1995 livestock H4735 for spoils H7998,
And I will scatter H2219 to all H3605 the winds H7307 those who cut H7112 the corners H6285 of their hair;
And I will bring H935 their disaster H343 from every H3605 side H5676,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“For a nation H1471 has come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 her from the north H6828; it will make H7896 her land H776 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, and there will be no H3808 inhabitant H3427 in it. Whether H4480 people H120 or H5704 animals H929, they have wandered H5110 off H5110, they have gone H1980!
“Behold H2009, one will come H5927 up H5927 like a lion H738 from the thicket H1347 of the Jordan H3383 to a perennially H386 watered pasture H5116; for in an instant H7280 I will chase H7323 them away H4480 from it, and I will appoint H6485 over H413 it whoever H4310 is chosen H977. For who H4310 is like H3644 Me, and who H4310 will summon H3259 Me into court? And who H4310 then H2088 is the shepherd H7462 who H834 can stand H5975 against H6440 Me?”
Sharpen H1305 the arrows H2671, fill H4390 the quivers H7982!
The LORD H3068 has stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes H4074,
Because H3588 His plan H4209 is against H5921 Babylon H894 to destroy H7843 it;
For it is the vengeance H5360 of the LORD H3068, vengeance H5360 for His temple H1964.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559:
“The broad H7342 wall H2346 of Babylon H894 will be completely H6209 demolished H6209,
And her high H1364 gates H8179 will be set H3341 on fire H784;
So the peoples H5971 will labor H3021 for nothing H1767 H7385,
And the nations H3816 become H3286 exhausted H3286 only for fire H784.”
The [fn]command H1697 that H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 [fn]gave H6680 Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, the grandson H1121 of Mahseiah H4271, when he went H1980 with Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 to Babylon H894 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of his reign H4427. (And Seraiah H8304 was quartermaster H8269 H4496.)
Now on the tenth H6218 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876, who [fn]was H5975 H6440 in H5975 H6440 the H5975 H6440 service H5975 H6440 of H5975 H6440 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 belonged to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]sea H3220, which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 and carried H5375 all H3605 their bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her treasures H4262
That were hers since H4480 the days H3117 of old H6924,
When her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the adversary H6862
And no H369 one H369 helped H5826 her.
Jerusalem H3389 sinned H2398 greatly H2399,
Therefore H5921 H3651 she has become H1961 an [fn]object H5206 of H5206 ridicule H5206.
All H3605 who honored H3513 her despise H2151 her
Because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness H6172;
Even H1571 she herself H1931 groans H584 and turns H7725 away H268.
Zion H6726 stretches H6566 out H6566 with her hands H3027;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 her;
The LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 regarding Jacob H3290
That those around H5439 him become his adversaries H6862;
Jerusalem H3389 has become H1961 a filthy H5079 thing H5079 among H996 them.
The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.
In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,
He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.
My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832,
My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled H2560;
My [fn]heart H3516 is poured H8210 out H8210 on the earth H776
Because H5921 of the [fn]destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971,
When little H5768 ones H5768 and infants H3243 languish H5848
“Arise H6965, whimper H7442 in the night H3915
At the beginning H7218 of the night watches H821;
Pour H8210 out H8210 your heart H3820 like water H4325
Before H5227 the presence H6440 of the Lord H136;
Raise H5375 your hands H3709 to Him
For the life H5315 of your little H5768 ones H5768
“But as for you, take H3947 wheat H2406, barley H8184, beans H6321, lentils H5742, millet H1764, and spelt H3698, and put H5414 them in one H259 vessel H3627 and make H6213 them into bread H3899 for yourself; you shall eat H398 it according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that you lie H7901 on your side H6654, 390 H7969 H3967 H8673 days H3117.
Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 of the LORD'S H3068 house H1004. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068, between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196, were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 while their faces H6440 were toward the east H6924; and they were [fn]prostrating H2331 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun H8121.
Now it came H1961 about H1961, as I prophesied H5012, that Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 died H4191. Then I fell H5307 on my face H6440 and cried H2199 out H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, and said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 GOD H3068! Will You bring H6213 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 to a complete H3617 destruction H3617?”
Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am against H413 your magic bands H3704 by which H834 you capture H6679 souls H5315 there H8033 as [fn]birds H6524, and I will tear H7167 them from your arms H2220; and I will let H7971 [fn]them go H7971, those souls H5315 whom H834 you capture H6679 as [fn]birds H6524.
