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Now the serpent H5175 was more H4480 cunning H6175 than H4480 any H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704 which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 had made H6213. And he said H559 to the woman H802, “Has God H430 really H637 H3588 said H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from any H3605 tree H6086 of the garden H1588'?”
Then to Adam H121 He said H559, “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife H802, and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from it';
Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the six H8337 hundred H3967 and first H259 year H8141, in the first H7223 month, on the first H259 of the month H2320, that the water H4325 was dried H2717 up H2717 [fn]from the earth H776. Then Noah H5146 removed H5493 the covering H4372 of the ark H8392, and looked H7200, and behold H2009, the [fn]surface H6440 of the ground H127 had dried H2717 up H2717.
Then Abraham H85 took H3947 his son H1121 Ishmael H3458, and all H3605 the slaves who were born H3211 in his house H1004 and all H3605 who were bought H4736 with his money H3701, every H3605 male H2145 among the men H376 of Abraham's H85 household H1004, and circumcised H4135 the flesh H1320 of their foreskin H6190 on this H2088 very H6106 same H6106 day H3117, as God H430 had said H1696 to him.
So it came H1961 about H1961, when God H430 destroyed H7843 the cities H5892 of the surrounding H3603 area H3603, that God H430 remembered H2142 Abraham H85, and sent H7971 Lot H3876 out H7971 of the midst H8432 of the destruction H2018, when He overthrew H2015 the cities H5892 in which H834 Lot H3876 had lived H3427.
So Ephron's H6085 field H7704, which H834 was in Machpelah H4375, which H834 faced H6440 Mamre H4471, the field H7704 and the cave H4631 which H834 was in it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 which H834 were in the field H7704, that were [fn]within all H3605 the confines H5439 of its border H1366, [fn]were deeded H6965 over H6965
So Esau H6215 held H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 [fn]to himself H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”
Now Esau H6215 saw H7200 that Isaac H3327 had blessed H1288 Jacob H3290 and sent H7971 him away H7971 to Paddan-aram H6307 to take H3947 to himself a wife H802 from there H8033, and that when he blessed H1288 him he commanded H6680 him, saying H559, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667,”
Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrake H1736 fruits H1736 in the field H7704, and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son's H1121 mandrakes H1736.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121—Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251—each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 undetected H983, and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then Esau H6215 took H3947 his wives H802, his sons H1121, his daughters H1323, and all H3605 [fn]his household H1004, and his livestock H4735 and all H3605 his cattle H929, and all H3605 his property H7075 which H834 he had acquired H7408 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and went H1980 to another land H776 away from his brother H251 Jacob H3290.
Now it was about three H7969 months H2320 later H4480 that Judah H3063 was [fn]informed H5046, “Your daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559 has prostituted H2181 herself, and behold H2009, she is also H1571 pregnant H2030 by prostitution H2183.” Then Judah H3063 said H559, “Bring H3318 her out H3318 and have her burned H8313!”
So it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, which was Pharaoh's H6547 birthday H3205 H3117, that he held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650; and he lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the head H7218 of the chief H8269 baker H644 among H8432 his servants H5650.
Then their father H1 Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “If H518 it must be so H3651, then H645 do H6213 this H2088: take H3947 some H4480 of the best H2173 products H2173 of the land H776 in your [fn]bags H3627, and carry H3381 down H3381 to the man H376 as a gift H4503, a little H4592 balsam H6875 and a little H4592 honey H1706, labdanum H5219 resin H5219 and [fn]myrrh H3910, pistachio H992 nuts H992 and almonds H8247.
Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547, and said H559, “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”
When [fn]the time H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near H7126, he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, place H7760 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 now H4994 and deal H6213 with me in kindness H2617 and [fn]faithfulness H571: please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt H4714,
Now the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile H2975, with her female H5291 attendants H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile H2975; and she saw H7200 the [fn]basket H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her slave H519 woman H519, and she brought H3947 it to her.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117, when Moses H4872 had grown H1431 up H1431, that he went H3318 out H3318 to his [fn]fellow H251 Hebrews H251 and looked H7200 at their [fn]hard H5450 labors H5450; and he saw H7200 an Egyptian H4713 beating H5221 a Hebrew H5680, one H4480 of his [fn]fellow H251 Hebrews H251.
Then Moses H4872 departed H1980 and returned H7725 to his father-in-law H2859 [fn]Jethro H3500, and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, let me go H1980, that I may return H7725 to my brothers H251 who H834 are in Egypt H4714, and see H7200 if they are still H5750 alive H2416.” And Jethro H3503 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Go H1980 in peace H7965.”
And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “When you go H1980 [fn]back H7725 to Egypt H4714, see H7200 that you perform H6213 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 all H3605 the wonders H4159 which H834 I have put H7760 in your [fn]power H3027; but I will harden H2388 his heart H3820 so that he will not let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.
So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 did H6213 just H3651 H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680. And he lifted H7311 up H7311 [fn]the staff H4294 and struck H5221 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 in the sight H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 and in the sight H5869 of his servants H5650; and all H3605 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 was turned H2015 into blood H1818.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Rise H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and present H3320 yourself before H6440 Pharaoh H6547, [fn]as he comes H3318 out H3318 to the water H4325; and say H559 to him, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971, so that they may serve H5647 Me.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 at midnight H2677 H3915 that the LORD H3068 struck H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, from the firstborn H1060 of Pharaoh H6547 who sat H3427 on his throne H3678 to the firstborn H1060 of the captive H7628 who H834 was in the dungeon H1004 H953, and all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of cattle H929.
And Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Remember H2142 this H2088 day H3117 in which H834 you departed H3318 from Egypt H4714, from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery H5650; for by [fn]a powerful H2392 hand H3027 the LORD H3068 brought H3318 you out H3318 from this H2088 place. And nothing H3808 with H2557 yeast H2557 shall be eaten H398.
Then Moses H4872 reached H5186 out H5186 with his hand H3027 over H5921 the sea H3220; and the LORD H3068 [fn]swept H1980 the sea H3220 back by a strong H5794 east H6921 wind H7307 all H3605 night H3915, and turned H7760 the sea H3220 into dry H2724 land H2724, and the waters H4325 were divided H1234.
For the horses H5483 of Pharaoh H6547 with his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571 went H935 into the sea H3220, and the LORD H3068 brought H7725 back H7725 the waters H4325 of the sea H3220 on them, but the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 on dry H3004 land H3004 through the midst H8432 of the sea H3220.
Then all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 by [fn]stages H4550 from the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, according H5921 to the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068, and camped H2583 at Rephidim H7508, and there H369 was H369 no H369 water H4325 for the people H5971 to drink H8354.
So it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when it was morning H1242, that there were [fn]thunder H6963 and lightning H1300 flashes H1300 and a thick H3515 cloud H6051 over the mountain H2022 and a very H3966 loud H2389 trumpet H7782 sound H6963, so that all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were in the camp H4264 trembled H2729.
“Now if H3588 people H376 struggle H5327 with each other and strike H5062 a pregnant H2030 woman H802 so that [fn]she gives H3205 birth H3205 prematurely H3318, but there is no H3808 injury H611, the guilty person shall certainly H6064 be fined H6064 as the woman's H802 husband H1167 [fn]may demand H7896 of him, and he shall pay H5414 [fn]as the judges H6414 decide.
Then Moses H4872 pleaded H2470 with the LORD H3068 his God H430, and said H559, “LORD H3068, why H4100 does Your anger H639 burn H2734 against Your people H5971 whom H834 You have brought H3318 out H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 with great H1419 power H3581 and with a mighty H2389 hand H3027?
Then [fn]God said H559, “Behold H2009, I am going to make H3772 a covenant H1285. Before H5048 all H3605 your people H5971 I will perform H6213 miracles H6381 which H834 have not been [fn]produced H1254 in all H3605 the earth H776 nor H3808 among any H3605 of the nations H1471; and all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]among H7130 whom H834 you live will see H7200 the working H4639 of the LORD H3068, for it is a fearful H3372 thing H3372 that I am going to perform H6213 with you.
“You shall keep H8104 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682. For seven H7651 days H3117 you are to eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread H4682, [fn]as I commanded H6680 you, at the appointed H4150 time H4150 in the month H2320 of Abib H24; for in the month H2320 of Abib H24 you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714.
And it came H1961 about H1961, when Moses H4872 was coming H3381 down H3381 from Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 (and the two H8147 tablets H3871 of the testimony H5715 were in Moses' H4872 hand H3027 as he was coming H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022), that Moses H4872 did not know H3045 that the skin H5785 of his face H6440 shone H7160 because of his speaking H1696 with Him.
“Now Bezalel H1212, Oholiab H171, and every H3605 [fn]skillful H2450 H3820 person H376 in whom H834 the LORD H3068 has put H5414 [fn]skill H2451 and understanding H8394 to know H3045 how to perform H6213 all H3605 the work H4399 [fn]in the construction H5656 of the sanctuary H6944, shall perform H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680.”
Now from the [fn]violet H8504, purple H713, and scarlet H8144 material they made H6213 finely H8278 woven H8278 garments H899 for ministering H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, [fn]as well as the holy H6944 garments H899 which H834 were for Aaron H175, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, “Boil H1310 the flesh H1320 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and eat H398 it there H8033 together with the bread H3899 which H834 is in the basket H5536 of the ordination H4394 offering H4394, just H834 as H834 I commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 it.'
“Now on the eighth H8066 day H3117 he is to take H3947 two H8147 male H3532 lambs H3532 without H8549 defect H8549, and a yearling H8141 ewe H3535 lamb H3535 without H8549 defect H8549, and three-tenths H7969 H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 as a grain offering H4503, and one H259 [fn]log H3849 of oil H8081;
“But if H518 he is poor H1800 and his [fn]means H3027 are H369 insufficient H369 H5381, then he is to take H3947 one H259 male H3532 lamb H3532 for a guilt H817 offering H817 as a wave H8573 offering H8573 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for him, and a tenth H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 as a grain offering H4503, and a [fn]log H3849 of oil H8081,
“If H518, on the other hand, the priest H3548 comes H935 in H935 and [fn]makes H7200 an H7200 inspection H7200 and the spot H5061 has not indeed H2009 spread H6581 in the house H1004 after H310 the house H1004 has been replastered H2902, then the priest H3548 shall pronounce H2891 the house H1004 clean H2891 because H3588 the spot H5061 has [fn]not H7495 reappeared H7495.
‘Now if H3588 a woman H802 has H2100 a discharge H2101 of her blood H1818 for many H7227 days H3117, not at the period H6256 of her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079, or H176 if H3588 she has H2100 a discharge H2100 beyond H5921 [fn]that period H5079, for all H3605 the days H3117 of her impure H2932 discharge H2101 she shall continue H1961 as though [fn]in her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079; she is unclean H2931.
“Tell H1696 your brother H251 Aaron H175 that he shall not enter H935 at [fn]any H3605 time H6256 into the Holy H6944 Place H6944 inside H4480 H1004 the veil H6532, before H413 H6440 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 which H834 is on the ark H727, or H3808 he will die H4191; for I will appear H7200 in the cloud H6051 over H5921 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727.
‘And anyone H376 from the house H1004 of Israel H3478, or from the strangers H1616 who reside H1481 among H8432 them, who H834 eats H398 any H3605 blood H1818, I will set H5414 My face H6440 against that person H5315 who eats H398 the blood H1818, and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.
‘Anyone H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the strangers H1616 residing H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his [fn]children H2233 to Molech H4432, shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68.
‘When you reap H7114 the harvest H7105 of your land H776, moreover, you shall not reap H7114 to the very H3615 edges H6285 of your field H7704 nor H3808 gather H3950 the gleaning H3951 of your harvest H7105; you are to leave H5800 them for the needy H6041 and the stranger H1616. I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.'”
‘On exactly H389 the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320, when you have gathered H622 in H622 the crops H8393 of the land H776, you shall celebrate H2287 the feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 for seven H7651 days H3117, with a [fn]rest H7677 on the first H7223 day H3117 and a [fn]rest H7677 on the eighth H8066 day H3117.
‘Likewise, if H3588 a man H376 sells H4376 a dwelling H4186 house H1004 in a walled H2346 city H5892, then his redemption H1353 right H1353 remains H1961 valid until H5704 a full H8552 year H8141 after H4480 its sale H4465; his right H1353 of H1353 redemption H1353 lasts H1961 a full H3117 year H3117.
‘You shall not make H6213 for yourselves idols H457, nor H3808 shall you set H6965 up H6965 for yourselves a carved H6459 image H6459 or a memorial H4676 stone H4676, nor H3808 shall you place H5414 a figured H4906 stone H68 in your land H776 to bow H2331 down H2331 [fn]to it; for I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, Israel's H3478 firstborn H1060, their descendants H8435 by their families H4940, by their fathers' H1 households H1004, according to the number H4557 of names H8034, head H1538 by head H1538, every H3605 male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 to war H6635,
Of the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095, their descendants H8435 by their families H4940, by their fathers' H1 households H1004, their numbered H6485 men, according to the number H4557 of names H8034, head H1538 by head H1538, every H3605 male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 to war H6635,
Of the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, namely, of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669, their descendants H8435 by their families H4940, by their fathers' H1 households H1004, according to the number H4557 of names H8034, from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 to war H6635,
“Now the responsibility H6486 of Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 is the oil H8081 for the light H3974, the fragrant H5561 incense H7004, the continual H8548 grain offering H4503, and the anointing H4888 oil H8081—the responsibility H6486 of all H3605 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and everything H3605 that is in it, with the sanctuary H6944 and its furnishings H3627.”
Now when Moses H4872 entered H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 to speak H1696 with Him, he heard H8085 the voice H6963 speaking H1696 to him from above H5921 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 that was on the ark H727 of the testimony H5715, from between H996 the two H8147 [fn]cherubim H3742; so He spoke H1696 to him.
Now the people H5971 became H1961 like those who complain H596 of adversity H7451 in the ears H241 of the LORD H3068; and the LORD H3068 heard H8085 them and His anger H639 was kindled H2734, and the fire H784 of the LORD H3068 burned H1197 among them and consumed H398 some at the outskirts H7097 of the camp H4264.
But two H8147 men H376 had remained H7604 in the camp H4264; the name H8034 of the one H259 was Eldad H419, and the name H8034 of the [fn]other H8145, Medad H4312. And the Spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon them (and they were among those who had been registered H3789, but had not gone H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168), and they prophesied H5012 in the camp H4264.
‘You shall present H6213 these H428 to the LORD H3068 at your appointed H4150 times H4150, besides H905 H4480 your vowed H5088 offerings H5088 and your [fn]voluntary H5071 offerings H5071, for your burnt H5930 offerings H5930, your grain offerings H4503, your drink H5262 offerings H5262, and for your peace H8002 offerings H8002.'”
Then Aaron H175 the priest H3548 went H5927 up H5927 to Mount H2022 Hor H2023 at the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068, and died H4191 there H8033 in the fortieth H705 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had come H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on the first H259 day in the fifth H2549 month H2320.
“Then all H3605 of you approached H7126 me and said H559, ‘Let us send H7971 men H376 ahead H6440 of us, so that they may spy H2658 out H2658 the land H776 for us, and bring H7725 back H7725 to us word H1697 of the way H1870 by which H834 we should go H5927 up H5927, and the cities H5892 which H834 we should enter H935.'
“So we passed H5674 beyond H5674 H4480 our brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165, away H4480 from the Arabah H6160 road H1870, away H4480 from Elath H359 and Ezion-geber H6100. And we turned H6437 and passed H5674 through H5674 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Moab H4124.
“Then I commanded H6680 you at that time H6256, saying H559, ‘The LORD H3068 your God H430 has given H5414 you this H2088 land H776 to possess H3423 it; all H3605 you [fn]valiant H2428 men H1121 shall cross H5674 over H5674 armed H2502 ahead H6440 of your brothers H251, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
“These H428 words H1697 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to your whole H3605 assembly H6951 at the mountain H2022 from the midst H8432 of the fire H784, from the cloud H6051, and from the thick H6205 darkness H6205, with a great H1419 voice H6963, and He added H3254 nothing H3808 more H3254. He wrote H3789 them on two H8147 tablets H3871 of stone H68 and gave H5414 them to me.
“Now this H2088 is the commandment H4687, the statutes H2706, and the judgments H4941 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 me to teach H3925 you, so that you may do H6213 them in the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are going H5674 over H5674 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it,
“Do not say H559 in your heart H3824 when the LORD H3068 your God H430 has driven H1920 them away H1920 from [fn]you, ‘Because of my righteousness H6666 the LORD H3068 has brought H935 me in H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of this H2088 land H776.' Rather, it is because of the [fn]wickedness H7564 of these H428 nations H1471 that the LORD H3068 is dispossessing H3423 them before H4480 H6440 you.
“And now H6258, Israel H3478, what H4100 does the LORD H3068 your God H430 require H7592 of you, but to [fn]fear H3372 the LORD H3068 your God H430, to walk H1980 in all H3605 His ways H1870 and love H157 Him, and to serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315,
“These H428 are the statutes H2706 and the judgments H4941 which H834 you shall carefully H8104 [fn]follow H6213 in the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of your fathers H1, has given H5414 you to possess H3423 [fn]as H3605 H3117 long H3605 H3117 as you live H2416 on the [fn]earth H127.
“However H7534, you may slaughter H2076 and eat H398 meat H1320 within any H3605 of your gates H8179, [fn]whatever H3605 you desire H185, according to the blessing H1293 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 which H834 He has given H5414 you; the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 alike may eat H398 it, as the gazelle H6643 and the deer H354.
“If H3588 your brother H251, your mother's H517 son H1121, or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323, or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish H2436, or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is like your own soul H5315, entices H5496 you secretly H5643, saying H559, ‘Let's go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods H430' (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known H3045,
“You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the stranger H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town H8179, so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a stranger H5237; for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God H430. You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother's H517 milk H2461.
