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ἐξ — 778x G1537 ἐκ
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Occurrences: 778 times in 724 verses
Speech: Preposition
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings[fn] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants. All were circumcised with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me,[fn] and through her I can have a family, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come and sleep with me tonight!” she said. “I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found.” So that night he slept with Leah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - “What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied.
She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn't find her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So Joseph's ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother. I'll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we'll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don't have a younger brother, then I'll know you are spies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - And they left Egypt and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - When I die, please take my body out of Egypt and bury me with my ancestors.”
So Joseph promised, “I will do as you ask.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Then he positioned the boys in front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed Ephraim toward Jacob's left hand, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob's right hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are two of a kind;
their weapons are instruments of violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from his descendants,[fn]
until the coming of the one to whom it belongs,[fn]
the one whom all nations will honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - In all, Jacob had seventy[fn] descendants in Egypt, including Joseph, who was already there.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12 - God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - It was Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, about leading the people of Israel out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the LORD has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. (Remember, eat no food containing yeast.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8 - “On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the LORD did for me when I left Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the LORD: ‘With a strong hand, the LORD rescued you from Egypt.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:14 - “And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?' Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:16 - This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the LORD's mighty hand brought us out of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - “Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea. Camp there along the shore, across from Baal-zephon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - The Egyptians chased after them with all the forces in Pharaoh's army—all his horses and chariots, his charioteers, and his troops. The Egyptians caught up with the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Pi-hahiroth, across from Baal-zephon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren't there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:28 - Then the waters returned and covered all the chariots and charioteers—the entire army of Pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin,[fn] between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai.[fn] Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the LORD had rescued them from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the LORD, or they will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:2 - “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - “Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - The almond buds and branches must all be of one piece with the center stem, and they must be hammered from pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - “For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - “Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “For the entrance to the courtyard, make a curtain that is 30 feet long.[fn] Make it from finely woven linen, and decorate it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Support it with four posts, each securely set in its own base.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - The decorative sash will be made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. Reinforce the opening with a woven collar[fn] so it will not tear.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - Make pomegranates out of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attach them to the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - Then take one round loaf of bread, one thin cake mixed with olive oil, and one wafer from the basket of bread without yeast that was placed in the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high,[fn] with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19 - Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and 12½ pounds of cassia[fn]—as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:2 - “Look, I have specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don't know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.[fn] They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:23 - They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will lead us. We don't know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:18 - “You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 - Then Moses told the people of Israel, “The LORD has specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - For the inside of the Tabernacle, Bezalel made a special curtain of finely woven linen. He decorated it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - He made the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard of finely woven linen, and he decorated it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. It was 30 feet long, and its height was 7½ feet,[fn] just like the curtains of the courtyard walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:4 - The ephod consisted of two pieces, front and back, joined at the shoulders with two shoulder-pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The decorative sash was made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - They tied the other ends of the cords to the gold settings on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - Next Moses placed the washbasin between the Tabernacle and the altar. He filled it with water so the priests could wash themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present an animal as an offering to the LORD, you may take it from your herd of cattle or your flock of sheep and goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - “If the entire Israelite community sins by violating one of the LORD's commands, but the people don't realize it, they are still guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:23 - When he becomes aware of his sin, he must bring as his offering a male goat with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - When they become aware of their sin, they must bring as an offering for their sin a female goat with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - Then you must bring to the LORD as the penalty for your sin a female from the flock, either a sheep or a goat. This is a sin offering with which the priest will purify you from your sin, making you right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3 - Then tell the Israelites, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and take a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without defects, for a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:16 - “Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:5 - Aaron must take from the community of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood—neither you nor the foreigners living among you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - “If any of Aaron's descendants has a skin disease[fn] or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:19 - Then you must offer one male goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a peace offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - The foreigner must treat them as workers hired on a yearly basis. You must not allow a foreigner to treat any of your fellow Israelites harshly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand! All your enemies will fall beneath your sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36 - “And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 - For their sakes I will remember my ancient covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of all the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - “From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now count all the firstborn sons in Israel who are one month old or older, and make a list of their names.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - The number of firstborn sons who were one month old or older was 22,273.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - Aaron and his sons will direct the Gershonites regarding all their duties, whether it involves moving the equipment or doing other work. They must assign the Gershonites responsibility for the loads they are to carry.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - also the posts for the courtyard walls with their bases, pegs, and ropes; and all the accessories and everything else related to their use. Assign the various loads to each man by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - they must give up wine and other alcoholic drinks. They must not use vinegar made from wine or from other alcoholic drinks, they must not drink fresh grape juice, and they must not eat grapes or raisins.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:4 - As long as they are bound by their Nazirite vow, they are not allowed to eat or drink anything that comes from a grapevine—not even the grape seeds or skins.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:16 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:22 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:28 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:34 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:40 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:46 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:52 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:58 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:64 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:70 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:76 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:82 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:87 - Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”'”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - “Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:13 - But Moses objected. “What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the LORD. “They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24 - If the mistake was made unintentionally, and the community was unaware of it, the whole community must present a young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It must be offered along with its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering and with one male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the LORD's Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - But when we cried out to the LORD, he heard us and sent an angel who brought us out of Egypt. Now we are camped at Kadesh, a town on the border of your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that the Israelites were approaching on the road through Atharim. So he attacked the Israelites and took some of them as prisoners.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea[fn] to go around the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - A fire flamed forth from Heshbon,
a blaze from the city of Sihon.