“Therefore H3651 I will judge H8199 you, house H1004 of Israel H3478, each H376 according to his conduct H1870,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068. “Repent H7725 and turn H7725 away H7725 from all H3605 your offenses H6588, so that wrongdoing H5771 does not become H1961 a stumbling H4383 block H4383 to you.
‘And fire H784 has gone H3318 out H3318 from its stem H4294;
It has consumed H398 its shoots H909 and fruit H6529,
So that there is no H3808 [fn]strong H5797 stem H4294 in it,
A scepter H7626 to rule H4910.'”
This H1931 is a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015, and has become H1961 a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015.
“And you, son H1121 of man H120, prophesy H5012 and say H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559 concerning H413 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and their taunting H2781,' and say H559: ‘A sword H2719, a sword H2719 is drawn H6605, sharpened H4803 for the slaughter H2874, to make it [fn]consume H398, so H4616 that H4616 it may be like lightning H1300—
“I will put H5414 hooks H2397 in your jaws H3895
And make the fish H1710 of your [fn]canals H2975 cling H1692 to your scales H7193.
And I will bring H5927 you up H5927 out of the midst H8432 of your [fn]canals H2975,
And all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]canals H2975 will cling H1692 to your scales H7193.
“I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness H4057, you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]canals H2975;
You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field H7704; you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered H6908.
I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the animals H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 mourning H56; I closed H3680 the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers H5104. And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up H3607, and I made Lebanon H3844 mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 it.
“To which H4310 among the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 are H1819 you so H3602 alike H1819 in glory H3519 and greatness H1433? Yet you will be brought H3381 down H3381 with the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 to the earth H776 beneath H8482; you will lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with those who were killed H2491 by the sword H2719. This H1931 is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his hordes H1995!”' declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.”
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her hordes H1995 around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them killed H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 inflicted H5414 their terror H2851 on the land H776 of the living H2416, and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“There H8033 also are the [fn]chiefs H5257 of the north H6828, all H3605 of them, and all H3605 the Sidonians H6722, who H834 in spite of the terror H2851 resulting from their might H1369, in H954 shame H954 went H3381 down H3381 with the slain H2491. So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with those killed H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
From the outside H2351 to the inner H6442 gate H8179 were [fn]chambers H3957 for the singers H7891 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691, one of which H834 was at the [fn]side H3802 of the north H6828 gate H8179, with [fn]its front H6440 toward H1870 the south H1864, and one H259 at the [fn]side H3802 of the [fn]south gate H8179 facing H6440 H1870 north H6828.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “No H3605 H3808 foreigner H1121 H5236 uncircumcised H6189 in heart H3820 and uncircumcised H6189 in flesh H1320, of all H3605 the foreigners H1121 H5236 who H834 are among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, shall enter H935 My sanctuary H4720.
“And the prince H5387 shall have land on either H2088 side H2088 of the holy H6944 [fn]allotment H8641 and the [fn]property H272 of the city H5892, adjacent H413 H6440 to the holy H6944 [fn]allotment H8641 and the [fn]property H272 of the city H5892, on the west H3220 side H6285 toward the west H3220 and on the east H6924 side H6285 toward the east H6921, and in length H753 comparable H5980 to one H259 of the portions H2506, from the west H3220 border H1366 to the east H6921 border H1366.
“The remainder H3498 shall be for the prince H5387, on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088 of the holy H6944 allotment H8641 and of the [fn]property H272 of the city H5892; in front H6440 of the twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 cubits of the allotment H8641 toward H5704 the east H6921 border H1366 and westward H3220 in front H6440 of the twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 toward H5921 the west H3220 border H1366, alongside H5980 the portions H2506, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy H6944 allotment H8641 and the sanctuary H4720 of the house H1004 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was filled H4391 with wrath H2528, and his facial H600 expression H6755 was changed H8133 toward H5922 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered H6032 [fn]by giving H560 orders H560 to heat H228 the furnace H861 seven H7655 times H2298 more H5922 than H5922 H1768 it was usually H2370 heated H228.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 was astounded H8429 and stood H6966 up H6966 quickly H927; he said H560 to his counselors H1907, “Was it not three H8532 men H1400 that we threw H7412 bound H3729 into the middle H1459 of the fire H5135?” They replied H6032 to the king H4430, “Absolutely H3330, O king H4430.”
Nebuchadnezzar H5020 responded H6032 and said H560, “Blessed H1289 be the God H426 of Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665, who H1768 has sent H7972 His angel H4398 and rescued H7804 His servants H5649 who H1768 put H7365 their trust H7365 in Him, [fn]violating H8133 the king's H4430 command H4406, and surrendered H3052 their bodies H1655 rather H1768 H3809 than H3809 serve H6399 or worship H5457 any H3606 god H426 except H3861 their own God H426.