“If H3588 there is a poor H34 person H34 among you, one H259 of your brothers H251, in any H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 in your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, you shall not harden H553 your heart H3824, nor H3808 close H7092 your hand H3027 from your poor H34 brother H251;
“It shall not seem H7185 difficult H7185 for you when you set H7971 him [fn]free H2670, because H3588 he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with double H4932 the [fn]service H7939 of a hired H7916 worker H7916; so the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do H6213.
“Three H7969 times H6471 a year H8141 all H3605 your males H2138 shall appear H7200 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430 at the place H4725 which H834 He chooses H977: at the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682, at the Feast H2282 of Weeks H7620, and at the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521; and they are not to appear H7200 before H6440 the LORD H3068 empty-handed H7387.
“If H3588 there is found H4672 in your midst H7130, in any H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 who H834 does H6213 what H7451 is H7451 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God H430, by violating H5674 His covenant H1285,
“If H3588 a case H1697 is H6381 too H4480 difficult H6381 for you to decide H4941, between H996 [fn]one kind of homicide H1818 or another H1818, between H996 [fn]one kind of lawsuit H1779 or another H1779, and between H996 [fn]one kind of assault H5061 or another H5061, that are cases H1697 of dispute H7379 in your [fn]courts H8179, then you shall arise H6965 and go H5927 up H5927 to the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977.
“When H3588 you besiege H6696 a city H5892 for a long H7227 time H3117, to make H3898 war H3898 against H5921 it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy H7843 its trees H6086 by swinging H5080 an axe H1631 against H5921 them; for you may eat H398 from them, so you shall not cut H3772 them down H3772. For [fn]is the tree H6086 of the field H7704 a human H120, that it should [fn]be besieged H4692 by you?
“If H3588 you happen H7122 to H7122 come H7122 upon a bird's H6833 nest H7064 along the way H1870, in any H3605 tree H6086 or H176 on the ground H776, with young H667 ones H667 or H176 eggs H1000 in it, and the mother H517 sitting H7257 on the young H667 or H176 on the eggs H1000, you shall not take H3947 the mother H517 with the young H1121;
“When H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a wife H802 and marries H1166 her, and it happens H1961, if she finds H4672 no H3808 favor H2580 in his eyes H5869 because H3588 he has found H4672 some H1697 indecency H6172 in her, that he writes H3789 her a certificate H5612 of divorce H3748, puts H5414 it in her hand H3027, and [fn]sends H7971 her away H7971 from his house H1004,
“Be H8104 careful H8104 about an infestation H5061 of leprosy H6883, that you are H8104 very H3966 attentive H8104 and act H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that the Levitical H3881 priests H3548 teach H3384 you; just H834 as H834 I have commanded H6680 them, you shall be H8104 careful H8104 to act H6213.
“When H3588 you reap H7114 your harvest H7105 in your field H7704 and forget H7911 a sheaf H6016 in the field H7704, you are not to go H7725 back H7725 to get H3947 it; it shall belong H1961 to the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and to the widow H490, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hands H3027.
“When H3588 you have finished H3615 paying H6237 all H3605 the tithe H4643 of your produce H8393 in the third H7992 year H8141, the year H8141 of the tithe H4643, then you shall give H5414 it to the Levite H3881, to the stranger H1616, to the [fn]orphan H3490, and to the widow H490, so that they may eat H398 in your [fn]towns H8179 and be H7646 satisfied H7646.
‘Cursed H779 is the person H376 who H834 makes H6213 a carved H6459 image H6459 or cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541, an abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068, the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of a craftsman H2796, and sets H7760 it up H7760 in secret H5643.' And all H3605 the people H5971 shall reply H6030 and say H559, ‘Amen H543.'
“The LORD H3068 will send H7971 against you curses H3994, panic H4103, and rebuke H4045, in [fn]everything H3605 you undertake H3027 H4916 to do H6213, until H5704 you are destroyed H8045 and until H5704 you perish H6 quickly H4118, on H4480 H6440 account H4480 H6440 of H4480 H6440 the evil H7455 of your deeds H4611, because H834 you have abandoned H5800 Me.
“The LORD H3068 will cause H5414 you to be defeated H5062 by H6440 your enemies H340; you will go H3318 out H3318 one H259 way H1870 against H413 them, but you will flee H5127 seven H7651 ways H1870 from their presence H6440, and you will be an example of terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776.
“So it will be when H3588 all H3605 of these H428 things H1697 have come H935 upon you, the blessing H1293 and the curse H7045 which H834 I have placed H5414 before H6440 you, and you [fn]call H7725 them to mind H3824 in all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has scattered H5080 you,
‘They have made H7065 Me jealous H7065 with what is not God H410;
They have provoked H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols H1892.
So I will make H7065 them jealous H7065 with those who are not a people H5971;
I will provoke H3707 them to H3707 anger H3707 with a foolish H5036 nation H1471,
And with the choice H4022 things H4022 of the earth H776 and its fullness H4393,
And the favor H7522 of Him who dwelt H7931 in H7931 the bush H5572.
Let it come H935 to the head H7218 of Joseph H3130,
And to the top H6936 of H6936 the H6936 head H6936 of the one who was prince H5139 among his brothers H251.
“As the firstborn H1060 of his ox H7794, majesty H1926 is his,
And his horns H7161 are the horns H7161 of the wild H7214 ox H7214;
With them he will gore H5055 the peoples H5971
All H3162 [fn]at H3162 once H3162, to the ends H657 of the earth H776.
And those H1992 are the ten H7233 thousands H7233 of Ephraim H669,
So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 exactly H3651 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680, and took H5375 up H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the encampment H4411 and put H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 the LORD H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when Joshua H3091 was by Jericho H3405, he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, a man H376 was standing H5975 opposite H5048 him with his sword H2719 drawn H8025 in his hand H3027, and Joshua H3091 went H1980 to him and said H559 to him, “Are you for us or H518 for our enemies H6862?”
Then Joshua H3091 made them take H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 at that time H6256, saying H559, “Cursed H779 before H6440 the LORD H3068 is the man H376 who H834 rises H6965 up H6965 and builds H1129 this H2088 city H5892 Jericho H3405; with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he will lay H3245 its foundation H3245, and with the loss of his youngest H6810 son H6810 he will set H5324 up H5324 its gates H1817.”
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that is in your hand H3027 toward H413 Ai H5857, for I will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to you.” So Joshua H3091 reached H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that was in his hand H3027 toward H413 the city H5892.
Now when Israel H3478 had finished H3615 killing H2026 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai H5857 in the field H7704 in the wilderness H4057 where H834 they pursued H7291 them, and all H3605 of them had fallen H5307 by the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 until H5704 they were destroyed H8552, then all H3605 Israel H3478 returned H7725 to Ai H5857 and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, in the hill H2022 country H2022, the lowland H8219, and on all H3605 the coast H2348 of the Great H1419 Sea H3220 toward H413 H4136 Lebanon H3844, the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, heard H8085 about it,
So the sun H8121 stood H1826 still H1826, and the moon H3394 stopped H5975,
Until H5704 the nation H1471 avenged H5358 themselves of their enemies H340.
Is it not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of Jashar H3477? And the sun H8121 stopped H5975 in the middle H2677 of the sky H8064 and did not hurry H213 to go H935 down for about H935 a whole H8549 day H3117.
Now Joshua H3091 captured H3920 Makkedah H4719 on that day H3117, and struck H5221 it and its king H4428 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; he [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 [fn]it and every H3605 [fn]person H5315 who H834 was in it. He left H7604 no H3808 survivor H8300. So he did H6213 to the king H4428 of Makkedah H4719 just H834 as H834 he had done H6213 to the king H4428 of Jericho H3405.
Yet the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 because H4480 H6440 of them, for tomorrow H4279 at this H2088 time H6256 I am going to turn H5414 all H3605 of them over H5414 to Israel H3478 as good as dead H2491; you shall hamstring H6131 their horses H5483 and burn H8313 their chariots H4818 with fire H784.”
Then Joshua H3091 came H935 at that time H6256 and eliminated H3772 the Anakim H6062 from the hill H2022 country H2022, from Hebron H2275, Debir H1688, Anab H6024, and from all H3605 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Israel H3478. Joshua H3091 utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 them with their cities H5892.
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the Valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,
Now these H428 are the territories which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inherited H5157 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 to them as H5157 inheritances H5157,
Then the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 approached H5066 Joshua H3091 in Gilgal H1537, and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 said H559 to him, “You know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 on account H182 of [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea H6947.
Now he gave H5414 to Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 a portion H2506 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, in H413 accordance H413 with H413 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 to Joshua H3091, namely, [fn]Kiriath-arba H7153, Arba being the father H1 of Anak H6061 (that is, Hebron H2275).
Now this was the lot H1486 for the tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519, for he was the firstborn H1060 of Joseph H3130. To Machir H4353 the firstborn H1060 of Manasseh H4519, the father H1 of Gilead H1568, [fn]were allotted H1961 Gilead H1568 and Bashan H1316, because H3588 he was a man H376 of war H4421.
Then the men H376 arose H6965 and went H1980, and Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 those who went H1980 to write H3789 a description of the land H776, saying H559, “Go H1980 and walk H1980 through the land H776 and write H3789 a description of it, and return H7725 to me; then I will cast H7993 lots H1486 for you here H6311 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887.”
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 the LORD H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
And to the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648 thirteen H7969 H6240 cities H5892 were given by lot H1486 from the families H4940 of the tribe H4294 of Issachar H3485, from the tribe H4294 of Asher H836, from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321, and from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 in Bashan H1316.
And to the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648, one of the families H4940 of the Levites H3881, from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519, they gave Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Be-eshterah H1203 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054; two H8147 cities H5892.
Now to the one half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 a possession in Bashan H1316, but to the other half H2677 Joshua H3091 gave H5414 a possession among H5973 their brothers H251 westward H3220 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383. So when H3588 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 them away H7971 to their tents H168, he also blessed H1288 them,
When they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 by the Jordan H3383, [fn]a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758.
Now they buried H6912 the bones H6106 of Joseph H3130, which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 brought H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714, at Shechem H7927, in the plot H2513 of land H7704 which H834 Jacob H3290 had bought H7069 from the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 for a hundred H3967 [fn]pieces H7192 of H7192 money H7192; and they became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Joseph's H3130 sons H1121.
Now the [fn]descendants H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, went H5927 up H5927 from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people H5971.
But Manasseh H4519 did not take H3423 possession H3423 of Beth-shean H1052 and its villages H1323, or Taanach H8590 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Dor H1756 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Ibleam H2991 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Megiddo H4023 and its villages H1323; so the Canaanites H3669 persisted H2974 in living H3427 in this H2088 land H776.
Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053, or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
But when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 out H2199 to the LORD H3068, the LORD H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a deliverer H3467 for them, Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjaminite H1145, a left-handed H334 H3225 H3027 man H376. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 tribute H4503 by [fn]him to Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124.
“At the sound H6963 of those who distribute H2686 water among H996 the watering H4857 places H4857,
There H8033 they will recount H8567 the righteous H6666 deeds H6666 of the LORD H3068,
The righteous H6666 deeds H6666 for His [fn]peasantry H6520 in Israel H3478.
Then H227 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 went H3381 down H3381 to the gates H8179.
Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came H935 and sat H3427 under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 that was in Ophrah H6084, which H834 belonged to Joash H3060 the Abiezrite H33, as his son H1121 Gideon H1439 was beating H2251 out H2251 wheat H2406 in the wine H1660 press H1660 in order to save H5127 it from the Midianites H4080.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him got H7925 up H7925 early H7925, and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.
When Gideon H1439 heard H8085 the account H4557 of the dream H2472 and its interpretation H7667, he bowed H2331 in H2331 worship H2331. Then he returned H7725 to the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Arise H6965, for the LORD H3068 has handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the camp H4264 of Midian H4080!”
So Gideon H1439 and the hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were with him came H935 to the outskirts H7097 of the camp H4264 at the beginning H7218 of the middle H8484 night H821 watch H821, when H389 they had just H389 posted H6965 the watch H8104; and they blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 and smashed H5310 the pitchers H3537 that were in their hands H3027.
Then Gideon H1439 sent H7971 messengers H4397 throughout H3605 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, saying H559, “Come H3381 down H3381 [fn]against H7122 Midian H4080 and take H3920 control H3920 of the waters H4325 ahead of them, as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan H3383.” So all H3605 the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they took H3920 control H3920 of the waters H4325 as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan H3383.
Now Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 were in Karkor H7174, and their [fn]armies H4264 with them, about fifteen H2568 H6240 thousand H505 men, all H3605 who were left H3498 of the entire H3605 [fn]army H4264 of the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924; for the fallen H5307 were 120,000 H3967 H6242 H505 [fn]swordsmen H376 H8025 H2719.
But Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709, and behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. And she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.
Now the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829; and they said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 without H3808 calling H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 H784 your house H1004 down H8313 on you!”
Then it came H1961 about H1961 on the [fn]fourth day H3117 that they said H559 to Samson's H8123 wife H802, “Entice H6601 your husband H376, so that he will tell H5046 us the riddle H2420, or H6435 we will burn H8313 you and your father's H1 house H1004 with fire H784. Have you invited H7121 us to impoverish H3423 us? Is this not so?”
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”
And he said H559 to them,
When he came H935 to Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were like flax H6593 that has burned H1197 with fire H784, and his restraints H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands H3027.
Then Delilah H1807 said H559 to Samson H8123, “Up to now H2008 you have toyed H8524 with me and told H1696 me lies H3577; tell H5046 me [fn]how H4100 you may be bound H631.” And he said H559 to her, “If H518 you weave H707 the seven H7651 locks H4253 of my [fn]hair H7218 with the [fn]web H4545 [fn][and fasten it with the pin, then I will be weak like any other man.”
When Delilah H1807 saw H7200 that he had told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820, she sent H7971 word and called H7121 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430, saying H559, “Come H5927 up H5927 once H6471 more H6471, for he has told H5046 me all H3605 that is in his heart H3820.” Then the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up H5927 to her and brought H5927 up H5927 the money H3701 in their hands H3027.
In those H1992 days H3117 there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 of Israel H3478; and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 was seeking H1245 an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live H3427 in, for until H5704 that day H3117 [fn]an inheritance H5159 had not [fn]been allotted H5307 to them as a possession H5159 among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478.
So the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 and came H935 to Laish H3919, and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, in the way H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 ruler H3423 humiliating H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
Then the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 [fn]said H559 to their kinsmen H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, and a carved H6459 image H6459 and a cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541? Now H6258 then, consider H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”
Then they took H3947 what H834 Micah H4318 had made H6213 and the priest H3548 who H834 had H1961 belonged H1961 to him, and came H935 to Laish H3919, to a people H5971 quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982, and struck H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and they burned H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117, when there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478, that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 [fn]staying H1481 in the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, who took H3947 a concubine H6370 for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063.
Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H6965 out H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and inquired H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 first H8462 for us to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462.”
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 in the assembly H6951?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a solemn H1419 oath H7621 concerning anyone who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
So they said H559, “Behold H2009, there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 from year H3117 to year H3117 in Shiloh H7887, which H834 is on the north H6828 side H6828 of Bethel H1008, on the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the road H4546 that goes H5927 up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem H7927, and on the south H5045 side H5045 of Lebonah H3829.”
And at mealtime H6256 H400 Boaz H1162 said H559 to her, “[fn]Come H5066 here H1988, that you may eat H398 of the bread H3899 and dip H2881 your piece H6595 of H6595 bread H6595 in the vinegar H2558.” So she sat H3427 beside H4480 H6654 the reapers H7114; and he served H6642 her roasted H7039 grain H7039, and she ate H398 and was H7646 satisfied H7646 and had H3498 some left H3498.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to confirm H6965 any H3605 matter H1697: a man H376 removed H8025 his sandal H5275 and gave H5414 it to another H7453; and this H2088 was the way of confirmation H8584 in Israel H3478.
“Those who contend H7378 with the LORD H3068 will be terrified H2865;
Against H5921 them He will thunder H7481 in the heavens H8064,
The LORD H3068 will judge H1777 the ends H657 of the earth H776;
And He will give H5414 strength H5797 to His king H4428,
And will exalt H7311 the [fn]horn H7161 of His anointed H4899.”
Now He fatally H5221 struck H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of the LORD H3068. He struck H5221 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men H376 among the people H5971, and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347.
Then Samuel H8050 spoke H559 to all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “If H518 you are returning H7725 to the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your heart H3824, then remove H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 and the Ashtaroth H6252 from among H8432 you, and direct H3559 your hearts H3824 to the LORD H3068 and serve H5647 Him alone H905; and He will save H5337 you from the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430.”
Now Saul H7586 chose H977 for himself three H7969 thousand H505 men of Israel H3478, of whom two H505 thousand H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Bethel H1008, while a thousand H505 were with Jonathan H3083 at Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144. But he sent H7971 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 away H7971, each H376 to his tent H168.
Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, thirty H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393 and six H8337 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and people H5971 like the sand H2344 which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193 in abundance H7230; and they came H5927 up H5927 and camped H2583 in Michmash H4363, east H6926 of Beth-aven H1007.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H1975 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189 men; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us, because H3588 the LORD H3068 is not limited H4622 to saving H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592!”
Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 were hard-pressed H5065 on that day H3117, for Saul H7586 had put H422 the people H5971 under H422 oath H422, saying H559, “Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 eats H398 food H3899 [fn]before H5704 evening H6153, and before I have avenged H5358 myself on my enemies H340.” So none H3808 H3605 of the people H5971 tasted H2938 food H3899.
Then Saul H7586 said H559, “Let's go H3381 down H3381 after H310 the Philistines H6430 by night H3915 and take H962 plunder H962 among them until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, and let's not leave H7604 a man H376 among them alive H7604.” And they said H559, “Do H6213 whatever H3605 seems good H2896 [fn]to you.” So the priest H3548 said H559, “Let's approach H7126 God H430 here H1988.”