It burned the city of Ar in Moab;
it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor[fn] near the Euphrates River.[fn] His message said: “Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,' he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel's doom.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:22 - God brought them out of Egypt;
for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - God brought them out of Egypt;
for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
He devours all the nations that oppose him,
breaking their bones in pieces,
shooting them with arrows.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I see him, but not here and now.
I perceive him, but far in the distant future.
A star will rise from Jacob;
a scepter will emerge from Israel.
It will crush the foreheads of Moab's people,
cracking the skulls of the people of Sheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 - A ruler will rise in Jacob
who will destroy the survivors of Ir.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4 - “List all the men of Israel twenty years old and older, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”
This is the record of all the descendants of Israel who came out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These were the clans of Gad. Their registered troops numbered 40,500.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These were the clans of Issachar. Their registered troops numbered 64,300.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 - These were the clans of Zebulun. Their registered troops numbered 60,500.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 - These were the clans of Manasseh. Their registered troops numbered 52,700.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These were the clans of Ephraim. Their registered troops numbered 32,500. These clans of Manasseh and Ephraim were all descendants of Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These were the clans of Benjamin. Their registered troops numbered 45,600.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These were the clans of Asher. Their registered troops numbered 53,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These were the clans of Naphtali. Their registered troops numbered 45,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:53 - “Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes' populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They will all die in the wilderness.” Not one of them survived except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:15 - “On the first day of each month, you must also offer one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD. This is in addition to the regular burnt offering and its accompanying liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:22 - You must also offer a male goat as a sin offering to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:30 - Also, offer one male goat to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:5 - In addition, you must sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:11 - You must also sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering. This is in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular daily burnt offering with its grain offering, and their accompanying liquid offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:16 - You must also sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:19 - You must also sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:22 - You must also sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:25 - You must also sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:28 - You must also sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:31 - You must also sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:34 - You must also sacrifice one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:38 - You must also sacrifice one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its accompanying grain offering and liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 - But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the LORD's war of revenge against Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:20 - Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘Of all those I rescued from Egypt, no one who is twenty years old or older will ever see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for they have not obeyed me wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the LORD had killed the night before. The LORD had defeated the gods of Egypt that night with great acts of judgment!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - They left Elim and camped beside the Red Sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:14 - They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:18 - They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:34 - They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:35 - They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:41 - Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:44 - They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - So if someone hates another person and pushes him or throws a dangerous object at him and he dies, it is murder.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 - “But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23 - “This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “The LORD our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:3 - “You saw for yourself what the LORD did to you at Baal-peor. There the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:20 - Remember that the LORD rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But from there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:6 - “I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5 - And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:12 - be careful not to forget the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - Rather, it was simply that the LORD loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:14 - Do not become proud at that time and forget the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:12 - “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - “If you carefully obey all the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the LORD your God, who redeemed you from slavery and brought you out of the land of Egypt. Since they try to lead you astray from the way the LORD your God commanded you to live, you must put them to death. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:10 - Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:13 - that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by saying, ‘Let us go worship other gods'—gods you have not known before.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4 - These are the animals[fn] you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:20 - Instead, you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God each year at the place he chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:1 - “In honor of the LORD your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that was the month in which the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread—the bread of suffering—so that as long as you live you will remember the day you departed from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - You must offer it only at the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there in the evening as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - The witnesses must throw the first stones, and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:19 - I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge from Israel the guilt of murdering innocent people; then all will go well with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 - you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:6 - Has anyone here just planted a vineyard but not yet eaten any of its fruit? If so, you may go home! You might die in battle, and someone else would eat the first fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD's sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:21 - Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father's home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents' home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - “If a man is discovered committing adultery, both he and the woman must die. In this way, you will purge Israel of such evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - you must take both of them to the gates of that town and stone them to death. The woman is guilty because she did not scream for help. The man must die because he violated another man's wife. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - “If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:9 - Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 - “If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:17 - “Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 - “Today the LORD your God has commanded you to obey all these decrees and regulations. So be careful to obey them wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Your ox will be butchered before your eyes, but you will not eat a single bite of the meat. Your donkey will be taken from you, never to be returned. Your sheep and goats will be given to your enemies, and no one will be there to help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - You will plant vineyards and care for them, but you will not drink the wine or eat the grapes, for worms will destroy the vines.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:2 - If at that time you and your children return to the LORD your God, and if you obey with all your heart and all your soul all the commands I have given you today,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - “The LORD your God will change your heart[fn] and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 - I would have annihilated them,
wiping out even the memory of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - “The LORD came from Mount Sinai
and dawned upon us[fn] from Mount Seir;
he shone forth from Mount Paran
and came from Meribah-kadesh