“But at the end H7118 of [fn]that period H3118, I, Nebuchadnezzar H5020, raised H5191 my eyes H5870 toward heaven H8065 and my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me, and I blessed H1289 the Most H5943 High H5943 and praised H7624 and honored H1922 Him who H2417 lives H2417 forever H5957;
For His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion H7985,
And His kingdom H4437 endures from generation H1859 to generation H1859.
“At that time H2166 my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were [fn]restored H8421 to me for the honor H3367 of my kingdom H4437, and my state H1907 counselors H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out H1156; so I was reestablished H8627 in my [fn]sovereignty H4437, and surpassing H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.
The queen H4433 entered H5954 the banquet H4961 [fn]hall H1005 because H6903 of the words H4406 of the king H4430 and his nobles H7261; the queen H4433 began H6032 to H6032 speak H6032 and said H560, “O king H4430, live H2418 forever H5957! Do not let your thoughts H7476 alarm H927 you or your [fn]face H2122 be pale H8133.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 learned H3046 that the document H3792 was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (and in H5954 his roof H5952 chamber H5952 he had windows H3551 open H6606 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390); and he continued kneeling H1289 on his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, praying H6739 and offering H3029 praise H3029 before H6925 his God H426, just H6903 as he had been doing H5648 previously H4481 H6928.
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“Then H116 I kept H1934 looking H2370 because H4481 of the sound H7032 of the [fn]boastful H7229 words H4406 which H1768 the horn H7162 was speaking H4449; I kept H1934 looking H2370 until H5705 H1768 the beast H2423 was killed H6992, and its body H1655 was destroyed H7 and given H3052 to the burning H3346 [fn]fire H785.
“Then the king H4428 will do H6213 as he pleases H7522, and he will exalt H7311 himself and boast H1431 against H5921 every H3605 god H410 and will speak H1696 [fn]dreadful H6381 things H6381 against H5921 the God H410 of gods H410; and he will be H6743 successful H6743 until H5704 the indignation H2195 is finished H3615, because H3588 that which is determined H2782 will be done H6213.
“And at the end H7093 time H6256 the king H4428 of the South H5045 will wage H5055 war H5055 with him, and the king H4428 of the North H6828 will storm H8175 against H5921 him with chariots H7393, horsemen H6571, and with many H7227 ships H591; and he will enter H935 countries H776, overflow H7857 them, and pass H5674 through H5674.
“And I will destroy H8074 her vines H1612 and fig H8384 trees H8384,
Of which H834 she said H559, ‘They are my wages H866 for H866 prostitution H866
Which H834 my lovers H157 have given H5414 me.'
And I will turn H7760 them into a forest H3293,
And the animals H2416 of the field H7704 will devour H398 them.
They will not pour H5258 out H5258 drink H5258 offerings H5258 of wine H3196 to the LORD H3068,
Nor will [fn]their sacrifices H2077 please H6149 Him.
Their bread will be to them like [fn]mourners' H205 bread H3899;
All H3605 who eat H398 it will be defiled H2930,
Because H3588 their bread H3899 will be for [fn]themselves H5315 alone;
I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness H4057;
I saw H7200 your forefathers H1 as the earliest H1063 fruit H1063 on the fig H8384 tree H8384 in its first H7225 season.
But they came H935 to Baal-peor H1187 and devoted H5144 themselves to [fn]shame H1322,
And they became H1961 as detestable H8251 as that which H159 they loved H157.
A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and gloom H653,
A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and thick H6205 darkness H6205.
As dawn H7837 is spread H6566 over H5921 the mountains H2022,
So there is a great H7227 and mighty H6099 people H5971;
There has never H3808 H4480 H5769 been H1961 anything like H3644 it,
Let the priests H3548, the LORD'S H3068 ministers H8334,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “[fn]Spare H2347 Your people H5971, LORD H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a disgrace H2781,
With the nations H1471 jeering H4912 at them.
The LORD H3068 [fn]will answer H6030 and say H559 to His people H5971,
“Behold H2009, I am going to send H7971 you grain H1715, new H8492 wine H8492, and oil H3323,
And you will be H7646 satisfied H7646 in full with [fn]them;
And I will never H3808 again H5750 make H5414 you a disgrace H2781 among the nations H1471.
“But I will remove H7368 the northern H6830 army far H7368 from you,
And I will drive H5080 it into a dry H6723 and desolate H8077 land H776,
Its advance H6440 guard H6440 into the eastern H6931 sea H3220,
And its rear H5490 guard H5490 into the western H314 sea H3220.