So Saul H7586 said H559 to Jonathan H3083, “Tell H5046 me what H4100 you have done H6213.” And Jonathan H3083 told H5046 him, and said H559, “I did indeed H2938 taste H2938 a little H4592 honey H1706 with the end H7097 of the staff H4294 that was in my hand H3027. Here H2009 I am, I must die H4191!”
Then Saul H7586 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “I did obey H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068, for I went H1980 on the [fn]mission H1870 on which H834 the LORD H3068 sent H7971 me; and I have brought H935 Agag H90 the king H4428 of Amalek H6002, and have completely H2763 destroyed H2763 the Amalekites H6002.
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 are you going to mourn H56 for [fn]Saul H7586, since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478? Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go H1980; I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022, because H3588 I have chosen H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons H1121.”
Now it happened H1961 as they were coming H935, when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine H6430, that the women H802 came H3318 out H3318 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478, singing H7891 and dancing H4246, to meet H7122 King H4428 Saul H7586, with tambourines H8596, with joy H8057 and with other [fn]musical H7991 instruments H7991.
Then Saul H7586 became H2734 very H3966 angry H2734, for this H2088 lyric H1697 [fn]displeased H7489 H5869 him; and he said H559, “They have given H5414 David H1732 credit for ten H7233 thousands H7233, but to me they have given H5414 credit for only thousands H505! Now what more H5750 can he have but the kingdom H4410?”
Then Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David's H1732 house H1004 to watch H8104 him, in order to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 in the morning H1242. But Michal H4324, David's H1732 wife H802, informed H5046 him, saying H559, “If H518 you do not save H4422 your life H5315 tonight H3915, tomorrow H4279 you will be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191!”
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was in Gibeah H1390, sitting H3427 under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him.
Now there was a man H376 in Maon H4584 whose business H4639 was in Carmel H3760; and the man H376 was very H3966 [fn]rich H1419, and he had three H7969 thousand H505 sheep H6629 and a thousand H505 goats H5795. And it came H1961 about H1961 while he was shearing H1494 his sheep H6629 in Carmel H3760
Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was having a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal's H5037 heart H3820 was cheerful H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.
Then Saul H7586 said H559, “I have sinned H2398. Return H7725, my son H1121 David H1732, for I will not harm H7489 you again H5750 since H8478 H834 my life H5315 was H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869 this H2088 day H3117. Behold H2009, I have played H5528 the H5528 fool H5528 and have made H7686 a H7686 very H3966 great H7235 mistake H7686.”
Then David H1732 said H559 to [fn]himself H3820, “Now H6258 I will [fn]perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 to safely H4422 escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Then Saul H7586 will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”
Then David H1732 said H559 to Achish H397, “If H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, have them give H5414 me a place H4725 in one H259 of the cities H5892 in the country H7704, so that I may live H3427 there H8033; for why H4100 should your servant H5650 live H3427 in the royal H4467 city H5892 with you?”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 that the Philistines H6430 gathered H6908 their armed camps H4264 for war H6635, to fight H3898 against Israel H3478. And Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that you will go H3318 out H3318 with me in the camp H4264, you and your men H376.”
Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself by putting H3847 on H3847 different H312 clothes H899, and went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Consult H7080 the spirit H178 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me the one whom H834 I shall [fn]name H559 for you.”
And Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul H7586, “Why H4100 have you disturbed H7264 me by bringing H5927 me up H5927?” Saul H7586 replied H559, “I am H6887 very H3966 distressed H6887, for the Philistines H6430 are waging H3898 war H3898 against me, and God H430 has abandoned H5493 me and no H3808 longer H5750 answers H6030 me, either H1571 through H3027 prophets H5030 or H1571 in dreams H2472; therefore I have called H7121 you, so that you may let H3045 me know H3045 what H4100 I should do H6213.”
Then Saul H7586 immediately H4116 fell H5307 full H4393 length H6967 to the ground H776 and was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372 because H4480 of Samuel's H8050 words H1697; there was no H3808 strength H3581 in him either H1571, because H3588 he had eaten H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899 all H3605 day H3117 and all H3605 night H3915.
Then Achish H397 called H7121 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, you have indeed H3588 been honest H3477, and your [fn]going H3318 out H3318 and your coming H935 in H935 with me in the army H4264 are pleasing H2896 in my sight H5869; for I have not found H4672 evil H7451 in you since H3588 the day H3117 of your coming H935 to me to this H2088 day H3117. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing H2896 in the sight H5869 of the governors H5633.
Then it happened H1961, when David H1732 and his men H376 came H935 to Ziklag H6860 on the third H7992 day H3117, that the Amalekites H6003 had carried H6584 out H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 on the [fn]Negev H5045 and on Ziklag H6860, and had [fn]overthrown H5221 Ziklag H6860 and burned H8313 it with fire H784;
Now when he had brought H3381 him down H3381, behold H2009, they were dispersed H5203 over H5921 all H3605 the land H776, eating H398 and drinking H8354 and celebrating H2287 because of all H3605 the great H1419 plunder H7998 that they had taken H3947 from the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 and from the land H776 of Judah H3063.
When David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David H1732 and [fn]had been left H3427 behind H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor H1308, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, then David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.
Now when the people H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191, they abandoned H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; then the Philistines H6430 came H935 and settled H3427 in them.
Then it came H1961 about H1961 afterward H310 H3651 that David H1732 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068, saying H559, “Shall I go H5927 up H5927 to one H259 of the cities H5892 of Judah H3063?” And the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927.” So David H1732 said H559, “Where H575 shall I go H5927 up H5927?” And He said H559, “To Hebron H2275.”
And behold H2009, the servants H5650 of David H1732 and Joab H3097 came H935 from a raid H1416 and brought H935 a large H7227 amount H7227 of plunder H7998 with them; but Abner H74 was not with David H1732 in Hebron H2275, since H3588 he had let H7971 him go H7971, and he had gone H1980 in peace H7965.
Now Jonathan H3083, Saul's H7586 son H1121, had a son H1121 who was disabled H5223 in both feet H7272. He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the news H8052 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 came H935 from Jezreel H3157, and his nurse H539 picked H5375 him up H5375 and fled H5127. But it happened H1961 that in her hurry H2648 to flee H5127, he fell H5307 and could H6452 no H6452 longer H6452 walk H6452. And his name H8034 was [fn]Mephibosheth H4648.
Now it was reported H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 up H5927 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 to the city H5892 of David H1732 with joy H8057.
Then it happened H1961, as the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 was coming H935 into the city H5892 of David H1732, that Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 looked H8259 down H8259 through H1157 the window H2474 and saw H7200 King H4428 David H1732 leaping H6339 and dancing H3769 before H6440 the LORD H3068; and she was H959 contemptuous H959 of him in her heart H3820.
But when David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 his own household H1004, Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559, “How H4100 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 dignified H3513 himself today H3117! For he exposed H1540 himself today H3117 in the sight H5869 of his servants' H5650 female H519 slaves H519, as one H259 of the rabble H7386 shamelessly H1540 exposes H1540 himself!”
And he [fn]defeated H5221 Moab H4124, and measured H4058 them with the line H2256, making them lie H7901 down H7901 on the ground H776; and he measured H4058 two H8147 lines H2256 to put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, and a full H4393 line H2256 to keep H2421 alive H2421. And the Moabites H4124 became H1961 servants H5650 to David H1732, bringing H5375 tribute H4503.
Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel H3478, and they brought H7843 destruction H7843 on the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389.
“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 at all H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nurtured H2421;
And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.
It would eat H398 [fn]scraps H6595 from him and drink H8354 from his cup H3563 and lie H7901 [fn]in his lap H2436,
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.
Then Absalom H53 her brother H251 said H559 to her, “Has Amnon H550 your brother H251 been H1961 with you? But now H6258 keep H2790 silent H2790, my sister H269, he is your brother H251; do not take H7896 this H2088 matter H1697 to heart H3820.” So Tamar H8559 remained H3427 and was H8074 isolated H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom's H53 house H1004.
Then Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his servants H5288, saying H559, “See H7200 now H4994, when Amnon's H550 heart H3820 is cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, and I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon H550,' then put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191. Do not fear H3372; have I not commanded H6680 you myself H595? Be H2388 courageous H2388 and be [fn]valiant H1121 H2428.”
And David H1732 was going H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of the Mount of Olives H2132, weeping H1058 as he went H5927, and his head H7218 was covered H2645, and he was walking H1980 barefoot H3182. Then all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him each H376 covered H2645 his own head H7218, and they were going H5927 up H5927, weeping H1058 as they went H5927.
Now when H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his advice H6098 had not been [fn]followed H6213, he saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and hanged H2614 himself; so he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in his father's H1 grave H6913.
Now Absalom H53 encountered H7122 the servants H5650 of David H1732. Absalom H53 was riding H7392 on his mule H6505, and the mule H6505 went H935 under H8478 the branches H7730 of a massive H1419 oak H424. Then his head H7218 caught H2388 firmly H2388 in the oak H424, and he was [fn]left H5414 hanging H5414 between H996 the sky H8064 and earth H776, while the mule H6505 that was under H8478 him kept H5674 going H5674.
Then Ahimaaz H290 called H7121 out H7121 and said H559 to the king H4428, “[fn]All is well H7965.” And he prostrated H2331 himself before the king H4428 with his face H639 to the ground H776. And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 is the LORD H3068 your God H430, who H834 has turned H5462 over H5462 the men H376 who H834 raised H5375 their hands H3027 against my lord H113 the king H4428.”
[fn]Then the king H4428 trembled H7264 and went H5927 up H5927 to the chamber H5944 over H5944 the gate H8179 and wept H1058. And this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 he said H559 as he walked H1980: “My son H1121 Absalom H53, my son H1121, my son H1121 Absalom H53! If H4310 H5414 only H4310 H5414 I had died H4191 instead H8478 of H8478 you, Absalom H53, my son H1121, my son H1121!”
Now Israel H3478 had fled H5127, each H376 to his tent H168.
Then Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]grandson H1121 of Saul H7586 came H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; but he had neither H3808 [fn]tended H6213 to H6213 his feet H7272, nor H3808 [fn]trimmed H6213 his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899 since H4480 the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.
Now a worthless H1100 man H376 happened H7122 to be there H8033 whose name H8034 was Sheba H7652, the son H1121 of Bichri H1075, a Benjaminite H376 H3228; and he blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 and said H559,
“We have H369 no H369 share H2506 in David H1732,
Nor H3808 do we have an inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women H802, the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004, and put H5414 them in custody H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with H3557 food H3557, but did not [fn]have H935 relations H935 with H935 them. So they were locked H6887 up H6887 until H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191, living H2424 as widows H491.
Now there was a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 for three H7969 years H8141, year H8141 after H310 year H8141; and David H1732 sought H1245 the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068. And the LORD H3068 said H559, “It is because H413 of Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house H1004, because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to H4191 death H4191.”
And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it out H5186 for herself on the rock H6697, from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 [fn]it rained H5413 on them from the sky H8064; and she [fn]allowed H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 to rest H5117 on them by day H3119 nor H3808 the wild H7704 animals H2416 by night H3915.
“Is my house H1004 not indeed H3588 so H3651 with God H410?
For He has made H7760 an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 with me,
Properly H6186 ordered H6186 in all H3605 things H3605, and secured H8104;
For will He not indeed H3588 make
All H3605 my salvation H3468 and all H3605 my delight H2656 grow H6779?
Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel H6909, who had done great H7227 deeds H6467, [fn]killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and killed H5221 a lion H738 in the middle H8432 of a pit H877 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.
“Now you yourself H859 also H1571 know H3045 what H834 Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 did H6213 to me, what H834 he did H6213 to the two H8147 commanders H8269 of the armies H6635 of Israel H3478, to Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 and to Amasa H6021 the son H1121 of Jether H3500, whom he killed H2026; he also [fn]shed H7760 the blood H1818 of war H4421 in peace H7965. And he put H5414 the blood H1818 of war H4421 on his belt H2290 that was on his waist H4975, and on his sandals H5275 that were on his feet H7272.
Then to Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 the king H4428 said H559, “Go H1980 to Anathoth H6068 to your own field H7704, for you [fn]deserve H376 to die H4194; but I will not put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191 at this H2088 [fn]time H3117, because H3588 you carried H5375 the ark H727 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 before H6440 my father H1 David H1732, and because H3588 you were afflicted H6031 in everything H3605 with which H834 my father H1 was afflicted H6031.”
But it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of three H7969 years H8141, that two H8147 of Shimei's H8096 servants H5650 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah H4601, king H4428 of Gath H1661. And others told H5046 Shimei H8096, saying H559, “Behold H2009, your servants H5650 are in Gath H1661.”
Then Solomon H8010 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472. And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord H136, and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings H8002, and held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon's H8010 reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478, in the month H2320 of Ziv H2099, that is, the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
And his house H1004 where H834 H8033 he was to live H3427, the other H312 courtyard H2691 inward H4480 H1004 from the hall H197, was of this H2088 same workmanship H4639. He also made H6213 a house H1004 like this H2088 hall H197 for Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323, whom H834 Solomon H8010 had married H3947.
Then H227 Solomon H8010 assembled H6950 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the heads H7218 of the tribes H4294, the leaders H5387 of the fathers' H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to King H4428 Solomon H8010 in Jerusalem H3389, to bring H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 from the city H5892 of David H1732, that is, Zion H6726.
“If H3588 there is a famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is a plague H1698, if H3588 there is [fn]blight H7711 or mildew H3420, locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemy H340 harasses H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061, whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to the LORD H3068 [fn]toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
“Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, who H834 has given H5414 rest H4496 to His people H5971 Israel H3478 in accordance with everything H3605 that He [fn]promised H1696; not one H259 word H1697 has [fn]failed H5307 of all H3605 His good H2896 [fn]promise H1697, which H834 He [fn]promised H1696 through H3027 Moses H4872 His servant H5650.
So Solomon H8010 held H6213 the [fn]feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, that is, fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw H7200 that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
To your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
Now an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and told H5608 him all H3605 the deeds H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they reported H5608 to their father H1.
Now Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 reigned H4427 in Judah H3063. Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 the LORD H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Now as for the rest H3499 of all H3605 the acts H1697 of Asa H609 and all H3605 his might H1369, and all H3605 that he did H6213 and the cities H5892 which H834 he built H1129, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063? But in the time H6256 of his old H2209 age H2209 he was H2470 diseased H2470 in his feet H7272.
Now Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 became H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in the thirty-eighth H7970 H8083 year H8141 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 reigned H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 for twenty-two H6242 H8147 years H8141.
And as though it had been H7043 a H7043 trivial H7043 thing H7043 for him to walk H1980 in the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, he married H3947 H802 Jezebel H348 the daughter H1323 of Ethbaal H856 king H4428 of the Sidonians H6722, and went H1980 and served H5647 Baal H1168, and worshiped H2331 him.
Now it happened H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697 that the son H1121 of the woman H802, the mistress H1172 of the house H1004, became H2470 sick H2470; and his [fn]condition H2483 became H1961 very H3966 grave H2389, until H5704 at the end [fn]he was H3498 no H3808 longer H3498 breathing H5397.
So He said H559, “Go H3318 out H3318 and stand H5975 on the mountain H2022 before H6440 the LORD H3068.” And behold H2009, the LORD H3068 was passing H5674 by H5674! And a great H1419 and powerful H2389 wind H7307 was tearing H6561 out H6561 the mountains H2022 and breaking H7665 the rocks H5553 in H7665 pieces H7665 before H6440 the LORD H3068; but the LORD H3068 was not in the wind H7307. And after H310 the wind H7307 there was an earthquake H7494, but the LORD H3068 was not in the earthquake H7494.
So he departed H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 while he was plowing H2790, with twelve H8147 H6240 yoke H6776 of oxen in front H6440 of him, and he with the twelfth H8147 H6240. And Elijah H452 came H5674 over H5674 to him and threw H7993 his cloak H155 on him.
Then the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 are [fn]unanimously H259 H6310 favorable H2896 to the king H4428. Please H4994 let your word H1697 be like the word H1697 of one H259 of them, and speak H1696 favorably H2896.”
So the king again H7725 sent H7971 the captain H8269 of a third H7992 fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572 men. When the third H7992 captain H8269 of fifty H2572 went H5927 up H5927, he came H935 and bowed H3766 down H3766 on his knees H1290 before H5048 Elijah H452, and begged H2603 him and said H1696 to him, “You man H376 of God H430, please H4994 let my life H5315 and the lives H5315 of these H428 fifty H2572 servants H5650 of yours be H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869.
Now he went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 to Bethel H1008; and as he was going H5927 up H5927 by the road H1870, some young H6996 boys H5288 came H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892 and ridiculed H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142; go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142!”
So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 went H1980 with the king H4428 of Judah H3063 and the king H4428 of Edom H123, and they made H5437 a H5437 circuit H5437 of seven H7651 days' H3117 journey H1870. But there was no H3808 water H4325 for the army H4264 or for the cattle H929 that [fn]followed H7272 them.
Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “[fn]Get H2296 H4975 ready H2296 H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not reply H6030 to him. And lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy's H5288 face H6440.”
When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 in front H6440 of him, he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”
Now Naaman H5283, commander H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Aram H758, was a great H1419 man H376 [fn]in the view of his master H113, and eminent H5375 H6440, because H3588 by him the LORD H3068 had given H5414 victory H8668 to Aram H758. The man H376 was also a valiant H2428 warrior H1368, but afflicted H6879 with H6879 leprosy H6879.
Now it happened H1961, when Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430 heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Israel H3478 had torn H7167 his clothes H899, that he sent H7971 word to the king H4428, saying H559, “Why H4100 did you tear H7167 your clothes H899? Just H4994 have him come H935 to me, and he shall learn H3045 that there H3426 is H3426 a prophet H5030 in Israel H3478.”