with flaming fire at his right hand.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - Joshua had to circumcise them because all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:1 - Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - That is why the Israelites are running from their enemies in defeat. For now Israel itself has been set apart for destruction. I will not remain with you any longer unless you destroy the things among you that were set apart for destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the LORD. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - All the fighting men who were with Joshua marched in front of the town and camped on the north side of Ai, with a valley between them and the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:8 - “Do not be afraid of them,” the LORD said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:21 - During this period Joshua destroyed all the descendants of Anak, who lived in the hill country of Hebron, Debir, Anab, and the entire hill country of Judah and Israel. He killed them all and completely destroyed their towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:4 - Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to explore the land and map it out. They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed divisions of their new homeland.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:12 - In the other direction, the boundary went east from Sarid to the border of Kisloth-tabor, and from there to Daberath and up to Japhia.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:13 - Then it continued east to Gath-hepher, Eth-kazin, and Rimmon and turned toward Neah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:25 - Its boundaries included these towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:14 - “Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the LORD your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - But when your ancestors arrived at the Red Sea,[fn] the Egyptians chased after you with chariots and charioteers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17 - For the LORD our God is the one who rescued us and our ancestors from slavery in the land of Egypt. He performed mighty miracles before our very eyes. As we traveled through the wilderness among our enemies, he preserved us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the parcel of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver.[fn] This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:10 - Judah marched against the Canaanites in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath-arba), defeating the forces of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 - The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “LORD, when you set out from Seir
and marched across the fields of Edom,
the earth trembled,
and the cloudy skies poured down rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - They came down from Ephraim—
a land that once belonged to the Amalekites;
they followed you, Benjamin, with your troops.
From Makir the commanders marched down;
from Zebulun came those who carry a commander's staff.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn't they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt'? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the LORD disappeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - Then Gideon sent for the warriors of Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, who joined in chasing the army of Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - Gideon circled around by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, taking the Midianite army by surprise.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - For he fought for you and risked his life when he rescued you from the Midianites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The king of Ammon answered Jephthah's messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:40 - for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah's daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, or eat any forbidden food.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said:
“Out of the one who eats came something to eat;
out of the strong came something sweet.” Three days later they were still trying to figure it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - “Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won't rest until I take my revenge on you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - So 3,000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock of Etam. They said to Samson, “Don't you realize the Philistines rule over us? What are you doing to us?”
But Samson replied, “I only did to them what they did to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived as he drank. Then he named that place “The Spring of the One Who Cried Out,”[fn] and it is still in Lehi to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - Half drunk by now, the people demanded, “Bring out Samson so he can amuse us!” So he was brought from the prison to amuse them, and they had him stand between the pillars supporting the roof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:1 - There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:30 - Everyone who saw it said, “Such a horrible crime has not been committed in all the time since Israel left Egypt. Think about it! What are we going to do? Who's going to speak up?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Give up those evil men, those troublemakers from Gibeah, so we can execute them and purge Israel of this evil.”
But the people of Benjamin would not listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - There were 10,000 elite Israelite troops who advanced against Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that Benjamin didn't realize the impending disaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed 5,000 of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another 2,000 near Gidom.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 - The Israelites had vowed at Mizpah, “We will never give our daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benjamin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - The Israelites felt sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, “Today one of the tribes of Israel has been cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And the foreman replied, “She is the young woman from Moab who came back with Naomi.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - She carried it back into town and showed it to her mother-in-law. Ruth also gave her the roasted grain that was left over from her meal.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 - There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven's Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the LORD at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 - Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - So the Philistines fought desperately, and Israel was defeated again. The slaughter was great; 30,000 Israelite soldiers died that day. The survivors turned and fled to their tents.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:1 - After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul replied, “But I'm only from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least important of all the families of that tribe! Why are you talking like this to me?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw a group of prophets coming toward them. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:18 - And he said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has declared: I brought you from Egypt and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all of the nations that were oppressing you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked, “What's the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6 - “It was the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued. “He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - “When the Israelites were[fn] in Egypt and cried out to the LORD, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt and to bring them into this land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000[fn] chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - Three raiding parties soon left the camp of the Philistines. One went north toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:23 - The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:17 - “Call the roll and find out who's missing,” Saul ordered. And when they checked, they found that Jonathan and his armor bearer were gone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and completely destroy[fn] the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:12 - Early the next morning Samuel went to find Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to the town of Carmel to set up a monument to himself; then he went on to Gilgal.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - “It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:2 - Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You're not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:13 - As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.' So you can be sure I will never harm you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43 - David also married Ahinoam from Jezreel, making both of them his wives.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - So Saul took 3,000 of Israel's elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the LORD? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - (Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[fn] who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, and they had more sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:1 - Then David again gathered all the elite troops in Israel, 30,000 in all.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab's sons, were guiding the cart as it left the house,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. I have always moved from one place to another with a tent and a Tabernacle as my dwelling.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers,[fn] and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from Edom,[fn] Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.[fn]” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What's the matter? Why didn't you go home last night after being away for so long?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - As they were on the way back to Jerusalem, this report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one is left alive!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - He took 200 men from Jerusalem with him as guests, but they knew nothing of his intentions.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king's palace,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:6 - So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - And if I had betrayed the king by killing his son—and the king would certainly find out who did it—you yourself would be the first to abandon me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah!” David exclaimed. “Why have you become my adversary[fn] today? This is not a day for execution but for celebration! Today I am once again the king of Israel!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Abishai and Joab,[fn] together with the king's bodyguard[fn] and all the mighty warriors, set out from Jerusalem to go after Sheba.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - That's not my purpose. All I want is a man named Sheba son of Bicri from the hill country of Ephraim, who has revolted against King David. If you hand over this one man to me, I will leave the town in peace.”