And its stench H889 will ascend H5927 and its odor H6709 of H6709 decay H6709 will come H5927 up H5927,
So shout H1523 for H1523 joy H1523, you sons H1121 of Zion H6726,
And rejoice H8055 in the LORD H3068 your God H430;
For He has given H5414 you [fn]the early H4175 rain H4175 for your vindication H6666.
And He has brought H3381 down H3381 for you the rain H1653,
The [fn]early H4175 and [fn]latter H4456 rain H4456 [fn]as before H7223.
I will gather H6908 all H3605 the nations H1471
And bring H3381 them down H3381 to the Valley H6010 of [fn]Jehoshaphat H3092.
Then I will enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with them there H8033
On H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 My people H5971 and My inheritance H5159, Israel H3478,
Whom H834 they have scattered H6340 among the nations H1471;
“Moreover H1571, what H4100 are you to Me, Tyre H6865, Sidon H6721, and all H3605 the regions H1552 of Philistia H6429? Are you repaying H7999 Me with retribution H1576? But if H518 you are showing H1580 Me retribution, swiftly H7031 and speedily H4120 I will return H7725 your retribution H1576 on your head H7218!
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Tyre H6865, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they turned H5462 an entire H8003 population H1546 over H5462 to Edom H123
And did not remember H2142 the covenant H1285 of [fn]brotherhood H251.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Edom H123, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
And stifled H7843 his compassion H7356;
“I sent H7971 a plague H1698 among you [fn]as in Egypt H4714;
I killed H2026 your young H970 men H970 with the sword H2719, along H5973 with H5973 your captured H7628 horses H5483,
And I made the stench H889 of your camp H4264 rise H5927 up H5927 in your nostrils H639;
Yet you have not returned H7725 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635, the Lord H136 says H559:
“There is mourning H4553 in all H3605 the public H7339 squares H7339,
And in all H3605 the streets H2351 they say H559, ‘Oh H1930 no H1930! Oh H1930 no H1930!'
They also call H7121 the farmer H406 to mourning H60
And [fn]professional H3045 mourners H5092 to mourning H4553 rites H4553.
Go H5674 over H5674 to Calneh H3641 and look H7200,
And go H1980 from there H8033 to Hamath H2574 the great H7227,
Then go H3381 down H3381 to Gath H1661 of the Philistines H6430.
Are [fn]they better H2896 than H4480 these H428 kingdoms H4467,
Or H518 is their territory H1366 greater H7227 than H4480 yours?
“Then I will turn H2015 your festivals H2282 into mourning H60,
And all H3605 your songs H7892 into songs H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015;
And I will put H5927 sackcloth H8242 around H5921 everyone's H3605 waist H4975,
And [fn]baldness H7144 on every H3605 head H7218.
And I will make H7760 it like a time of mourning H60 for an only H3173 son H3173,
And the end H319 of it will be like a bitter H4751 day H3117.
I saw H7200 the Lord H136 standing H5324 beside H5921 the altar H4196, and He said H559,
“Strike H5221 the pillar H3730 capitals H3730 so that the thresholds H5592 will shake H7493,
And break H1214 them on the heads H7218 of them all H3605!
Then I will put H2026 to H2026 death H2026 the rest H319 of them with the sword H2719;
“And though H518 they hide H2244 on the summit H7218 of Carmel H3760,
I will track H2664 them down H2664 and take H3947 them from there H8033;
And though H518 they hide H5641 themselves from My sight H5869 on the bottom H7172 of the sea H3220,
I will command H6680 the serpent H5175 from there H8033, and it will bite H5391 them.
The vision H2377 of Obadiah H5662.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559 concerning Edom H123—
We have heard H8085 a report H8052 from the LORD H3068,
And a messenger H6735 has been sent H7971 among the nations H1471 saying,
“Arise H6965, and let's go H6965 up H6965 against H5921 her for battle H4421”—
“Then the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 will be a fire H784,
And the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 a flame H3852;
But the house H1004 of Esau H6215 will be like stubble H7179.
And they will set H1814 [fn]them on H1814 fire H1814 and consume H398 [fn]them,
So that there will be no H3808 survivor H8300 of the house H1004 of Esau H6215,”
All H3605 of her idols H6456 will be crushed H3807,
All H3605 of her earnings H868 will be burned H8313 with fire H784,
And all H3605 of her images H6091 I will make H7760 desolate H8077;
For she collected H6908 them from a prostitute's H2181 earnings H868,
And to the earnings H868 of a prostitute H2181 they will return H7725.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 who lead H8582 my people H5971 astray H8582:
When they have something to bite H5391 with their teeth H8127,
They cry H7121 out H7121, “Peace H7965!”