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his company H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him. And he said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, except H3588 H518 in Israel H3478; so please H4994 accept H3947 a [fn]gift H1293 from your servant H5650 now H6258.”
Then he said H559 to him, “Did my heart H3820 not go H1980 with you, when H834 the man H376 turned H2015 from his chariot H4818 to meet H7122 you? Is it a time H6256 to accept H3947 money H3701 and to accept H3947 clothes H899, olive H2132 groves H2132, vineyards H3754, sheep H6629, oxen H1241, and male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H5650 H8198?
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 a man to cut H5493 off H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 not behind H310 him?”
Then Elisha H477 said H559, “Listen H8085 to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068; this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘About this time H6256 tomorrow H4279 a [fn]measure H5429 of fine H5560 flour H5560 will be sold for a shekel H8255, and two measures H5429 of barley H8184 for a shekel H8255, at the gate H8179 of Samaria H8111.'”
Now the watchman H6822 was standing H5975 on the tower H4026 in Jezreel H3157 and he saw H7200 the [fn]company H8229 of Jehu H3058 as he came H935, and he said H559, “I see H7200 a [fn]company H8229.” And [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “Take H3947 a horseman H7395 and send H7971 him to meet H7122 them and have him [fn]ask H559, ‘Is your intention peace H7965?'”
Then [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “[fn]Get H631 ready H631.” And they [fn]made H631 his chariot H7393 ready H631. Then [fn]Joram H3088 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Ahaziah H274 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3318 out H3318, each H376 in his chariot H7393, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Jehu H3058 and found H4672 him on the [fn]property H2513 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158.
When Ahaziah H274 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 saw H7200 this, he fled H5127 by way H1870 of the garden H1588 house H1004. But Jehu H3058 pursued H7291 him and said H559, “[fn]Shoot H5221 him too H1571, in the chariot H4818.” So they shot him at the ascent H4608 of Gur H1483, which H834 is at Ibleam H2991. But he fled H5127 to Megiddo H4023 and died H4191 there H8033.
Now when he had gone H1980 from there H8033, he [fn]encountered H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]greeted H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, just H834 as H834 my heart H3824 is with your heart H3824?” And Jehonadab H3082 [fn]answered H559, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give H5414 me your hand H3027.” And he gave H5414 him his hand H3027, and he pulled H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Then it came H1961 about H1961, as soon as he had finished H3615 [fn]offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, that Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers H7991, “Go H935 in H935, [fn]kill H5221 them; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out H3318.” So they [fn]killed H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out H7993, and went H1980 to the [fn]sanctuary H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168.
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141 Jehoiada H3077 sent H7971 orders and brought H3947 the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 of the Carites H3746 and of the [fn]guards H7323, and brought H935 them to himself at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. Then he made H3772 a covenant H1285 with them and put H7650 them under H7650 oath H7650 at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and showed H7200 them the king's H4428 son H1121.
Then Jehoash H3060 said H559 to the priests H3548, “All H3605 the money H3701 of the sacred H6944 offerings H6944 which H834 is brought H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, in current H5674 money H3701, both the money H3701 of each H376 man's H376 assessment H6187 and all H3605 the money H3701 [fn]which H834 anyone's H376 heart H3820 prompts H5927 H5921 him to bring H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068,
Instead, Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 [fn]took H3947 a chest H727 and drilled H5344 a hole H2356 in its lid H1817 and put H5414 it beside H681 the altar H4196, on the right H3225 side H3225 as one H376 comes H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and the priests H3548 who guarded H8104 the threshold H5592 put H5414 in it all H3605 the money H3701 that was brought H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and his might H1369, how H834 he fought H3898 and how H834 he recovered H7725 for Israel H3478 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574, which had belonged to Judah H3063, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?
In the days H3117 of Pekah H6492 king H4428 of Israel H3478, [fn]Tiglath-pileser H8407 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 and took H3947 Ijon H5859, Abel-beth-maacah H62, Janoah H3239, Kedesh H6943, Hazor H2674, Gilead H1568, and Galilee H1552, all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali H5321; and he led H1540 [fn]their populations into H1540 exile H1540 to Assyria H804.
Now King H4428 Ahaz H271 went H1980 to Damascus H1834 to meet H7122 Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804, and he saw H7200 the altar H4196 which H834 was at Damascus H1834; and King H4428 Ahaz H271 sent H7971 to Urijah H223 the priest H3548 the [fn]pattern H1823 of the altar H4196 and its model H8403, according to all H3605 its workmanship H4639.
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 people from Babylon H894, Cuthah H3575, [fn]Avva H5755, Hamath H2574, and Sepharvaim H5617, and settled H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So they took H3423 possession H3423 of Samaria H8111 and lived H3427 in its cities H5892.
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661, Rab-saris H7249, and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the road H4546 of the [fn]fuller's H3526 field H7704.
Then Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518, Shebnah H7644, and Joah H3098, said H559 to Rabshakeh H7262, “Speak H1696 now H4994 to your servants H5650 in Aramaic H762, because H3588 we [fn]understand H8085 it; and do not speak H1696 with us in [fn]Judean H3066 [fn]so that the people H5971 who H834 are on the wall H2346 hear H241 you.”
‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I went H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choicest H4004 junipers H1265.
And I entered H935 its farthest H7093 resting H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
‘Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were [fn]powerless H7116 H3027,
They were shattered H2865 and put H954 to H954 shame H954.
They were like the vegetation H6212 of the field H7704 and the green H3419 grass H1877,
Like grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 that is scorched H7711 before H6440 it has grown H7054.
Then it happened H1961 that night H3915 that the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went H3318 out H3318 and struck H5221 185,000 H3967 H8084 H2568 H505 in the camp H4264 of the Assyrians H804; and when the rest got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242, behold H2009, all H3605 of [fn]the 185,000 were [fn]dead H4191 H6297.
In those H1992 days H3117 Hezekiah H2396 became H2470 [fn]mortally H4191 ill H2470. And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030, the son H1121 of Amoz H531, came H935 to him and said H559 to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Set H6680 your house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, for you are going to die H4191 and not live H2421.'”
Furthermore H1571, Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 very H3966 much H7235 innocent H5355 blood H1818 until H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 [fn]from one H6310 end H6310 to another H6310, besides H905 H4480 his sin H2403 into which H834 he misled H2398 Judah H3063, in doing H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.
So Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548, Ahikam H296, Achbor H5907, Shaphan H8227, and Asaiah H6222 went H1980 to Huldah H2468 the prophetess H5031, the wife H802 of Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of [fn]Tikvah H8616, the son H1121 of Harhas H2745, keeper H8104 of the wardrobe H899 (and she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her.
Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548, the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order, and the [fn]doorkeepers H8104 H5592 to bring H3318 out H3318 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the utensils H3627 that had been made H6213 for Baal H1168, for [fn]Asherah H842, and for all H3605 the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635; and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron H6939 Valley, and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel H1008.
Furthermore H1571, the altar H4196 that was at Bethel H1008 and the high H1116 place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, who H834 misled H2398 Israel H3478 into H2398 sin H2398, had made H6213, even H1571 that altar H4196 and the high H1116 place H1116 he tore H5422 down H5422. Then he burned H8313 the high H1116 place H1116, ground H1854 the remains to dust H6083, and burned H8313 the Asherah H842.
Moreover H1571, Josiah H2977 removed H1197 the mediums H178, the spiritists H3049, the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, the idols H1544, and all H3605 the abominations H8251 that were seen H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389, so H4616 that H4616 he might [fn]fulfill H6965 the words H1697 of the Law H8451 which were written H3789 in the book H5612 that Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Now in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427, on the tenth H6218 day of the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his army H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, camped H2583 against H5921 it, and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.
Now on the seventh H7651 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876, a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he defiled H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so he is not enrolled H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who remained H2388 faithful H2388 to him in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.
Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a warrior H376 H2428 of Kabzeel H6909, mighty H7227 in deeds H6467, struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 a lion H738 inside H8432 a pit H953 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.
From Manasseh H4519 some H4480 also defected H5307 to David H1732 when he was about to go H935 to battle H4421 with the Philistines H6430 against H5921 Saul H7586. But they did not help H5826 them, because H3588 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 sent H7971 him away H7971 after consultation H6098, saying H559, “At the cost of our heads H7218 he might defect H5307 to his master H113 Saul H7586.”
All H3605 of these H428, being men H376 of war H4421 who helped H5737 in battle H4634 formation H4634, came H935 to Hebron H2275 with a perfect H8003 heart H3824 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; and all H3605 the rest H7611 of Israel H3478 also H1571 were of one H259 mind H3820 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427.
When the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 came H935 to the city H5892 of David H1732, Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 looked H8259 out H8259 of the window H2474 and saw H7200 King H4428 David H1732 dancing H7540 and celebrating H7832; and she despised H959 him in her heart H3820.
And it came H1961 about H1961, when H834 David H1732 lived H3427 in his house H1004, that David H1732 said H559 to Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, “Look H2009, I am living H3427 in a house H1004 of cedar H730, but the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 is under H8478 tent H3407 curtains H3407.”
Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that Joab H3097 led H5090 out H5090 the army H6635 H2428 and ravaged H7843 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389. And Joab H3097 struck H5221 Rabbah H7237 and overthrew H2040 it.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 this H3651, that war H4421 [fn]broke H5975 out H5975 at [fn]Gezer H1507 with the Philistines H6430; then H227 Sibbecai H5444 the Hushathite H2843 [fn]killed H5221 Sippai H5598, one of the descendants H3211 of the [fn]giants H7497, and they were subdued H3665.
Moreover, David H1732 and the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 set H914 apart H914 for the service H5656 some of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, Heman H1968, and Jeduthun H3038, who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres H3658, harps H5035, and cymbals H4700; and the number H4557 of [fn]those H376 who performed H4399 this service H5656 was:
Now David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the officials H8269 of Israel H3478, the leaders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that served H8334 the king H4428, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the overseers H8269 of all H3605 the property H7399 and livestock H4735 belonging to the king H4428 and his sons H1121, with the officials H5631 and the mighty H1368 men H1368, all H3605 the valiant H2428 warriors H1368.
“As for you, my son H1121 Solomon H8010, know H3045 the God H430 of your father H1, and serve H5647 Him wholeheartedly H8003 H3820 and with a willing H2655 [fn]mind H5315; for the LORD H3068 searches H1875 all H3605 hearts H3824, and understands H995 every H3605 intent H3336 of the thoughts H4284. If H518 you seek H1875 Him, He will let you find H4672 Him; but if H518 you forsake H5800 Him, He will reject H2186 you forever H5703.
Then King H4428 David H1732 said H559 to the entire H3605 assembly H6951, “My son H1121 Solomon H8010, whom alone H259 God H430 has chosen H977, is still young H5288 and inexperienced H7390, and the work H4399 is great H1419; for the [fn]temple H1002 is not for mankind H120, but for the LORD H3068 God H430.
And they made H4427 Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 king H4427 a second H8145 time H8145, and they anointed H4886 him as ruler H5057 for the LORD H3068 and Zadok H6659 as priest H3548.
Then Solomon H8010 began H2490 to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 on Mount H2022 Moriah H4179, where H834 the LORD had appeared H7200 to his father H1 David H1732, at the place H4725 that David H1732 had prepared H3559 on the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of [fn]Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983.
So all H3605 the work H4399 that Solomon H8010 performed H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the [fn]things that his father H1 David H1732 had dedicated H6944, the silver H3701, the gold H2091, and all H3605 the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of God H430.
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to You toward H1870 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
Then Solomon H8010 consecrated H6942 the middle H8432 of the courtyard H2691 that was before H6440 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, for he offered H6213 the burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002 there H8033, because H3588 the bronze H5178 altar H4196 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 was H3201 not able H3201 to contain H3557 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, the grain offering H4503, and the fat H2459.
Then Solomon H8010 brought H5927 Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 up H5927 from the city H5892 of David H1732 to the house H1004 which H834 he had built H1129 for her, for he said H559, “My wife H802 shall not live H3427 in the house H1004 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478, because H3588 [fn]the places H1992 where H834 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 has entered H935 are holy H6944.”
Now according to the ordinance H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their duties H4931 of praise H1984 and ministering H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for this H3651 is what H3651 David H1732, the man H376 of God H430, had commanded H4687.
Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.
Now the rest H7605 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, in the prophecy H5016 of Ahijah H281 the Shilonite H7888, and in the visions H2378 of [fn]Iddo H3260 the seer H2374 concerning H5921 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028?
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.
Everyone H376 to your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
So all H3605 Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.
When the LORD H3068 saw H7200 that they had humbled H3665 themselves, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Shemaiah H8098, saying H559, “They have humbled H3665 themselves, so I will not destroy H7843 them; and I will grant H5414 them a little H4592 deliverance H6413, and My wrath H2534 will not be poured H5413 out H5413 on Jerusalem H3389 by means H3027 of Shishak H7895.
So Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 went H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, and he took H3947 the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the treasures H214 of the king's H4428 palace H1004. He took H3947 everything H3605; he even took H3947 the gold H2091 shields H4043 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213.
So King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 became H2388 powerful H2388 in Jerusalem H3389 and reigned H4427 there. For Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427, and he reigned H4427 for seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 the LORD H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 enrollment H3187? And there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 continually H3605 H3117.
Now when Asa H609 heard H8085 these H428 words H1697 and the [fn]prophecy H5016 which Azariah H5838 the son of Oded H5752 the prophet H5030 spoke, he took H2388 courage H2388 and removed H5674 the abominable H8251 idols H8251 from all H3605 the land H776 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, and from the cities H5892 which H834 he had captured H3920 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669. He then restored H2318 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 which H834 was in front H6440 of the porch H197 of the LORD H3068.
He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601, the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa H609, from the position of queen H1377 mother H1377, because H834 she had made H6213 an abominable H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah H842, and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her abominable H4656 image H4656, crushed H1854 it, and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron H6939.
In the thirty-sixth H7970 H8337 year H8141 of Asa's H609 reign H4438, Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Judah H3063 and [fn]fortified H1129 Ramah H7414 in order to prevent H1115 H5414 anyone from going H3318 out H3318 or coming H935 in H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063.
At that time H6256 Hanani H2607 the seer H7203 came H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and said H559 to him, “Because you have relied H8172 on the king H4428 of Aram H758 and have not relied H8172 on the LORD H3068 your God H430, for that H3651 reason H3651 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 has escaped H4422 from your hand H3027.
Then the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 are [fn]unanimously H259 H6310 favorable H2896 to the king H4428. So please H4994 let your word H1697 be like one H259 of them, and speak H1696 favorably H2896.”
In Jerusalem H3389 Jehoshaphat H3092 also H1571 appointed H5975 some H4480 of the Levites H3881 and priests H3548, and some H4480 of the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of Israel H3478, for the judgment H4941 of the LORD H3068, and [fn]to judge H7378 disputes H7378 among the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.
They rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389: Put H539 your trust H539 in the LORD H3068 your God H430 and you will endure H539. Put H539 your trust H539 in His prophets H5030, and succeed H6743.”
Now Jehoshaphat H3092 reigned H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063. He was thirty-five H7970 H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 for twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Azubah H5806 the daughter H1323 of Shilhi H7977.
Then a letter H4385 came H935 to him from Elijah H452 the prophet H5030, saying H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of your father H1 David H1732 says: ‘Because H8478 H834 you have not walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of your father H1 Jehoshaphat H3092 and the ways H1870 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063,
Then the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 made H4427 [fn]Ahaziah H274, his youngest H6996 son H1121, king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478, for the band H1416 of H1416 men H1416 who came H935 with the Arabs H6163 to the camp H4264 had killed H2026 all H3605 the older H7223 sons. So Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427.
Now the destruction H8395 of Ahaziah H274 was from God H430, in that [fn]he went H935 to Joram H3141. For when he arrived H935, he went H3318 out H3318 with Jehoram H3088 against H413 Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi H5250, whom H834 the LORD H3068 had anointed H4886 to eliminate H3772 the house H1004 of Ahab H256.
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141, Jehoiada H3077 gathered H2388 his courage H2388, and took H3947 captains H8269 of hundreds H3967: Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jeroham H3395, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Johanan H3076, Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Obed H5744, Maaseiah H4641 the son H1121 of Adaiah H5718, and Elishaphat H478 the son H1121 of Zichri H2147, and they entered into a covenant H1285 with him.
Now it happened H1961 at the turn H8622 of the year H8141 that the army H2428 of the Arameans H758 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Joash; and they came H935 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, destroyed H7843 all H3605 the officials H8269 of the people H5971 from among the people H5971, and sent H7971 all H3605 their spoils H7998 to the king H4428 of Damascus H1834.
When they left H1980 him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his own servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and they murdered H2026 him on his bed H4296. So he died H4191, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but they did not bury H6912 him in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.
Moreover, Amaziah H558 assembled H6908 Judah H3063 and appointed H5975 them according to their fathers' H1 households H1004 under commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967 throughout H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144; and he [fn]took H6485 a H6485 census H6485 of those from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 and found H4672 them to be three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 choice H970 men H970, able to go H3318 to war H6635 and handle H270 spear H7420 and shield H6793.
But when he became H2393 strong H2393, his heart H3820 was H1361 so [fn]proud H1361 that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was H4603 untrue H4603 to the LORD H3068 his God H430, for he entered H935 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.
Therefore the LORD H3068 his God H430 handed H5414 H3027 him over H5414 to the king H4428 of Aram H758; and they [fn]defeated H5221 him and carried H7617 from him a great H1419 number of captives H7633, and brought H935 them to Damascus H1834. And he was also H1571 handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, who struck H5221 him with heavy H1419 casualties H4347.
He then stationed H5975 the Levites H3881 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 with cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658, according to the command H4687 of David H1732 and of Gad H1410, the king's H4428 seer H2374, and of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030; for the command H4687 was from the LORD H3068 through H3027 His prophets H5030.