“All right,” the woman replied, “we will throw his head over the wall to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
and my place of safety.
He is my refuge, my savior,
the one who saves me from violence.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The LORD thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:17 - “He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - and delivers me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me from violent opponents.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - is like the light of morning at sunrise,
like a morning without clouds,
like the gleaming of the sun
on new grass after rain.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12 - “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:41 - Solomon heard that Shimei had left Jerusalem and had gone to Gath and returned.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn't I make you swear by the LORD and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv,[fn] during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the LORD. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place;
the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of gold;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - ‘From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. But I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:49 - then hear their prayers and their petition from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why the LORD has brought all these disasters on them.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt[fn] and from Cilicia[fn]; the king's traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,[fn] and horses for 150 pieces of silver.[fn] They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam's return from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him king over all Israel. So only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - At the LORD's command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - The old prophet asked them, “Which way did he go?” So they showed their father[fn] which road the man of God had taken.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - Then he rode after the man of God and found him sitting under a great tree. The old prophet asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?”
“Yes, I am,” he replied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: You have defied the word of the LORD and have disobeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah commanded, “Seize all the prophets of Baal. Don't let a single one escape!” So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - Israel then mustered its army, set up supply lines, and marched out for battle. But the Israelite army looked like two little flocks of goats in comparison to the vast Aramean forces that filled the countryside!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:10 - And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 - Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:15 - When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah's spirit rests upon Elisha!” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:20 - The next day at about the time when the morning sacrifice was offered, water suddenly appeared! It was flowing from the direction of Edom, and soon there was water everywhere.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - “Yes,” Gehazi said, “but my master has sent me to tell you that two young prophets from the hill country of Ephraim have just arrived. He would like 75 pounds[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing to give to them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - “Take them alive!” Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don't let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside.[fn] Then Jehu's men went into the innermost fortress[fn] of the temple of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - Jehoiada told them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the royal palace itself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - Then the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, the palace guards, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the LORD. They went through the gate of the guards and into the palace, and the king took his seat on the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time the king of Edom[fn] recovered the town of Elath for Edom.[fn] He drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites[fn] to live there, as they do to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:31 - For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem,
a group of survivors from Mount Zion.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven's Armies[fn]
will make this happen!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 - Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD's Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the ashes of the pole to dust and threw the dust over the graves of the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests who were living in other towns of Judah. He also defiled the pagan shrines, where they had offered sacrifices—all the way from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the shrines at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the governor of Jerusalem. This gate was located to the left of the city gate as one enters the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17 - “What is that monument over there?” Josiah asked.