But against H5921 him who H834 puts H5414 nothing H3808 in their mouths H6310
Many H7227 nations H1471 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980 and let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068
And to the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
So that He may teach H3384 us about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For from Zion H6726 will go H3318 forth H3318 the law H8451,
And He will judge H8199 between H996 many H7227 peoples H5971
And render H3198 decisions H3198 for mighty H6099, [fn]distant H7350 nations H1471.
Then they will beat H3807 their swords H2719 into plowshares H855,
And their spears H2595 into pruning H4211 hooks H4211;
Nation H1471 will not lift H5375 a sword H2719 against H413 nation H1471,
And never H3808 again H5750 will they [fn]train H3925 for war H4421.
“The statutes H2708 of Omri H6018
And every H3605 work H4639 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 are maintained H8104,
And you walk H1980 by their plans H4156.
Therefore H4616 I will give H5414 you up H5414 for destruction H8047,
And [fn]your inhabitants H3427 for [fn]derision H8322,
And you will suffer H5375 the taunting H2781 of My people H5971.”
Yet H1571 she became an exile H1473,
She went H1980 into captivity H7628;
Also H1571 her small children H5768 were smashed H7376 to H7376 pieces H7376
At the head H7218 of every H3605 street H2351;
They cast H3032 lots H1486 for her honorable H3513 men H3513,
And all H3605 her great H1419 men H1419 were bound H7576 with shackles H2131.
“Their horses H5483 are H7043 faster H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246,
And quicker H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening H6153.
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 charge H6335 along H6335,
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar H7350;
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 [fn]swooping H2363 down H2363 to devour H398.
I heard H8085, and my [fn]inner H990 parts H990 trembled H7264;
At the sound H6963, my lips H8193 quivered H6750.
Decay H7538 enters H935 my bones H6106,
And in H8478 my place H8478 I tremble H7264;
Because H834 I [fn]must wait H5117 quietly H5117 for the day H3117 of distress H6869,
[fn]For the people H5971 to arise H5927 who will attack H1464 us.
“Therefore H3651, as I live H2416,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,
“Moab H4124 will assuredly H3588 be like Sodom H5467,
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 like Gomorrah H6017—
Ground H4476 overgrown H4476 with weeds H2738 and full of salt H4417 mines H4379,
And a permanent H5769 desolation H8077.
The remnant H7611 of My people H5971 will plunder H962 them,
And the remainder H3499 of My nation H1471 will inherit H5157 them.”
This H2088 is the presumptuous H5947 city H5892
That dwells H3427 securely H983,
Who says H559 in her heart H3824,
“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation H8047,
A resting H4769 place H4769 for animals H2416!
“Therefore H3651 wait H2442 for Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“For the day H3117 when I rise H6965 up H6965 as a witness H5707.
Indeed H3588, My decision H4941 is to gather H622 nations H1471,
To assemble H6908 kingdoms H4467,
To pour H8210 out H8210 on them My indignation H2195,
All H3605 My burning H2740 anger H639;
“On that day H3117 you will feel H954 no H3808 shame H954
Because H4480 of all H3605 your deeds H5949
By which H834 you have rebelled H6586 against Me;
For then H227 I will remove H5493 from your midst H7130
Your proud H1346, arrogant H5947 ones H5947,
And you will never H3808 H5750 again H3254 be H1361 haughty H1361
So I pastured H7462 the flock H6629 doomed to slaughter H2028, [fn]therefore H3651 also the afflicted H6041 of the flock H6629. And I took H3947 for myself two H8147 staffs H4731: the one H259 I called H7121 [fn]Favor H5278, and the other H259 I called H7121 Union H2254; so I pastured H7462 the flock H6629.
And this H2088 is [fn]another H8145 thing H8145 you do H6213: you cover H3680 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 with tears H1832, with weeping H1065 and sighing H603, because H4480 He no H369 longer H5750 gives H6437 attention H6437 to the [fn]offering H4503 or accepts H3947 it with favor H7522 from your hand H3027.
“Behold H2009, I am sending H7971 My [fn]messenger H4397, and he will clear H6437 a way H1870 before H6440 Me. And the Lord H113, whom H834 you are seeking H1245, will suddenly H6597 come H935 to His temple H1964; [fn]and the [fn]messenger H4397 of the covenant H1285, in whom H834 you delight H2655, behold H2009, He is coming H935,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
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