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, broke H7665 the memorial H4676 stones H4676 in H7665 pieces H7665, cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 [fn]they had destroyed H3615 them all H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
And Hezekiah H2396 appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 by their divisions H4256, each H376 according H6310 to his service H5656, both the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, for burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and for peace H8002 offerings H8002, to serve H8334 and to give H3034 thanks H3034 and to praise H1984 in the gates H8179 of the camp H4264 of the LORD H3068.
After H310 this H2088 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Jerusalem H3389 while he was [fn]besieging H5921 Lachish H3923 with all H3605 his forces H4475 with him, against H5921 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and against H5921 all H3605 of Judah H3063 who H834 were in Jerusalem H3389, saying H559,
Now after H310 this H3651 he built H1129 the outer H2435 wall H2346 of the city H5892 of David H1732 on the west H4628 side H4628 of Gihon H1521, in the valley H5158, up to the entrance H935 of the Fish H1709 Gate H8179; and he encircled H5437 the Ophel H6077 with it and made H1361 it very H3966 high H1361. Then he put H7760 army H2428 commanders H8269 in all H3605 the fortified H1219 cities H5892 in Judah H3063.
Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had purged H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the secretary H4206, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 his God H430.
So Hilkiah H2518 and those [fn]whom H834 the king H4428 had told went H1980 to Huldah H2468 the prophetess H5031, the wife H802 of Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of [fn]Tokhath H8445, the son H1121 of Hasrah H2641, the keeper H8104 of the wardrobe H899 (she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her regarding this H2088.
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559,
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414, the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559:
“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 says H559: ‘The LORD H3068, the God H430 of heaven H8064, has given H5414 me all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776, and He has appointed H6485 me to rebuild H1129 for Him a house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, which H834 is in Judah H3063.
Then the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 rose H6965 up H6965, everyone H3605 whose spirit H7307 God H430 had stirred H5782 to go H5927 up H5927 to rebuild H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.
Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389, in the second H8145 month H2320, Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087, and the rest H7605 of their brothers H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, and all H3605 who came H935 from the captivity H7628 to Jerusalem H3389, began H2490 the work and appointed H5975 the Levites H3881 who were twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 to oversee H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Now when the builders H1129 had laid H3245 the foundation H3245 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068, [fn]the priests H3548 stood H5975 in H3847 their apparel H3847 with trumpets H2689, and the Levites H3881, the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, with cymbals H4700, to praise H1984 the LORD H3068 according H5921 to the [fn]directions H3027 of King H4428 David H1732 of Israel H3478.
And in the days H3117 of [fn]Artaxerxes H783, Bishlam H1312, Mithredath H4990, Tabeel H2870, and the rest H7605 of his colleagues H3674 wrote H3789 to Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia H6539; and the [fn]text H3791 of the letter H5406 was written H3789 in Aramaic H762 and translated H8638 from Aramaic H762.
Then the king H4430 sent H7972 a response H6600 to Rehum H7348 the commander H1169 H2942, Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613, and to the rest H7606 of their colleagues H3675 who H1768 live H3488 in Samaria H8115 and in the rest H7606 of the provinces beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103: “Peace H8001. And now H3706,
Then H116 as soon H4481 H1768 as the copy H6573 of King H4430 Artaxerxes' H783 decree H5407 was read H7123 before H6925 Rehum H7348 and Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613 and their colleagues H3675, they went H236 in a hurry H924 to Jerusalem H3390 to the Jews H3062 and stopped H989 them by military H2429 force H153.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them as H3652 follows H3652: “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 [fn]temple H1005 and to finish H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
“I myself, King H4430 Artaxerxes H783, issue H7761 a decree H2942 to all H3606 the treasurers H1490 who H1768 are in the provinces beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, that whatever H3606 H1768 Ezra H5831 the priest H3549, the scribe H5613 of the Law H1882 of the God H426 of heaven H8065, may require H7593 of you, it shall be done H5648 diligently H629,
“And you, Ezra H5831, according to the wisdom H2452 of your God H426 which H1768 is in your hand H3028, appoint H4483 magistrates H8200 and judges H1782 so H1768 that H1768 they may judge H1934 H1778 all H3606 the people H5972 who H1768 are in the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, that is, all H3606 those who know H3046 the laws H1882 of your God H426; and you may teach H3046 anyone who H1768 is H3046 ignorant H3809 H3046 of them.
Now when these H428 things H428 had been completed H3615, the officials H8269 approached H5066 me, saying H559, “The people H5971 of Israel H3478 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 have not separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776, as to their abominations H8441, those of the Canaanites H3669, the Hittites H2850, the Perizzites H6522, the Jebusites H2983, the Ammonites H5984, the Moabites H4125, the Egyptians H4713, and the Amorites H567.
So all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 assembled H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 within the three H7969 days H3117. It was the ninth H8671 month H2320 on the twentieth H6242 of the month H2320, and all H3605 the people H5971 sat H3427 in the public H7339 square H7339 before the house H1004 of God H430, trembling H7460 because H5921 of this matter H1697 and the heavy rain H1653.
But the exiles H1121 H1473 did H6213 so H3651. And [fn]Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 selected H914 men H376 who were the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households for each of their father's H1 households H1004, all H3605 of them by name H8034. So they [fn]convened H3427 on the first H259 day H3117 of the tenth H6224 month H2320 to investigate H1875 the matter H1697.
And it came H1961 about H1961 in the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twentieth H6242 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, that wine H3196 was before H6440 him, and I picked H5375 up H5375 the wine H3196 and gave H5414 it to the king H4428. Now I had not been H1961 sad H7451 in his presence H6440.
Then I said H559 to them, “You see H7200 the bad H7451 situation H7451 we are in, that Jerusalem H3389 is desolate H2720 and its gates H8179 have been burned H3341 by fire H784. Come H1980, let's rebuild H1129 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 so that we will no H3808 longer H5750 be a disgrace H2781.”
Furthermore H1571, since H4480 the day H3117 that I was appointed H6680 to be their governor H6346 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, from the twentieth H6242 year H8141 to the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141, neither H3808 I nor H3808 my kinsmen H251 have eaten H398 the governor's H6346 food H3899 allowance.
Now when H834 it was reported H8085 to Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163, and to the rest H3499 of our enemies H340 that I had rebuilt H1129 the wall H2346, and that no H3808 breach H6556 was left H3498 in it, although H1571 at that time H6256 I had not installed H5975 the doors H1817 in the gates H8179,
When I entered H935 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806, son H1121 of Mehetabel H4105, who H1931 was confined H6113 at home, he said H559, “Let's meet H3259 together H3259 in the house H1004 of God H430, within H8432 the temple H1964, and let's close H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964, for they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you, and they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you at night H3915.”
Then my God H430 put H5414 it into my heart H3820 to assemble H6908 the nobles H2715, the officials H5461, and the other people H5971 to be enrolled H3187 by H3187 genealogies H3187. Then I found H4672 the book H5612 of the genealogy H3188 of those who came H5927 up H5927 first H7223, [fn]in which I found H4672 the following record H3789:
Now the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, some H4480 of the people H5971, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 Israel H3478 lived H3427 in their cities H5892.
And when the seventh H7637 month H2320 came H5060, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were in their cities H5892.
“You alone H905 are the LORD H3068.
You have made H6213 the heavens H8064,
The heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 with all H3605 their [fn]lights H6635,
The earth H776 and everything H3605 that is on it,
The seas H3220 and everything H3605 that is in them.
You give H2421 life H2421 to all H3605 of them,
And the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635 bow H2331 down H2331 before You.
“Then You performed H5414 signs H226 and wonders H4159 against Pharaoh H6547,
Against all H3605 his servants H5650 and all H3605 the people H5971 of his land H776;
For You knew H3045 that they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 toward H5921 them,
And You made H6213 a name H8034 for Yourself as it is this H2088 day H3117.
“They refused H3985 to listen H8085,
And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You performed H6213 among H5973 them;
So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 in [fn]Egypt H4714.
But You are a God H433 of forgiveness H5547,
Gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349,
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in [fn]mercy H2617;
And You did not abandon H5800 them.
You, in Your great H7227 compassion H7356,
Did not abandon H5800 them in the wilderness H4057;
The pillar H5982 of cloud H6051 did not leave H5493 H4480 H5921 them by day H3119,
To guide H5148 them on their way H1870,
Nor H3808 the pillar H5982 of fire H784 by night H3915, to light H215 for them the way H1870 in which H834 they were to go H1980.
“They captured H3920 fortified H1219 cities H5892 and a [fn]fertile H8082 land H127.
They took H3423 possession H3423 of houses H1004 full H4392 of every H3605 good H2898 thing H2898,
Carved H2672 out H2672 cisterns H953, vineyards H3754, olive H2132 groves H2132,
Fruit H3978 trees H6086 in abundance H7230.
So they ate H398, were filled H7646 and put H8080 on H8080 fat H8080,
And lived H5727 luxuriously H5727 in Your great H1419 goodness H2898.
“Therefore You handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to their enemies H6862 who oppressed H6887 them,
But when they cried H6817 out H6817 to You in the time H6256 of their distress H6869,
You heard H8085 from heaven H8064, and according to Your great H7227 compassion H7356
You gave H5414 them [fn]people H3467 who saved H3467 them from the hand H3027 of their enemies H6862.
“But as soon as they had H5117 rest H5117, they did H6213 evil H7451 again H7725 before H6440 You;
Therefore You abandoned H5800 them to the hand H3027 of their enemies H340, so that they ruled H7287 over them.
When they cried H2199 out H2199 again H7725 to You, You heard H8085 from heaven H8064,
And many H7227 times H6256 You rescued H5337 them according to Your compassion H7356,
And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your Law H8451.
Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances H4941,
Which H834, if a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them.
And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck H6203, and would not listen H8085.
“Now H6258 then, our God H430, the great H1419, the mighty H1368, and the awesome H3372 God H410, who keeps H8104 His covenant H1285 and faithfulness H2617,
Do not let all H3605 the hardship H8513 seem H4591 insignificant H4591 before H6440 You,
Which H834 has happened H4672 to H4672 us, our kings H4428, our leaders H8269, our priests H3548, our prophets H5030, our fathers H1, and to all H3605 Your people H5971,
From the days H3117 of the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 to this H2088 day H3117.
Likewise we cast H5307 lots H1486 for the supply H7133 of wood H6086 among the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, and the people H5971 so that they could bring H935 it to the house H1004 of our God H430, according to our fathers' H1 households H1004, at set H2163 times H6256 annually H8141, to burn H1197 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God H430, as it is written H3789 in the Law H8451;
Now the leaders H8269 of the people H5971 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but the rest H7605 of the people H5971 cast H5307 lots H1486 to bring H935 one H259 out of ten H6235 to live H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, the holy H6944 city H5892, while nine-tenths H8672 H3027 remained in the other cities H5892.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the provinces H4082 who H834 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 each H376 lived H3427 on his own property H272 in their cities H5892—the [fn]Israelites H3478, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple H5411 servants H5411, and the [fn]descendants H1121 of Solomon's H8010 servants H5650.
Now at the dedication H2598 of the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 they sought H1245 out H1245 the Levites H3881 from all H3605 their places H4725, to bring H935 them to Jerusalem H3389 so that they could celebrate H6213 the dedication H2598 with joy H8057, with songs H8426 of H8426 thanksgiving H8426 and with songs H7892 to the accompaniment of cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658.
On that day H3117 men H376 were also appointed H6485 over H5921 the chambers H5393 for the supplies H214, the contributions H8641, the first H7225 fruits H7225, and the tithes H4643, to gather H3664 into them from the fields H7704 of the cities H5892 the portions H4521 required by the Law H8451 for the priests H3548 and Levites H3881; for Judah H3063 rejoiced H8057 over H5921 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 who [fn]served H5975.
In those H1992 days H3117 I saw H7200 in Judah H3063 people who were treading H1869 wine H1660 presses H1660 on the Sabbath H7676, and bringing H935 in H935 sacks H6194 of H6194 grain H6194 and loading H6006 them on donkeys H2543, as well H637 as wine H3196, grapes H6025, figs H8384, and every H3605 kind of load H4853, and they were bringing H935 them into Jerusalem H3389 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117. So I admonished H5749 them on the day H3117 they sold H4376 food H6718.
And it came H1961 about H1961 that just H834 as H834 it became H6751 dark H6751 at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 the Sabbath H7676, I ordered H559 that the doors H1817 be shut H5462, [fn]and that they were not to open H6605 them until H5704 after H310 the Sabbath H7676. Then I stationed H5975 some of my servants H5288 at the gates H8179 so that no H3808 load H4853 would enter H935 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117.
When these H428 days H3117 were finished H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a banquet H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the courtyard H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king's H4428 palace H1055.
On the seventh H7637 day H3117, when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, he ordered H559 Mehuman H4104, Biztha H968, Harbona H2726, Bigtha H903, Abagtha H5, Zethar H2242, and Carkas H3752, the seven H7651 eunuchs H5631 who served H8334 in the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325,
Now when the turn H8447 came H5060 for each H5291 young H5291 woman H5291 to go H935 in H935 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, after H4480 the end H7093 of her twelve H8147 H6240 months H2320 under the regulations H1881 for the women H802—for the days H3117 of their beauty H4795 treatment H4795 were completed H4390 as H3651 follows H3651: six H8337 months H2320 with oil H8081 of myrrh H4753 and six H8337 months H2320 with balsam H1314 oil H1314 and the cosmetics H8562 for women H802—
Now when the turn H8447 of Esther H635, the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782 who H834 had taken H3947 her as his daughter H1323, came H5060 to go H935 in H935 to the king H4428, she did not request H1245 anything H1697 except H3588 H518 what H834 Hegai H1896, the king's H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802, [fn]advised H559. And Esther H635 was finding H5375 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who saw H7200 her.
In the first H7223 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, [fn]Pur H6332, that is the lot H1486, was cast H5307 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day H3117 and from month H2320 to month, [fn]until the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, that is the month H2320 Adar H143.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 that Esther H635 put H3847 on H3847 her royal H4438 robes H3847 and stood H5975 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 of the king's H4428 palace H1004 in front H5227 of the king's H4428 [fn]rooms H1004, and the king H4428 was sitting H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 in the [fn]throne H4438 room H1004, opposite H5227 the entrance H6607 to the palace H1004.
Then Haman H2001 went H3318 out H3318 that day H3117 joyful H8056 and pleased H2896 of heart H3820; but when Haman H2001 saw H7200 Mordecai H4782 at the king's H4428 gate H8179 and that he did not stand H6965 up H6965 or tremble H2111 before H4480 him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with anger H2534 against H5921 Mordecai H4782.
Then the king H4428 said H559 to Haman H2001, “Quickly H4116, take H3947 the robe H3830 and the horse H5483 just H834 as H834 you have said H1696, and do H6213 so H3651 for Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064, who is sitting H3427 at the king's H4428 gate H8179; do not fail H5307 to H5307 do H5307 anything H1697 of all H3605 that you have said H1696.”
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.
Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in a royal H4438 robe H3830 of violet H8504 and white H2353, with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple H713; and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 shouted H6670 and rejoiced H8055.
Now in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Adar H143), on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 [fn]day H3117, when H834 the king's H4428 command H1697 and edict H1881 were to be put H6213 into H6213 effect H6213, on the day H3117 when H834 the enemies H340 of the Jews H3064 hoped H7663 to gain H7980 the mastery H7980 over H7980 them, it turned H2015 out H2015 to the contrary H2015 so H834 that H834 the Jews H3064 themselves H1992 gained H7980 mastery H7980 over H7980 those who hated H8130 them.
Now the rest H7605 of the Jews H3064 who H834 were in the king's H4428 provinces H4082 assembled H6950, to defend H5975 their lives H5315 and [fn]rid H5117 themselves H5117 of their enemies H340, and to kill H2026 seventy-five H2568 H7657 thousand H505 of those who hated H8130 them; but they did not lay H7971 their hands H3027 on the plunder H961.
From people H4962 by Your hand H3027, LORD H3068,
From people H4962 [fn]of the world H2465, whose portion H2506 is in this life H2416,
And whose belly H990 You fill H4390 with Your treasure H6840;
They are H7646 satisfied H7646 with children H1121,
And leave H5117 their abundance H3499 to their babies H5768.
I remember H2142 these H428 things H428 and pour H8210 out H8210 my soul H5315 within H5921 me.
For I used to go H5674 over H5674 with the multitude H5519 and walk H1718 them to the house H1004 of God H430,
With a voice H6963 of joy H7440 and thanksgiving H8426, a multitude H1995 celebrating H2287 a H2287 festival H2287.
Like sheep H6629 they sink H7743 down H7743 to [fn]Sheol H7585;
Death H4194 will be their shepherd H7462;
And the upright H3477 will rule H7287 over them in the morning H1242,
And their form H6736 shall be for [fn]Sheol H7585 to consume H1086
[fn]So H4480 that H4480 they have no H4480 lofty H2073 home H2073.
For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.
The fool H5036 has said H559 in his heart H3820, “There H369 is H369 no H369 God H430.”
They are H7843 corrupt H7843, and have committed H8581 abominable H8581 injustice H5766;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good H2896.
For the music director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, God H430, be H2603 gracious H2603 to me,
For my soul H5315 takes H2620 refuge H2620 in You;
And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I will take H2620 refuge H2620
Who H4310 has ascended H5927 into heaven H8064 and descended H3381?
Who H4310 has gathered H622 the wind H7307 in His fists H2651?
Who H4310 has wrapped H6887 the waters H4325 in [fn]His garment H8071?
Who H4310 has established H6965 all H3605 the ends H657 of the earth H776?
What H4100 is His name H8034 or His [fn]Son's H1121 name H8034?