And the people of the town told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted the very things that you have just done to the altar at Bethel!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem's elite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[fn] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:30 - So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair[fn] and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel—all sons of Ishi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - The descendants of Judah became the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation,[fn] but the birthright belonged to Joseph.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - There were 44,760 capable warriors in the armies of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They were all skilled in combat and armed with shields, swords, and bows.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - Heman's second assistant was Ethan from the clan of Merari. Ethan's genealogy was traced back through Kishi, Abdi, Malluch,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - Ulam's sons were all mighty warriors and expert archers. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were descendants of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Some of the gatekeepers were assigned to care for the various articles used in worship. They checked them in and out to avoid any loss.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others were responsible for the furnishings, the items in the sanctuary, and the supplies, such as choice flour, wine, olive oil, frankincense, and spices.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - All of them were expert archers, and they could shoot arrows or sling stones with their left hand as well as their right. They were all relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:22 - Day after day more men joined David until he had a great army, like the army of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - Then David and the elders of Israel and the generals of the army[fn] went to the house of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23 - Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations that stood in their way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer's towns of Tebah[fn] and Cun. Later Solomon melted the bronze and molded it into the great bronze basin called the Sea, the pillars, and the various bronze articles used at the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:17 - When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and positioned his troops in battle formation. Then David engaged the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10 - “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:14 - So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:12 - Abiezer from Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin was commander of the ninth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the ninth month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, has chosen me from among all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father's family. And from among my father's sons the LORD was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt[fn] and from Cilicia[fn]; the king's traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - At that time chariots from Egypt could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver,[fn] and horses for 150 pieces of silver.[fn] They were then exported to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 as quarry workers in the hill country, and 3,600 as foremen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - Across the entrance of the Most Holy Place he hung a curtain made of fine linen, decorated with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and embroidered with figures of cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - Then he set up the two pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one to the south of the entrance and the other to the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set five on the south side and five on the north. But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - He then cast ten gold lampstands according to the specifications that had been given, and he put them in the Temple. Five were placed against the south wall, and five were placed against the north wall.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:39 - then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers and their robes, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:28 - Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt[fn] and many other countries.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,[fn] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:12 - Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All in Judah were happy about this covenant, for they had entered into it with all their heart. They earnestly sought after God, and they found him. And the LORD gave them rest from their enemies on every side.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle raged all that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans. In the evening, just as the sun was setting, he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:15 - You yourself will suffer with a severe intestinal disease that will get worse each day until your bowels come out.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:19 - The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - This is what you must do. When you priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, a third of you will serve as gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Whenever the chest became full, the Levites would carry it to the king's officials. Then the court secretary and an officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and take it back to the Temple again. This went on day after day, and a large amount of money was collected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 - Because of all this, the LORD his God allowed the king of Aram to defeat Ahaz and to exile large numbers of his people to Damascus. The armies of the king of Israel also defeated Ahaz and inflicted many casualties on his army.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - The armies of Israel captured 200,000 women and children from Judah and seized tremendous amounts of plunder, which they took back to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:25 - The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, including the priests, the Levites, all who came from the land of Israel, the foreigners who came to the festival, and all those who lived in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, “Since the people began bringing their gifts to the LORD's Temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and all this is left over.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God's laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the LORD's Temple. He tore down all the altars he had built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - The workers served faithfully under the leadership of Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the Merarite clan, and Zechariah and Meshullam, Levites of the Kohathite clan. Other Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of you who are the LORD's people may go there for this task. And may the LORD your God be with you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:59 - Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - Anyone who refuses to obey the law of your God and the law of the king will be punished immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44 - Each of these men had a pagan wife, and some even had children by these wives.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal son of Uzai carried on the work from a point opposite the angle and the tower that projects up from the king's upper house beside the court of the guard. Next to him were Pedaiah son of Parosh,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - Then came the people of Tekoa, who repaired another section across from the great projecting tower and over to the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:28 - Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - Next Zadok son of Immer also rebuilt the wall across from his own house, and beyond him was Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the gatekeeper of the East Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30 - Next Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section, while Meshullam son of Berekiah rebuilt the wall across from where he lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform that had been made for the occasion. To his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. To his left stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - “You came down at Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and instructions that were just, and decrees and commands that were good.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - “You gave them bread from heaven when they were hungry and water from the rock when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you had sworn to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:18 - even when they made an idol shaped like a calf and said, ‘This is your god who brought you out of Egypt!' They committed terrible blasphemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - So you handed them over to their enemies, who made them suffer. But in their time of trouble they cried to you, and you heard them from heaven. In your great mercy, you sent them liberators who rescued them from their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - “But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - His family[fn] had been among those who, with King Jehoiachin[fn] of Judah, had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - So in the month of April,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Xerxes' reign, lots were cast in Haman's presence (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - From six disasters he will rescue you;
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies,
or to save me from ruthless people?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.
God won't let them keep it down.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - They will give back everything they worked for.
Their wealth will bring them no joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:15 - No wonder I am so terrified in his presence.
When I think of it, terror grips me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 - The poor are pushed off the path;
the needy must hide together for safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - Food is grown on the earth above,
but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 - For what has God above chosen for us?
What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - I have listened,
but not one of you has refuted Job
or answered his arguments.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:15 - You sit there baffled,
with nothing more to say.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17 - He makes them turn from doing wrong;
he keeps them from pride.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
to bring an end to the night's wickedness?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - Submit to God's royal son,[fn] or he will become angry,
and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:4 - I cried out to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy mountain.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:4 - Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods.
I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood
or even speak the names of their gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - The LORD thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded
amid the hail and burning coals.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:16 - He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:17 - He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:19 - He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - You gave me victory over my accusers.
You appointed me ruler over nations;
people I don't even know now serve me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - and rescues me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me from violent opponents.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:2 - May he send you help from his sanctuary
and strengthen you from Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6 - Now I know that the LORD rescues his anointed king.
He will answer him from his holy heaven
and rescue him by his great power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - You brought me up from the grave,[fn] O LORD.
You kept me from falling into the pit of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:13 - The LORD looks down from heaven
and sees the whole human race.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:14 - From his throne he observes
all who live on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 - For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous;
not one of them is broken!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:3 - Lift up your spear and javelin
against those who pursue me.
Let me hear you say,
“I will give you victory!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:40 - The LORD helps them,
rescuing them from the wicked.
He saves them,
and they find shelter in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 - My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.
Even my own family stands at a distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:2 - But as I stood there in silence—
not even speaking of good things—
the turmoil within me grew worse.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Declare me innocent, O God!
Defend me against these ungodly people.
Rescue me from these unjust liars.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8 - Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume your robes.
In ivory palaces the music of strings entertains you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves;
then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 - For you have rescued me from death;
you have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in your presence, O God,
in your life-giving light.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send help from heaven to rescue me,
disgracing those who hound me.
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My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Rescue me from these criminals;
save me from these murderers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - Because of the sinful things they say,
because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
their curses, and their lies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:8 - Then I will sing praises to your name forever
as I fulfill my vows each day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood,
and even your dogs will get their share!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals[fn];
let Ethiopia[fn] bow in submission to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 - He released the east wind in the heavens
and guided the south wind by his mighty power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:65 - Then the Lord rose up as though waking from sleep,
like a warrior aroused from a drunken stupor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:8 - You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;
you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:14 - Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven's Armies.
Look down from heaven and see our plight.
Take care of this grapevine
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 - “Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:13 - for your love for me is very great.
You have rescued me from the depths of death.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:2 - Sing to the LORD; praise his name.
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 - Tell them the LORD looked down
from his heavenly sanctuary.
He looked down to earth from heaven
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:13 - They wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - Then the water returned and covered their enemies;
not one of them survived.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Some were fools; they rebelled
and suffered for their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1 - When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—
when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:26 - Bless the one who comes in the name of the LORD.
We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!
He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:6 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
my enemies have set traps for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Reach down from heaven and rescue me;
rescue me from deep waters,
from the power of my enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Don't get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
When will you wake up?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - Those who love me inherit wealth.
I will fill their treasuries.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - Wickedness never brings stability,
but the godly have deep roots.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - The wicked are trapped by their own words,
but the godly escape such trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - The person who strays from common sense
will end up in the company of the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - They have teeth like swords
and fangs like knives.
They devour the poor from the earth
and the needy from among humanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 - The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd[fn] drives the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,[fn] and Elam;
in Babylonia,[fn] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9 - For see, the day of the LORD is coming—
the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
The land will be made desolate,
and all the sinners destroyed with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - What fools are the officials of Zoan!
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea[fn]:
Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,
like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:22 - That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel,[fn]
“My people will no longer be ashamed
or turn pale with fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - The heavens above will melt away
and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
like withered leaves from a grapevine,
or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - “But have you not heard?
I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
into heaps of rubble.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:32 - For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem,
a group of survivors from Mount Zion.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven's Armies
will make this happen!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:21 - Haven't you heard? Don't you understand?
Are you deaf to the words of God—
the words he gave before the world began?
Are you so ignorant?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:26 - “Who told you from the beginning
that this would happen?
Who predicted this,
making you admit that he was right?
No one said a word!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - You will open the eyes of the blind.
You will free the captives from prison,
releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 - Gather the nations together!
Assemble the peoples of the world!
Which of their idols has ever foretold such things?
Which can predict what will happen tomorrow?
Where are the witnesses of such predictions?
Who can verify that they spoke the truth?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:1 - “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and born into the family of Judah.
Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD
and call on the God of Israel.
You don't keep your promises,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - Yet they act so pious!
They come to the Temple every day
and seem delighted to learn all about me.
They act like a righteous nation
that would never abandon the laws of its God.
They ask me to take action on their behalf,
pretending they want to be near me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:8 - “For I, the LORD, love justice.
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this who comes from Edom,
from the city of Bozrah,
with his clothing stained red?
Who is this in royal robes,
marching in his great strength?
“It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation!
It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 - I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel[fn]
and of Judah to possess my land.
Those I choose will inherit it,
and my servants will live there.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans[fn] and Lydians[fn] (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece,[fn] and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11 - Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones,
even though they are not gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God[fn]
for worthless idols!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - But despite all this, her faithless sister Judah has never sincerely returned to me. She has only pretended to be sorry. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - Your destruction has been announced
from Dan and the hill country of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:7 - Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When he speaks in the thunder,
the heavens roar with rain.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - O LORD of Heaven's Armies,
you make righteous judgments,
and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.
Let me see your vengeance against them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - Do not do your work on the Sabbath, but make it a holy day. I gave this command to your ancestors,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I have heard the many rumors about me.
They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.”
They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.”
Even my old friends are watching me,
waiting for a fatal slip.