If H518 you see H7200 oppression H6233 of the poor H7326 and denial H1498 of justice H4941 and righteousness H6664 in the province H4082, do not be H8539 shocked H8539 at the [fn]sight H2656; for one [fn]official H1364 watches H8104 over H4480 H5921 another [fn]official H1364, and there are higher H1364 [fn]officials H1364 over H5921 them.
Here H2009 is what H834 I have seen H7200 to be good H2896 and [fn]fitting H3303: to eat H398, to drink H8354, and [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 oneself in all H3605 one's labor H5999 in which H7945 he labors H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 during the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him; for this H1931 is his [fn]reward H2506.
For I have taken H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820, even to [fn]examine H952 [fn]it all H3605, that righteous H6662 people H6662, wise H2450 people H2450, and their deeds H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. People H120 do not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 [fn]awaits H6440 them.
It is the same H834 for all H3605. There is one H259 fate H4745 for the righteous H6662 and for the wicked H7563; for the good H2896, for the clean H2889 and the unclean H2931; for the person who offers H2076 a H2076 sacrifice H2076 and for the one who H834 does not sacrifice H2076. As the good H2896 person H2896 is, so is the sinner H2398; the one who swears H7650 an oath is just as the one who [fn]is afraid H3372 to swear an oath H7621.
Rejoice H8055, young H970 man H970, during your childhood H3208, and let your heart H3820 be H3190 pleasant H3190 during the days H3117 of young H979 manhood H979. And follow H1980 the [fn]impulses H1870 of your heart H3820 and the [fn]desires H4758 of your eyes H5869. Yet know H3045 that God H430 will bring H935 you to judgment H4941 for all H3605 these H428 things H428.
And many H7227 peoples H5971 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980, let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068,
To the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290;
So that He may teach H3384 us [fn]about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For [fn]the law H8451 will go H3318 out H3318 from Zion H6726
Moreover, the LORD H3068 said H559, “Because H3282 H3588 the daughters H1323 of Zion H6726 are H1361 haughty H1361
And walk H1980 with [fn]heads H1627 held H5186 high H5186 and seductive H8265 eyes H5869,
And go H1980 along with mincing H2952 steps H2952
And jingle H5913 the H5913 anklets H5913 on their feet H7272,
He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, cleared H5619 it of H5619 stones H5619,
And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine H8321.
And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it,
And also H1571 carved H2672 out H2672 a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He expected H6960 it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,
For this H3651 reason H3651 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them.
And the mountains H2022 quaked H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
Despite all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 [fn]is H7725 not spent H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the days H3117 of Ahaz H271, the son H1121 of Jotham H3147, the son H1121 of Uzziah H5818, king H4428 of Judah H3063, that Rezin H7526 the king H4428 of Aram H758 and Pekah H6492 the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425, king H4428 of Israel H3478, went H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389 to wage war H4421 against H5921 it, but could H3201 not [fn]conquer H3898 H5921 it.
[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164. In earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He will make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 [fn]his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
So it will be that when H3588 the Lord H136 has completed H1214 all H3605 His work H4639 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on Jerusalem H3389, He will say, “I will [fn]punish H6485 the fruit H6529 of the arrogant H1433 heart H3824 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and the arrogant H7312 pride H8597 of his eyes H5869.”
Now on that day H3117 the remnant H7605 of Israel H3478, and those of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 who H6413 have escaped H6413, will no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 rely H8172 on the one who struck H5221 them, but will truly H571 rely H8172 on the LORD H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.
Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559: “My people H5971, you who dwell H3427 in Zion H6726, do not fear H3372 the Assyrian H804 [fn]who strikes H5221 you with the rod H7626, and lifts H5375 up H5375 his staff H4294 against H5921 you the way H1870 Egypt H4714 did.
They will swoop H5774 down H5774 on the slopes H3802 of the Philistines H6430 on the west H3220;
Together H3162 they will plunder H962 the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924;
[fn]They will possess H4916 H3027 Edom H123 and Moab H4124,
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 will be [fn]subject H4928 to them.
My heart H3820 cries H2199 out H2199 for Moab H4124;
His fugitives H1281 are as far H5704 as Zoar H6820 and Eglath-shelishiyah H5700 H7992,
For they go H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of Luhith H3872 weeping H1065;
Indeed H3588, on the road H1870 to Horonaim H2773 they raise H5782 a cry H2201 of H2201 distress H2201 over their collapse H7667.
Yet gleanings H5955 will be left H7604 in it like the [fn]shaking H5363 of an olive H2132 tree H2132,
Two H8147 or three H7969 olives H1620 on the topmost H7218 H534 branch H534,
Four H702 or five H2568 on the branches H5585 of a fruitful H6509 tree H6509,
Declares H5002 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478.
Which sends H7971 messengers H6735 by the sea H3220,
Even in papyrus H1573 vessels H3627 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Go H1980, swift H7031 messengers H4397, to a nation H1471 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
To a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
At that time H6256 a gift H7862 of H7862 tribute H7862 will be brought H2986 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635
[fn]From a people H5971 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
From a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
A powerful H6978 and oppressive H4001 nation H1471,
Whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 divide H958—
To the place H4725 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, to Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The pronouncement H4853 concerning Egypt H4714:
Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt H4714;
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence H6440,
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.
Your dead H4191 will live H2421;
[fn]Their corpses H5038 will rise H6965.
You who lie H7931 in H7931 the dust H6083, awake H6974 and shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442,
For your dew H2919 is as the dew H2919 of the [fn]dawn H219,
And the earth H776 will [fn]give H5307 birth H5307 to the [fn]departed H7496 spirits H7496.
When its limbs H7105 are H3001 dry H3001, they are broken H7665 off;
Women H802 come H935 and make H215 a H215 fire H215 with them,
For they are not a people H5971 of discernment H998,
Therefore H5921 H3651 their Maker H6213 will not have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them.
And their Creator H3335 will not be H2603 gracious H2603 to them.
It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is eating H398;
But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,
But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889
And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.
So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The pronouncement H4853 concerning the animals H929 of the Negev H5045:
Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish H6695,
From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion H3918, viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent H8314,
They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895,
One who walks H1980 righteously H6666 and speaks H1696 with integrity H4339,
One who rejects H3988 [fn]unjust H1215 H4642 gain H1215
And shakes H5287 his hands H3709 so H4480 that H4480 they hold H8551 no H4480 bribe H7810;
One who stops H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 about bloodshed H1818
And shuts H6105 his eyes H5869 from looking H7200 at H7200 evil H7451;
The sword H2719 of the LORD H3068 is filled H4390 with blood H1818,
It drips H1878 with fat H2459, with the blood H1818 of lambs H3733 and goats H6260,
With the fat H2459 of the kidneys H3629 of rams H352.
For the LORD H3068 has a sacrifice H2077 in Bozrah H1224,
And a great H1419 slaughter H2874 in the land H776 of Edom H123.
In those H1992 days H3117 Hezekiah H2396 became H2470 [fn]mortally H4191 ill H2470. And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030, the son H1121 of Amoz H531, came H935 to him and said H559 to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Set H6680 your house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, for you are going to die H4191 and not live H2421.'”
Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 on high H4791
And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,
The One who brings H3318 out H3318 their [fn]multitude H6635 by number H4557,
He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name H8034;
Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His might H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power H3581,
“I will lead H1980 those who are blind H5787 by a way H1870 they have not known H3045,
In paths H5410 they have not known H3045 I will guide H1869 them.
I will turn H7760 darkness H4285 into light H216 before H6440 them
And uneven H4625 land H4625 into plains H4334.
But this H1931 is a people H5971 plundered H962 and pillaged H8154;
All H3605 of them are trapped H6351 in [fn]caves H2352,
Or are hidden H2244 away in prisons H3608;
They have become H1961 plunder H957, with no H369 one H369 to save H5337 them,
And spoils H4933 with no H369 one H369 to say H559, “Give H7725 them back H7725!”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 your Redeemer H1350, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 says H559:
“For your sake H4616 I have sent H7971 to Babylon H894,
And will bring H3381 them all H3605 down H3381 as fugitives H1281,
[fn]Even the Chaldeans H3778, into the ships H591 [fn]over which they rejoice H7440.
The craftsman H2796 of iron H1270 shapes a cutting H4621 tool H4621 and does H6466 his work H6466 over the coals H6352, [fn]fashioning H3335 it with hammers H4717 and working H6466 it with his strong H3581 arm H2220. He also H1571 gets H7456 hungry H7456 and [fn]his strength H3581 fails H369; he drinks H8354 no H3808 water H4325 and becomes H3286 weary H3286.
Shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442, you heavens H8064, for the LORD H3068 has done H6213 it!
Shout H7321 joyfully H7321, you lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776;
Break H6476 into a shout H7440 of jubilation H7440, you mountains H2022,
Forest H3293, and every H3605 tree H6086 in it;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“The [fn]products H3018 of Egypt H4714 and the merchandise H5504 of [fn]Cush H3568
And the Sabeans H5436, men H376 of stature H4060,
Will come H5674 over H5674 to you and will be yours;
They will walk H1980 behind H310 you, they will come H5674 over H5674 in chains H2131
And will bow H2331 down H2331 to you;
They will plead H6419 with you:
‘[fn]God H410 certainly H389 is [fn]with you, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750,
“But these H428 two H8147 things H8147 will come H935 on you suddenly H7281 in one H259 day H3117:
Loss H7908 of H7908 children H7908 and widowhood H489.
They will come H935 on you in full H8537 measure H8537
In spite of your many H7230 sorceries H3785,
In spite of the great H3966 power H6109 of your spells H2267.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“At a favorable H7522 time H6256 I answered H6030 You,
And on a day H3117 of salvation H3444 I helped H5826 You;
And I will watch H5341 over H5341 You and make H5414 You a covenant H1285 of the people H5971,
To [fn]restore H6965 the land H776, to give H5157 as H5157 inheritances H5157 the deserted H8074 hereditary H5159 lands H5159;
“Then you will say H559 in your heart H3824,
‘Who H4310 has fathered H3205 these H428 for me,
Since I have been bereaved H7909 of H7909 my children H7909
And cannot H1565 conceive H1565, and I am an exile H1540, and a wanderer H5493?
And who H4310 has raised H1431 these H428?
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:
“Behold H2009, I will lift H5375 up H5375 My hand H3027 to the nations H1471
And set H7311 up H7311 My flag H5251 to the peoples H5971;
And they will bring H935 your sons H1121 [fn]in their arms H2684,
And your daughters H1323 will be carried H5375 on their shoulders H3802.
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 one H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 no H369 one H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 redeem H6304?
Or H518 do I have H369 no H369 power H3581 to rescue H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606,
I turn H7760 rivers H5104 into H7760 a wilderness H4057;
Therefore H3651, I will allot H2505 Him a H2505 portion H2505 with the great H7227,
And He will divide H2505 the plunder H7998 with the strong H6099,
Because H8478 H834 He poured H6168 out H6168 His [fn]life H5315 unto death H4194,
And was counted H4487 with wrongdoers H6586;
Yet He Himself H1931 bore H5375 the sin H2399 of many H7227,
“No H3605 H3808 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 you will succeed H6743;
And you will condemn H7561 every H3605 tongue H3956 that [fn]accuses H6965 you in judgment H4941.
This H2088 is the heritage H5159 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068,
And their vindication H6666 is from Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Even those I will bring H935 to My holy H6944 mountain H2022,
And make H8055 them joyful H8055 in My house H1004 of prayer H8605.
Their burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and their sacrifices H2077 will be acceptable H7522 on My altar H4196;
For My house H1004 will be called H7121 a house H1004 of prayer H8605 for all H3605 the peoples H5971.”
And the dogs H3611 are [fn]greedy H5315 H5794, they [fn]are never H3808 satisfied H3045 H7654.
And they are shepherds H7462 who have H3045 no H3808 understanding H995;
They have all H3605 turned H6437 to their own way H1870,
Each H376 one H376 to his unjust H1215 gain H1215, [fn]without H4480 exception H7097.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the high H7311 and exalted H5375 One
Who [fn]lives H7931 forever H5703, whose name H8034 is Holy H6918, says H559:
“I dwell H7931 in a high H4791 and holy H6918 place,
And also with the contrite H1793 and lowly H8217 of spirit H7307
In order to revive H2421 the spirit H7307 of the lowly H8217
“If H518, because H4480 of the Sabbath H7676, you restrain H7725 your foot H7272
From doing H6213 as you wish H2656 on My holy H6944 day H3117,
And call H7121 the Sabbath H7676 a pleasure H6027, and the holy H6918 day of the LORD H3068 honorable H3513,
And honor H3513 it, desisting H6213 H4480 from your own ways H1870,
“Certainly H3588 the coastlands H339 will wait H6960 for Me;
And the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 will come first H7223,
To bring H935 your sons H1121 from afar H7350,
Their silver H3701 and their gold H2091 with them,
For the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 your God H430,
And for the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 because H3588 He has glorified H6286 you.
Who H4310 is this H2088 who comes H935 from Edom H123,
With garments H899 of [fn]glowing H2556 colors H2556 from Bozrah H1224,
This H2088 One H2088 who is majestic H1921 in His apparel H3830,
[fn]Marching H6805 in the greatness H7230 of His strength H3581?
“It is I, the One who speaks H1696 in righteousness H6666, mighty H7227 to save H3467.”
I will make H2142 mention H2142 of the mercies H2617 of the LORD H3068, and the praises H8416 of the LORD H3068,
According H5921 to all H3605 that the LORD H3068 has granted H1580 us,
And the great H7227 goodness H2898 toward the house H1004 of Israel H3478,
Which H834 He has granted H1580 them according to His compassion H7356
“Who H4310 has heard H8085 such H2088 a thing H2088? Who H4310 has seen H7200 such H428 things?
Can a land H776 be [fn]born H2342 in one H259 day H3117?
Can a nation H1471 be given H3205 birth H3205 all H6471 at H6471 once H259 H6471?
As H3588 soon H3588 as H3588 Zion H6726 was H2342 in H2342 labor H2342, she also H1571 delivered H3205 her sons H1121.
“Those who sanctify H6942 and purify H2891 themselves to go to the gardens H1593,
[fn]Following H310 one H259 in the center H8432,
Who eat H398 pig's H2386 flesh H1320, detestable H8263 things H8263, and mice H5909,
Will come H5486 to H5486 an H5486 end H5486 altogether H3162,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“They did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068
Who brought H5927 us up H5927 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714,
Who led H1980 us through the wilderness H4057,
Through a land H776 of deserts H6160 and of pits H7745,
Through a land H776 of drought H6723 and of [fn]deep H6757 darkness H6757,
“How H349 can you say H559, ‘I am not defiled H2930,
I have not gone H1980 after H310 the Baals H1168'?
Look H7200 at your way H1870 in the valley H1516!
Know H3045 what H4100 you have done H6213!
You are a swift H7031 young H1072 camel H1072 running H8308 about H8308 senselessly H8308 on her ways H1870,
God [fn]says H559, “If H2005 a husband H376 divorces H7971 his wife H802
And she leaves H1980 H4480 him
And becomes H1961 another H312 man's H376 wife,
Will he return H7725 to her again H570?
Would that land H776 not be completely H2610 defiled H2610?
But you are a prostitute H2181 with many H7227 [fn]lovers H7453;
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me in the days H3117 of King H4428 Josiah H2977, “Have you seen H7200 what H834 faithless H4878 Israel H3478 did H6213? She went H1980 up on every H3605 high H1364 hill H2022 and under H8478 every H3605 leafy H7488 tree H6086, and she prostituted H2181 herself there H8033.
Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will kill H5221 them,
A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will destroy H7703 them,
A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.
Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out H3318 of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963,
“They will devour H398 your harvest H7105 and your food H3899;
They will devour H398 your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323;
They will devour H398 your flocks H6629 and your herds H1241;
They will devour H398 your vines H1612 and your fig H8384 trees H8384;
They will demolish H7567 your fortified H4013 cities H5892, in which H834 you trust H982, with the sword H2719.
“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?
They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,
Nor H1571 did they know H3045 even H1571 how to be ashamed H3637.
Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;
“Therefore H3651, behold H2009, days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “when it will no H3808 longer H5750 be called H559 Topheth H8612, or the Valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011, but the Valley H1516 of the Slaughter H2028; for they will bury H6912 in Topheth H8612 [fn]because H4480 there H369 is H369 no H369 other place H4725.
“At that time H6256,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “they will bring H3318 out H3318 the bones H6106 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063, the bones H6106 of its leaders H8269, the bones H6106 of the priests H3548, the bones H6106 of the prophets H5030, and the bones H6106 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 from their graves H6913.
“I will certainly H5486 snatch H5486 them away H5486,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 grapes H6025 on the vine H1612
And no H369 figs H8384 on the fig H8384 tree H8384,
And the leaf H5929 will wither H5034;
And what I have given H5414 them will pass H5674 away H5674.”'”
The LORD H3068 of armies H6635, who planted H5193 you, has pronounced H1696 evil H7451 against H5921 you because H1558 of the evil H7451 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and the house H1004 of Judah H3063, which H834 they have [fn]done H6213 to provoke H3707 Me by [fn]offering H6999 sacrifices H6999 to Baal H1168.
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56,
And the vegetation H6212 of the [fn]countryside H3605 H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?
Due to the wickedness H7451 of those who live H3427 in it,
Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away H5595,
Because H3588 people have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our final H319 end H319.”
“As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings H4684,
The outrageous H2154 sin H2154 of your prostitution H2184
On the hills H1389 in the field H7704,
I have seen H7200 your abominations H8251.
Woe H188 to you, Jerusalem H3389!
How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you remain H2891 unclean H3808 H2891?”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to this H2088 people H5971: “So H3651 much H3651 they have loved H157 to wander H5128; they have not restrained H2820 their feet H7272. Therefore the LORD H3068 does not accept H7521 them; now H6258 He will remember H2142 their wrongdoing H5771 and call H6485 their sins H2403 to H6485 account H6485.”