“He will trap himself,” they say,
“and then we will get our revenge on him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - After King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the LORD gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:7 - I will give them hearts that recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard what was happening, they rushed over from the palace and sat down at the New Gate of the Temple to hold court.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:20 - King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon left them here when he exiled Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon, along with all the other nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - This was after King Jehoiachin,[fn] the queen mother, the court officials, the other officials of Judah, and all the craftsmen and artisans had been deported from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:27 - So why have you done nothing to stop Jeremiah from Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - They will have their own ruler again,
and he will come from their own people.
I will invite him to approach me,” says the LORD,
“for who would dare to come unless invited?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:39 - A measuring line will be stretched out over the hill of Gareb and across to Goah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors long ago when I rescued them from their slavery in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama's room and read it to the king as all his officials stood by.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - At this time the army of Pharaoh Hophra[fn] of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian[fn] army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - sent messengers to bring Jeremiah out of the prison. They put him under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, who took him back to his home. So Jeremiah stayed in Judah among his own people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:3 - Listen to the cries from Horonaim,
cries of devastation and great destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:11 - “From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace,
never going into exile.
He is like wine that has been allowed to settle.
He has not been poured from flask to flask,
and he is now fragrant and smooth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - “My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray
and turned them loose in the mountains.
They have lost their way
and can't remember how to get back to the sheepfold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[fn] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on March 31 of that year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:34 - So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived. This continued until the day of his death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the midst of her sadness and wandering,
Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor.
But now she has fallen to her enemy,
and there is no one to help her.
Her enemy struck her down
and laughed as she fell.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13 - “He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones.
He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back.
He has left me devastated,
racked with sickness all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:1 - The Lord in his anger
has cast a dark shadow over beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
The fairest of Israel's cities lies in the dust,
thrown down from the heights of heaven.
In his day of great anger,
the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - But it is the LORD who did just as he planned.
He has fulfilled the promises of disaster
he made long ago.
He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy.
He has caused her enemies to gloat over her
and has given them power over her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:17 - Peace has been stripped away,
and I have forgotten what prosperity is.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50 - until the LORD looks down
from heaven and sees.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:13 - Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the sins of her priests,
who defiled the city
by shedding innocent blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:4 - We have to pay for water to drink,
and even firewood is expensive.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - Each had a human face in the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle at the back.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:4 - Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then spread from this remnant and destroy all of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - “But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - The survivors who escape to the mountains
will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:26 - Calamity will follow calamity;
rumor will follow rumor.
They will look in vain
for a vision from the prophets.
They will receive no teaching from the priests
and no counsel from the leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18 - “When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will spare a few of them from death by war, famine, or disease, so they can confess all their detestable sins to their captors. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - “Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:17 - “Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:19 - “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3 - Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them. This is adultery against me!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - “Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8 - He grants loans without interest, stays away from injustice, is honest and fair when judging others,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:10 - “Your mother was like a vine
planted by the water's edge.
It had lush, green foliage
because of the abundant water.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:38 - I will purge you of all those who rebel and revolt against me. I will bring them out of the countries where they are in exile, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:16 - O sword, slash to the right,
then slash to the left,
wherever you will,
wherever you want.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:8 - For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:5 - Use only the best sheep from the flock,
and heap fuel on the fire beneath the pot.
Bring the pot to a boil,
and cook the bones along with the meat.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
the city of murderers!
She is a cooking pot
whose corruption can't be cleaned out.
Take the meat out in random order,
for no piece is better than another.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:12 - But it's hopeless;
the corruption can't be cleaned out.
So throw it into the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - Therefore, says the Sovereign LORD, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - They carved your oars
from the oaks of Bashan.
Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus[fn]
was inlaid with ivory.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Your sails were made of Egypt's finest linen,
and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:14 - “From Beth-togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules, all in exchange for your goods.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19 - Greeks from Uzal[fn] came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and fragrant calamus were bartered for your wares.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn't sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5 - Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:22 - They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet[fn] and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the LORD; it is set apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - But for twenty-one days the spirit prince[fn] of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels,[fn] came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “His army will take over the Temple fortress, pollute the sanctuary, put a stop to the daily sacrifices, and set up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - “But then news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in great anger to destroy and obliterate many.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13 - “When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were,
Israel turned to Assyria—
to the great king there—
but he could neither help nor cure them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:5 - On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine,
carousing with those who mock them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if you do have children who grow up,
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1 - “When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and I called my son out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 - Then by a prophet
the LORD brought Jacob's descendants[fn] out of Egypt;
and by that prophet
they were protected.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - “O Israel,[fn] stay away from idols!
I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you.
I am like a tree that is always green;
all your fruit comes from me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you wine-drinkers!
All the grapes are ruined,
and all your sweet wine is gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - For there is no grain or wine
to offer at the Temple of the LORD.
So the priests are in mourning.
The ministers of the LORD are weeping.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 - Despair, all you farmers!
Wail, all you vine growers!
Weep, because the wheat and barley—
all the crops of the field—are ruined.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests!
Wail, you who serve before the altar!
Come, spend the night in burlap,
you ministers of my God.
For there is no grain or wine
to offer at the Temple of your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 - Our food disappears before our very eyes.
No joyful celebrations are held in the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 - The LORD's voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth will shake.
But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,
a strong fortress for the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD's Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - But Egypt will become a wasteland
and Edom will become a wilderness,
because they attacked the people of Judah
and killed innocent people in their land.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - This is what he saw and heard:
“The LORD's voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem!
The lush pastures of the shepherds will dry up;
the grass on Mount Carmel will wither and die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - I will break down the gates of Damascus
and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven.
I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - I will slaughter the people of Ashdod
and destroy the king of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn to attack Ekron,
and the few Philistines still left will be killed,”
says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:3 - And I will destroy their king
and slaughter all their princes,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “I kept the rain from falling
when your crops needed it the most.
I sent rain on one town
but withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
while another field withered away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3 - The Sovereign LORD says:
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:7 - Therefore, you will be the first to be led away as captives.
Suddenly, all your parties will end.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
No one will escape!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel,
I will search them out and capture them.
Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean,
I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8 - At that time not a single wise person
will be left in the whole land of Edom,”
says the LORD.
“For on the mountains of Edom
I will destroy everyone who has understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:9 - The mightiest warriors of Teman
will be terrified,
and everyone on the mountains of Edom
will be cut down in the slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - When they were invaded,
you stood aloof, refusing to help them.
Foreign invaders carried off their wealth
and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem,
but you acted like one of Israel's enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 - You should not have stood at the crossroads,
killing those who tried to escape.
You should not have captured the survivors
and handed them over in their terrible time of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:21 - Those who have been rescued[fn] will go up to[fn] Mount Zion in Jerusalem
to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the LORD himself will be king!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:2 - Attention! Let all the people of the world listen!
Let the earth and everything in it hear.
The Sovereign LORD is making accusations against you;
the Lord speaks from his holy Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 - Don't tell our enemies in Gath[fn];
don't weep at all.
You people in Beth-leaphrah,[fn]
roll in the dust to show your despair.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:11 - You people in Shaphir,[fn]
go as captives into exile—naked and ashamed.
The people of Zaanan[fn]
dare not come outside their walls.
The people of Beth-ezel[fn] mourn,
for their house has no support.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - But this is what the LORD says:
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won't be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 - “Someday, O Israel, I will gather you;
I will gather the remnant who are left.
I will bring you together again like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in its pasture.
Yes, your land will again
be filled with noisy crowds!
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - Now the night will close around you,
cutting off all your visions.
Darkness will cover you,
putting an end to your predictions.
The sun will set for you prophets,
and your day will come to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:2 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - [fn]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you,
one whose origins are from the distant past.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:4 - For I brought you out of Egypt
and redeemed you from slavery.
I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:12 - The rich among you have become wealthy
through extortion and violence.
Your citizens are so used to lying
that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:15 - “Yes,” says the LORD,
“I will do mighty miracles for you,
like those I did when I rescued you
from slavery in Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - And this is what the LORD says concerning the Assyrians in Nineveh:
“You will have no more children to carry on your name.
I will destroy all the idols in the temples of your gods.
I am preparing a grave for you
because you are despicable!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - Shields flash red in the sunlight!
See the scarlet uniforms of the valiant troops!
Watch as their glittering chariots move into position,
with a forest of spears waving above them.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 - And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard.
You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Must I forever see these evil deeds?
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:7 - They are notorious for their cruelty
and do whatever they like.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:9 - “On they come, all bent on violence.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind,
sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:3 - I see God moving across the deserts from Edom,[fn]
the Holy One coming from Mount Paran.[fn]
His brilliant splendor fills the heavens,
and the earth is filled with his praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - I thought, ‘Surely they will have reverence for me now!
Surely they will listen to my warnings.
Then I won't need to strike again,
destroying their homes.'
But no, they get up early
to continue their evil deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Sing, O daughter of Zion;
shout aloud, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:3 - ‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:1 - Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - As with a whirlwind, I scattered them among the distant nations, where they lived as strangers. Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. They turned their pleasant land into a desert.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - I will remove the battle chariots from Israel[fn]
and the warhorses from Jerusalem.
I will destroy all the weapons used in battle,
and your king will bring peace to the nations.
His realm will stretch from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates River[fn] to the ends of the earth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - From Judah will come the cornerstone,
the tent peg,
the bow for battle,
and all the rulers.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:10 - I will bring them back from Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
until there is no more room for them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a flame that sets a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left, while the people living in Jerusalem remain secure.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west. Half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:8 - On that day life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea and half toward the Mediterranean,[fn] flowing continuously in both summer and winter.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Heaven's Armies. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders[fn] in the Temple of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 - [fn]The LORD of Heaven's Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
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