But I said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068! Behold H2009, the prophets H5030 are telling H559 them, ‘You will not see H7200 a sword H2719, nor H3808 will you have H1961 famine H7458; on H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, I will give H5414 you lasting H571 peace H7965 in this H2088 place H4725.'”
Are H3426 there H3426 any H3426 among the [fn]idols H1892 of the nations H1471 who give H1652 rain H1652?
Or H518 can the heavens H8064 grant H5414 showers H7241?
Is it not You, LORD H3068 our God H430?
Therefore we wait H6960 for You,
For You are the one who has done H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428.
“But it will come H1961 about H1961, if H518 you give H8085 your attention H8085 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “to bring H935 no H1115 load H4853 in H935 through the gates H8179 of this H2088 city H5892 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117, but to keep H6942 the Sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy H6942 by doing H6213 no H1115 H3605 work H4399 on it,
Then they said H559, “Come H1980 and let's devise H2803 plans H4284 against H5921 Jeremiah H3414. Certainly H3588 the Law H8451 is not going to be lost H6 by the priest H3548, nor H3808 advice H6098 by the wise H2450, nor H3808 the divine word H1697 by the prophet H5030! Come H1980, and let's strike H5221 at him with our tongue H3956, and let's pay H7181 no H408 attention H7181 to any H3605 of his words H1697.”
Therefore H3651, give H5414 their children H1121 over H5414 to famine H7458
And turn H5064 them over H5064 to the [fn]power H3027 of the sword H2719;
And let their wives H802 become H1961 childless H7909 and widowed H490.
Let their men H376 also be slaughtered H2026 to death H4194,
Their young H970 men H970 struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 by the sword H2719 in battle H4421.
“Also among the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen H7200 a horrible H8186 thing H8186:
The committing H5003 of H5003 adultery H5003 and walking H1980 in deceit H8267;
And they strengthen H2388 the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489,
So that no H1115 one H376 has turned H7725 back H7725 from his wickedness H7451.
‘But like the bad H7451 figs H8384 which H834 cannot H3808 be eaten H398 due H4480 to rottenness H7455,' indeed H3588, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, ‘so H3651 will I give H5414 up H5414 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and his officials H8269, and the remnant H7611 of Jerusalem H3389 who remain H7604 in this H2088 land H776, and the ones who live H3427 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
The word H1697 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 concerning H5921 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah H3063, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063 (that was the first H7224 year H8141 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894),
‘Then it will be when seventy H7657 years H8141 are completed H4390 I will punish H6485 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and that nation H1471,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘for their wrongdoing H5771, and the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778; and I will make H7760 it an everlasting H5769 desolation H8077.
‘A clamor H7588 has come H935 to the end H7097 of the earth H776,
Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has a controversy H7379 with the nations H1471.
He is entering H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with [fn]humanity H1320;
As for the wicked H7563, He has turned H5414 them over H5414 to the sword H2719,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.”
“Zion H6726 will be plowed H2790 like a field H7704,
And Jerusalem H3389 will become H1961 heaps H5856 of H5856 ruins H5856,
And the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 like the [fn]high H1116 places H1116 of a forest H3293.”'
‘And it will be that the nation H1471 or the kingdom H4467 which H834 will not serve H5647 him, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, and will not put H5414 its neck H6677 under the yoke H5923 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, I will punish H6485 that nation H1471 with the sword H2719, with famine H7458, and with plague H1698,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘until H5704 I have eliminated H8552 [fn]it by his hand H3027.
Now in the same H1931 year H8141, in the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the fourth H7243 year H8141, in the fifth H2549 month H2320, Hananiah H2608 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Azzur H5809, who H834 was from Gibeon H1391, spoke H559 to me at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in the sight H5869 of the priests H3548 and all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559,
‘It shall come H1961 about H1961 on that day H3117,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, ‘that I will break H7665 his yoke H5923 from [fn]their necks H6677 and will tear H5423 to H5423 pieces H5423 [fn]their restraints H4147; and strangers H2114 will no H3808 longer H5750 make H5647 [fn]them their slaves H5647.
“Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 them from the north H6828 country H776,
And I will gather H6908 them from the remote H3411 parts H3411 of the earth H776,
Among them those who are blind H5787 and those who limp H6455,
The pregnant H2030 woman H2030 and she who is in H3205 labor H3205, together H3162;
They will return H7725 here H2008 as a great H1419 assembly H6951.
“They will come H935 and shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442 on the height H4791 of Zion H6726,
And they will be radiant H5102 over H413 the [fn]bounty H2898 of the LORD H3068—
Over H5921 the grain H1715, the new H8492 wine H8492, the oil H3323,
And over H5921 the young H1121 of the flock H6629 and the herd H1241.
And their life H5315 will be like a watered H7302 garden H1588,
“Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son H1121?
Is he a delightful H8191 child H3206?
Indeed H3588, as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,
I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;
Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]heart H4578 yearns H1993 for him;
I will certainly H7355 have H7355 mercy H7355 on H7355 him,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Once again H5750 they will speak H559 this H2088 word H1697 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in its cities H5892 when I restore H7725 their fortunes H7622,
‘The LORD H3068 bless H1288 you, O place H5116 of righteousness H6664,
“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Yet again H5750 there will be heard H8085 in this H2088 place H4725, of which H834 you say H559, “It is a waste H2720, without H369 man H120 and without H369 animal H929,” that is, in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 that are deserted H8074, without H369 man H120 and without H369 inhabitant H3427 and without H369 animal H929,
Now in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the ninth H8671 month H2320, all H3605 the people H5971 in Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the people H5971 who came H935 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 to Jerusalem H3389 proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 before H6440 the LORD H3068.
Then King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 word and [fn]had Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 brought H3947 to him at the third H7992 entrance H3996 that is in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and the king H4428 said H559 to Jeremiah H3414, “I am going to ask H7592 you something H1697; do not hide H3582 anything H1697 from me.”
So Jeremiah H3414 said H559 to Zedekiah H6667, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘If H518 you will indeed H3318 surrender H3318 to the officers H8269 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, then [fn]you will live H2421, this H2088 city H5892 will not be burned H8313 with fire H784, and you and your household H1004 will [fn]survive H2421.
“[fn]Your close H7965 friends H376 H7965
Have misled H5496 and overpowered H3201 you;
‘They are also going to bring H3318 out H3318 all H3605 your wives H802 and your sons H1121 to the Chaldeans H3778, and you yourself H859 will not escape H4422 from their hand H3027, but will be seized H8610 by the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and this H2088 city H5892 will be burned H8313 with fire H784.'”
[fn]Now when H834 Jerusalem H3389 was captured H3920 [fn]in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his army H2428 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and laid H6696 siege H6696 to it;
The word H1697 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD H3068 after H310 Nebuzaradan H5018 captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 had released H7971 him from Ramah H7414, when he had taken H3947 him bound H631 in chains H246 among H8432 all H3605 the exiles H1546 of Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063 who were being exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
Now all H3605 the commanders H8269 of the forces H2428 that were in the field H7704, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 over the land H776, and that he had put H6485 him in H6485 charge H6485 of the men H376, women H802, and [fn]children H2945, those of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 who H834 had not been exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
Then all H3605 the men H376 who were H3045 aware H3045 that their wives H802 were burning H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 to other H312 gods H430, along with all H3605 the women H802 who were standing H5975 by, as a large H1419 assembly H6951, [fn]including all H3605 the people H5971 who were living H3427 in Pathros H6624 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, responded H6030 to Jeremiah H3414, saying H559,
This is the message H1697 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 spoke H1696 to Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, when he had written H3789 these H428 words H1697 in a book H5612 [fn]at Jeremiah's H3414 dictation H6310, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, saying H559:
To Egypt H4714, concerning H5921 the army H2428 of Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 king H4428 of Egypt H4714, which H834 was by the river H5104 Euphrates H6578 at Carchemish H3751, which H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 defeated H5221 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063:
“Jacob H3290 My servant H5650, do not fear H3372,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“For I am with you.
For I will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all H3605 the nations H1471
Where H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 you,
Yet I will not make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you;
But I will correct H3256 you properly H4941
And by H5352 no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.”
“Behold H2009, waters H4325 are going to rise H5927 from the north H6828
And become H1961 an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
And overflow H7857 the land H776 and everything H4393 that is in H4393 it,
The city H5892 and those who live H3427 in it;
And the people H120 will cry H2199 out H2199,
And every H3605 inhabitant H3427 of the land H776 will wail H3213.
“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7599 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;
He has also been H8252 peaceful H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,
And he has not been poured H7324 from vessel H3627 to vessel H3627,
Nor H3808 has he gone H1980 into exile H1473.
Therefore H5921 H3651 [fn]he retains H5975 his flavor H2940,
“The one who flees H5127 from the terror H6343
Will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And the one who climbs H5927 up H5927 out of the pit H6354
Will be caught H3920 in the snare H6341;
For I will bring H935 upon her, upon Moab H4124,
The year H8141 of their punishment H6486,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“When I will cause an alarm H8643 of war H4421 to be heard H8085
Against H413 Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;
And it will become H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510,
And her towns H1323 will be set H3341 on fire H784.
Then Israel H3478 will take H3423 possession H3423 of his possessors H3423,”
“Wail H3213, Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!
Cry H6817 out H6817, daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,
Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242 and mourn H5594,
And move H7751 about H7751 inside the walls H1448;
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his leaders H8269.
“Declare H5046 and proclaim H8085 among the nations H1471.
Proclaim H8085 it and lift H5375 up H5375 a flag H5251,
Do not conceal H3582 it. Say H559,
‘Babylon H894 has been captured H3920,
Bel H1078 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954, [fn]Marduk H4781 has been H2865 [fn]shattered H2865;
Her idols H6091 have been put H954 to H954 shame H954, her images H1544 have been H2865 shattered H2865.'
“For a nation H1471 has come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 her from the north H6828; it will make H7896 her land H776 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, and there will be no H3808 inhabitant H3427 in it. Whether H4480 people H120 or H5704 animals H929, they have wandered H5110 off H5110, they have gone H1980!
“In those H1992 days H3117 and at that time H6256,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will come H935, they and the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 as H3162 well H3162; they will go H1980 along weeping H1058 as they go H1980, and it will be the LORD H3068 their God H430 whom they will seek H1245.
Lift H5375 up H5375 a signal H5251 flag H5251 in the land H776,
Blow H8628 a trumpet H7782 among the nations H1471!
Consecrate H6942 the nations H1471 against H5921 her,
Summon H8085 against H5921 her the kingdoms H4467 of Ararat H780, Minni H4508, and Ashkenaz H813;
Appoint H6485 an officer H2951 against H5921 her,
Bring H5927 up H5927 the horses H5483 like bristly H5569 locusts H3218.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559:
“The broad H7342 wall H2346 of Babylon H894 will be completely H6209 demolished H6209,
And her high H1364 gates H8179 will be set H3341 on fire H784;
So the peoples H5971 will labor H3021 for nothing H1767 H7385,
And the nations H3816 become H3286 exhausted H3286 only for fire H784.”
The [fn]command H1697 that H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 [fn]gave H6680 Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, the grandson H1121 of Mahseiah H4271, when he went H1980 with Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 to Babylon H894 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of his reign H4427. (And Seraiah H8304 was quartermaster H8269 H4496.)
Now on the tenth H6218 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876, who [fn]was H5975 H6440 in H5975 H6440 the H5975 H6440 service H5975 H6440 of H5975 H6440 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 belonged to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]sea H3220, which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 and carried H5375 all H3605 their bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-fifth H6242 H2568 of the month H2320, that [fn]Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the first year H8141 of his reign H4438, [fn]showed H5375 favor H5375 H7218 to Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and brought H3318 him out H3318 of prison H1004 H3628.
In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her treasures H4262
That were hers since H4480 the days H3117 of old H6924,
When her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the adversary H6862
And no H369 one H369 helped H5826 her.
“The yoke H5923 of my wrongdoings H6588 is bound H8244;
By His hand H3027 they are woven H8276 together H8276.
They have come H5927 upon my neck H6677;
He has made my strength H3581 [fn]fail H3782.
The Lord H136 has handed H5414 H3027 me over H5414
To those against whom I am H3201 not able H3201 to stand H6965.
The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.
In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,
He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.
He has bent H1869 His bow H7198 like an enemy H340;
His right H3225 hand H3225 is positioned H5324 like an adversary H6862,
And He has killed H2026 everything H3605 that was pleasant H4261 to the eye H5869.
In the tent H168 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
He has poured H8210 out H8210 His wrath H2534 like fire H784.
And He has treated H2554 His [fn]tabernacle H7900 violently H2554, like a despised garden H1588;
He has destroyed H7843 His appointed H4150 [fn]meeting H4150 place H4150.
The LORD H3068 has caused
The appointed H4150 feast H4150 and Sabbath H7676 in Zion H6726 to be forgotten H7911,
My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832,
My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled H2560;
My [fn]heart H3516 is poured H8210 out H8210 on the earth H776
Because H5921 of the [fn]destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971,
When little H5768 ones H5768 and infants H3243 languish H5848
“Arise H6965, whimper H7442 in the night H3915
At the beginning H7218 of the night watches H821;
Pour H8210 out H8210 your heart H3820 like water H4325
Before H5227 the presence H6440 of the Lord H136;
Raise H5375 your hands H3709 to Him
For the life H5315 of your little H5768 ones H5768
“See H7200, LORD H3068, and look H5027!
With whom H4310 have You dealt H5953 this H3541 way H3541?
Should women H802 really H518 eat H398 their [fn]children H6529,
The little H5768 ones H5768 who H2949 were H2949 [fn]born H2949 healthy H2949?
Should priest H3548 and prophet H5030 really H518 be killed H2026
“You called H7121 as on the day H3117 of an appointed H4150 feast H4150
My terrors H4032 on every H5439 side H5439;
And there was no H3808 one who H6412 survived H6412 or escaped H8300
On the day H3117 of the LORD'S H3068 anger H639.
As for those whom H834 I brought H2946 forth H2946 healthy H2946 and whom I raised H7235,
As I looked H7200, behold H2009, a high H5591 wind H7307 was coming H935 from the north H6828, a great H1419 cloud H6051 with fire H784 flashing H3947 intermittently H3947 and a bright H5051 light H5051 around H5439 it, and in its midst H8432 something like gleaming H5869 [fn]metal H2830 in the midst H8432 of the fire H784.
“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559: ‘Clap H5221 your hands H3709, stamp H7554 your foot H7272 and say H559, “Woe H253, because H413 of all H3605 the evil H7451 abominations H8441 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478, which H834 will fall H5307 by the sword H2719, famine H7458, and plague H1698!
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the sixth H8345 year H8141, on the fifth H2568 day of the sixth H8345 month H2320, as I was sitting H3427 in my house H1004 with the elders H2205 of Judah H3063 sitting H3427 before H6440 me, that the hand H3027 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 fell H5307 upon me there H8033.
Now the Spirit H7307 lifted H5375 me up H5375 and brought H935 me to the east H6931 gate H8179 of the LORD'S H3068 house H1004 which faced H6437 eastward H6931. And behold H2009, there were twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179, and among H8432 them I saw H7200 Jaazaniah H2970 son H1121 of Azzur H5809 and Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, leaders H8269 of the people H5971.
Now it came H1961 about H1961, as I prophesied H5012, that Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 died H4191. Then I fell H5307 on my face H6440 and cried H2199 out H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, and said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 GOD H3068! Will You bring H6213 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 to a complete H3617 destruction H3617?”
“Then I passed H5674 by you and saw H7200 you, and behold H2009, [fn]you were at the time H6256 for love H1730; so I spread H6566 My [fn]garment H3671 over H5921 you and covered H3680 your nakedness H6172. I also swore H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 to you and entered H935 into a covenant H1285 with you so that you became H1961 Mine,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.
“But when a righteous H6662 person H6662 turns H7725 away H7725 from his righteousness H6666, commits H6213 injustice H5766 and does H6213 according to all H3605 the abominations H8441 that the wicked H7563 person H7563 does H6213, will he live H2421? All H3605 his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which H834 he has done H6213 will not be remembered H2142 for his treachery H4603 H4604 which H834 he has committed H4603 and his sin H2403 which H834 he has committed H2398; for them he will die H4191.
‘And fire H784 has gone H3318 out H3318 from its stem H4294;
It has consumed H398 its shoots H909 and fruit H6529,
So that there is no H3808 [fn]strong H5797 stem H4294 in it,
A scepter H7626 to rule H4910.'”
This H1931 is a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015, and has become H1961 a song H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015.
“Then I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out H8210 My wrath H2534 on them, to [fn]use H3615 up H3615 My anger H639 against them in the midst H8432 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
“As for you, house H1004 of Israel H3478,” this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Go H1980, serve H5647, everyone H376 of you his idols H1544; [fn]but later H310 you will certainly H518 H369 listen H8085 to Me, and My holy H6944 name H8034 you will no H3808 longer H5750 defile H2490 with your gifts H4979 and your idols H1544.
“Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: ‘Because H3282 you have made H2142 your guilt H5771 known H2142, in that your offenses H6588 are uncovered H1540, so that in all H3605 your deeds H5949 your sins H2403 are seen H7200—because H3282 you have come H2142 to H2142 mind H2142, you will be seized H8610 by the hand H3709.
‘As for you, son H1121 of man H120, will it not be on the day H3117 when I take H3947 from them their stronghold H4581, the joy H4885 of their splendor H8597, that which H4261 is precious H4261 in their eyes H5869 and their [fn]heart's H5315 longing H4853, their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323,
“Your wealth H1952, your wares H5801, your merchandise H4627,
Your seamen H4419 and your sailors H2259,
Your repairers H2388 of leaks H919, your dealers H6148 in merchandise H4627,
And all H3605 your men H376 of war H4421 who H834 are in you,
With all H3605 your contingent H6951 that is in your midst H8432,
“Because H3282 your heart H3820 is H1361 haughty H1361
And you have said H559, ‘I am a god H410,
I sit H3427 in the seat H4186 of [fn]gods H430
In the heart H3820 of the seas H3220';
Yet you are a mortal H120 and not God H410,
Although you make H5414 your heart H3820 like the heart H3820 of God H430—
“You were in Eden H5731, the garden H1588 of God H430;
Every H3605 precious H3368 stone H68 was your covering H4540:
The ruby H124, the topaz H6357 and the diamond H3095;
The beryl H8658, the onyx H7718 and the jasper H3471;
The lapis H5601 lazuli H5601, the turquoise H5306 and the emerald H1304;
And the gold H2091, the workmanship H4399 of your [fn]settings H8596 and [fn]sockets H5345,
Was in you.
On the day H3117 that you were created H1254
They were prepared H3559.
“Behold H2009, I am against H5921 you, Sidon H6721,
And I will appear H3513 in H3513 My glory H3513 in your midst H8432.
Then they will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068, when I execute H6213 judgments H8201 against her,
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “When I gather H6908 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 from the peoples H5971 among whom H834 they are scattered H6327, and show H6942 Myself holy H6942 among them in the sight H5869 of the nations H1471, then they will live H3427 on their land H127 which H834 I gave H5414 to My servant H5650 Jacob H3290.
“Behold H2009, I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714,
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his [fn]canals H2975,
That has said H559, ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.'
“I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness H4057, you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]canals H2975;
You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field H7704; you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered H6908.
I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the animals H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.
“Moreover, I will make H5414 the Nile H2975 canals H2975 dry H2724
And sell H4376 the land H776 into the hands H3027 of evil H7451 men H7451.
And I will make H8074 the land H776 desolate H8074
And [fn]all H4393 that is in H4393 it,
By the hand H3027 of strangers H2114; I the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696.”
‘The cedars H730 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;
The junipers H1265 [fn]could not compare H1819 with its branches H5589,
And the plane H6196 trees H6196 [fn]could not match its branches H6288.
No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could compare H1819 with it in its beauty H3308.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 mourning H56; I closed H3680 the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers H5104. And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up H3607, and I made Lebanon H3844 mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 it.
“To which H4310 among the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 are H1819 you so H3602 alike H1819 in glory H3519 and greatness H1433? Yet you will be brought H3381 down H3381 with the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 to the earth H776 beneath H8482; you will lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with those who were killed H2491 by the sword H2719. This H1931 is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his hordes H1995!”' declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.”
‘You [fn]compared H1819 yourself to a young H3715 lion H3715 of the nations H1471,
Yet you are like the monster H8577 in the seas H3220;
And you burst H1518 forth H1518 in your rivers H5104
“But as for you, son H1121 of man H120, [fn]your fellow H1121 H5971 citizens H5971 who talk H1696 with one H2297 another H259 about you by the walls H7023 and in the doorways H6607 of the houses H1004, speak H1696 one H2297 with another H259, each H376 with his brother H251, saying H559, ‘Come H935 now H4994 and hear H8085 what H4100 the [fn]message H1697 is that comes H3318 from the LORD H3068.'
“Therefore H3651 say H559 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “It is not for your sake H4616, house H1004 of Israel H3478, that I am about to act H6213, but for My holy H6944 name H8034, which H834 you have profaned H2490 among the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 you went H935.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Are you the one H1931 of whom H834 I spoke H1696 in former H6931 days H3117 through H3027 My servants H5650 the prophets H5030 of Israel H3478, who prophesied H5012 in those H1992 days H3117 for many years H8141 that I would bring H935 you against H5921 them?
“And I will make H3045 My holy H6944 name H8034 known H3045 in the midst H8432 of My people H5971 Israel H3478; and I will not allow H2490 My holy H6944 name H8034 to H2490 be H2490 profaned H2490 anymore H5750. But the nations H1471 will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 in Israel H3478.
“Then those who inhabit H3427 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478 will go H3318 out H3318 and make H1197 fires H1197 with the weapons H5402 and burn H5400 them, both [fn]bucklers H4043 and shields H6793, bows H7198 and arrows H2671, war H3027 clubs H4731 and spears H7420, and for seven H7651 years H8141 they will make H1197 fires H784 of them.
“On that day H3117 I will give H5414 Gog H1463 a burial H6913 place H4725 there H8033 in Israel H3478, the valley H1516 of those who pass H5674 by H5674 east H6926 of the sea H3220, and it will block H2629 the way H2629 of those who would pass H5674 by H5674. So they will bury H6912 Gog H1463 there H8033 with all H3605 his horde H1995, and they will call H7121 it the Valley H1516 of [fn]Hamon-gog H1996.
In the twenty-fifth H6242 H2568 year H8141 of our exile H1546, at the beginning H7218 of the year H8141, on the tenth H6218 of the month H2320, in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 after H310 the city H5892 was [fn]taken H5221, on this H2088 very H6106 day H3117 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was upon me and He brought H935 me there H8033.
And behold H2009, there was a wall H2346 on the outside H2351 of the [fn]temple H1004 all H5439 around H5439, and in the man's H376 hand H3027 was a measuring H4060 rod H7070 of six H8337 [fn]cubits H520, [fn]each of which was a [fn]cubit H520 and a hand H2948 width H2948. So he measured H4058 the thickness H7341 of the [fn]wall H2346, one H259 rod H7070; and the height H6967, one H259 rod H7070.
From the outside H2351 to the inner H6442 gate H8179 were [fn]chambers H3957 for the singers H7891 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691, one of which H834 was at the [fn]side H3802 of the north H6828 gate H8179, with [fn]its front H6440 toward H1870 the south H1864, and one H259 at the [fn]side H3802 of the [fn]south gate H8179 facing H6440 H1870 north H6828.
Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers H3957, which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area H1508, they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to the LORD H3068 shall eat H398 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944. There H8033 they shall set H5117 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944, the grain offering H4503, the sin H2403 offering H2403, and the guilt H817 offering H817; for the place H4725 is holy H6918.
“And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a [fn]cubit H520 and a hand H2948 width H2948): the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit H520, and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 all H5439 around H5439 one H259 span H2239; and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar H4196.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “No H3605 H3808 foreigner H1121 H5236 uncircumcised H6189 in heart H3820 and uncircumcised H6189 in flesh H1320, of all H3605 the foreigners H1121 H5236 who H834 are among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, shall enter H935 My sanctuary H4720.
“But the Levitical H3881 priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Zadok H6659, who H834 [fn]took H8104 responsibility H4931 for My sanctuary H4720 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 from Me, shall come H7126 near H7126 to Me to serve H8334 Me; and they shall stand H5975 before H6440 Me to offer H7126 Me the fat H2459 and the blood H1818,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.
“Now when you divide H5307 the land H776 by H5307 lot H5307 for inheritance H5159, you shall offer H7311 [fn]an allotment H8641 to the LORD H3068, a holy H6944 portion H6944 of the land H776; the length H753 shall be a length H753 of twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 [fn]cubits, and the width H7341 shall be [fn]twenty H6235 thousand H505. It shall be holy H6944 within its entire H3605 surrounding H5439 boundary H1366.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559: “The gate H8179 of the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 facing H6437 east H6921 shall be shut H5462 for the six H8337 working H4639 days H3117; but it shall be opened H6605 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117 and opened H6605 on the day H3117 of the new H2320 moon H2320.
“At the festivals H2282 and the appointed H4150 feasts H4150, the grain offering H4503 shall be an ephah H374 [fn]with a bull H6499 and an ephah H374 [fn]with a ram H352, and [fn]with the lambs H3532 as [fn]much H3027 as one is able H3027 to give H4991, and a hin H1969 of oil H8081 [fn]with an ephah H374.
“And beside H5921 the border H1366 of Judah H3063, from the east H6921 side H6285 to the west H3220 side H6285, shall be the [fn]allotment H8641 which H834 you shall [fn]set H7311 apart H7311, twenty-five H6242 H2568 thousand H505 [fn]cubits in width H7341, and in length H753 like one H259 of the portions H2506, from the east H6921 side H6285 to the west H3220 side H6285; and the sanctuary H4720 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
“The remainder H3498 shall be for the prince H5387, on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088 of the holy H6944 allotment H8641 and of the [fn]property H272 of the city H5892; in front H6440 of the twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 cubits of the allotment H8641 toward H5704 the east H6921 border H1366 and westward H3220 in front H6440 of the twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 toward H5921 the west H3220 border H1366, alongside H5980 the portions H2506, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy H6944 allotment H8641 and the sanctuary H4720 of the house H1004 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
But Daniel H1840 [fn]made H7760 up H7760 his mind H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the king's H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 or with the wine H3196 which he drank H4960; so he sought H1245 permission from the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.
Then H116 Arioch H746 hurriedly H927 brought H5954 Daniel H1841 [fn]into the king's H4430 presence H6925 and spoke H560 to him as H3652 follows H3652: “I have found H7912 a man H1400 among H4481 the [fn]exiles H1123 H1547 from Judah H3061 who H1768 can make H3046 the interpretation H6591 known H3046 to the king H4430!”
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 was astounded H8429 and stood H6966 up H6966 quickly H927; he said H560 to his counselors H1907, “Was it not three H8532 men H1400 that we threw H7412 bound H3729 into the middle H1459 of the fire H5135?” They replied H6032 to the king H4430, “Absolutely H3330, O king H4430.”
‘Its foliage H6074 was beautiful H8209 and its fruit H4 abundant H7690,
And in it was food H4203 for all H3606.
The animals H2423 of the field H1251 [fn]found H2927 shade H2927 under H8460 it,
And the birds H6853 of the sky H8065 lived H1753 in its branches H6056,
And all H3606 [fn]living H1321 creatures H1321 fed H2110 from it.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the ground H772,
But with a band H613 of iron H6523 and bronze H5174 around it
In the new H1883 grass H1883 of the field H1251;
And let him be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065,
And let [fn]him share H2508 with the animals H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
‘This H1836 is the dream H2493 that I, King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020, have seen H2370. Now you, Belteshazzar H1096, tell H560 me its interpretation H6591, since H6903 H1768 none H3606 H3809 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of my kingdom H4437 is able H3202 to make H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591; but you are able H3546, because H1768 a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods H426 is in you.'
Then H116 Belshazzar H1113 gave H560 orders H560, and they clothed H3848 Daniel H1841 with purple H711 and put a necklace H2002 of gold H1722 around H5922 his neck H6676, and issued H3745 a H3745 proclamation H3745 concerning H5922 him that he now had H1934 authority H7990 as the third H8531 ruler in the kingdom H4437.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 learned H3046 that the document H3792 was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (and in H5954 his roof H5952 chamber H5952 he had windows H3551 open H6606 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390); and he continued kneeling H1289 on his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, praying H6739 and offering H3029 praise H3029 before H6925 his God H426, just H6903 as he had been doing H5648 previously H4481 H6928.
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“This H3652 is H3652 what H3652 he said H560: ‘The fourth H7244 beast H2423 will be a fourth H7244 kingdom H4437 on the earth H772 which H1768 will be different H8133 from all H3606 the other kingdoms H4437, and will devour H399 the whole H3606 earth H772 and trample H1759 it down H1759 and crush H1855 it.
“And his power H3581 will be H6105 mighty H6105, but not by his own power H3581,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 to H6381 an H6381 extraordinary H6381 degree H6381
And be H6743 successful H6743 and do H6213 as he pleases;
He will [fn]destroy H7843 mighty H6099 men H6099 and [fn]the holy H6918 people H5971.
“And through H5921 his shrewdness H7922
He will make H6743 deceit H4820 a H6743 success H6743 by his [fn]influence H3027;
And he will make H1431 himself great H1431 in his [fn]own mind H3824,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 many H7227 while they are [fn]at ease H7962.
He will even [fn]oppose H5975 H5921 the Prince H8269 of princes H8269,
But he will be broken H7665 without H657 [fn]human H3027 agency H3027.
“Righteousness H6666 belongs to You, Lord H136, but to us [fn]open H6440 shame H1322, as it is this H2088 day H3117—to the men H376 of Judah H3063, the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, and all H3605 Israel H3478, those who are nearby H7138 and those who are far H7350 away in all H3605 the countries H776 to which H834 You have driven H5080 them, because of their unfaithful H4603 H4604 deeds H4604 which H834 they have committed H4603 against You.
In the third H7969 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, a [fn]message H1697 was revealed H1540 to Daniel H1840, who H834 was named H7121 H8034 Belteshazzar H1095; and the [fn]message H1697 was true H571 and it concerned great H1419 [fn]conflict H6635, but he understood H995 the [fn]message H1697 and had an understanding H998 of the vision H4758.
“And at the end H7093 time H6256 the king H4428 of the South H5045 will wage H5055 war H5055 with him, and the king H4428 of the North H6828 will storm H8175 against H5921 him with chariots H7393, horsemen H6571, and with many H7227 ships H591; and he will enter H935 countries H776, overflow H7857 them, and pass H5674 through H5674.
“Now at that time H6256 Michael H4317, the great H1419 prince H8269 who stands H5975 guard over H5921 the sons H1121 of your people H5971, will arise H5975. And there will be a time H6256 of distress H6869 such H834 as never H3808 occurred H1961 since H4480 there was a nation H1471 until H5704 that time H6256; and at that time H6256 your people H5971, everyone H3605 who is found H4672 written H3789 in the book H5612, will be rescued H4422.
The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 came H1961 to Hosea H1954 the son H1121 of Beeri H882, during the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818, Jotham H3147, Ahaz H271, and Hezekiah H2396, kings H4428 of Judah H3063, and during the days H3117 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Joash H3060, king H4428 of Israel H3478.
I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness H4057;
I saw H7200 your forefathers H1 as the earliest H1063 fruit H1063 on the fig H8384 tree H8384 in its first H7225 season.
But they came H935 to Baal-peor H1187 and devoted H5144 themselves to [fn]shame H1322,
And they became H1961 as detestable H8251 as that which H159 they loved H157.
And mourn H5594, you priests H3548;
Wail H3213, you ministers H8334 of the altar H4196!
Come H935, spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in sackcloth H8242,
You ministers H8334 of my God H430,
For the grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262
Have been withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God H430.
Let the priests H3548, the LORD'S H3068 ministers H8334,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “[fn]Spare H2347 Your people H5971, LORD H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a disgrace H2781,
With the nations H1471 jeering H4912 at them.
The LORD H3068 [fn]will answer H6030 and say H559 to His people H5971,
“Behold H2009, I am going to send H7971 you grain H1715, new H8492 wine H8492, and oil H3323,
And you will be H7646 satisfied H7646 in full with [fn]them;
And I will never H3808 again H5750 make H5414 you a disgrace H2781 among the nations H1471.
“And it will come H1961 about H1961 that everyone H3605 H834 who H834 calls H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068
For on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and in Jerusalem H3389
There will be those who H6413 escape H6413,
Just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 has said H559,
Even among the survivors H8300 whom H834 the LORD H3068 calls H7121.
I will gather H6908 all H3605 the nations H1471
And bring H3381 them down H3381 to the Valley H6010 of [fn]Jehoshaphat H3092.
Then I will enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with them there H8033
On H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 My people H5971 and My inheritance H5159, Israel H3478,
Whom H834 they have scattered H6340 among the nations H1471;
And on that day H3117
The mountains H2022 will drip H5197 with [fn]sweet H6071 wine H6071,
And the hills H1389 will flow H1980 with milk H2461,
And all H3605 the brooks H650 of Judah H3063 will flow H1980 with water H4325;
And a spring H4599 will go H3318 out H3318 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068
The words H1697 of Amos H5986, who H834 was among the sheepherders H5349 from Tekoa H8620, which H834 he saw H2372 in visions concerning H5921 Israel H3478 in the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and in the days H3117 of Jeroboam H3379 son H1121 of Joash H3060, king H4428 of Israel H3478, two years H8141 before H6440 the earthquake H7494.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Edom H123, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
And stifled H7843 his compassion H7356;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they ripped H1234 open H1234 the pregnant H2030 women H2030 of Gilead H1568
In H4616 order H4616 to H4616 enlarge H7337 their borders H1366.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“Just H834 as H834 the shepherd H7462 [fn]snatches H5337 from the lion's H738 mouth H6310 a couple H8147 of legs H3767 or H176 a piece H915 of an ear H241,
So H3651 will the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 living H3427 in Samaria H8111 be [fn]snatched H5337 away H5337—
With the corner H6285 of a bed H4296 and the [fn]cover H1833 of a couch H6210!
“I sent H7971 a plague H1698 among you [fn]as in Egypt H4714;
I killed H2026 your young H970 men H970 with the sword H2719, along H5973 with H5973 your captured H7628 horses H5483,
And I made the stench H889 of your camp H4264 rise H5927 up H5927 in your nostrils H639;
Yet you have not returned H7725 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Therefore H3651 because H3282 you impose H1318 heavy H1318 [fn]rent H1318 on the poor H1800
And take H3947 a tribute H4864 of grain H1250 from them,
Though you have built H1129 houses H1004 of cut H1496 stone H1496,
Yet you will not live H3427 in them;
You have planted H5193 beautiful H2531 vineyards H3754, yet you will not drink H8354 their wine H3196.
Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635, the Lord H136 says H559:
“There is mourning H4553 in all H3605 the public H7339 squares H7339,
And in all H3605 the streets H2351 they say H559, ‘Oh H1930 no H1930! Oh H1930 no H1930!'
They also call H7121 the farmer H406 to mourning H60
And [fn]professional H3045 mourners H5092 to mourning H4553 rites H4553.
“Behold H2009 I am about to put H7760 a plumb H594 line H594
In the midst H7130 of My people H5971 Israel H3478.
I will not [fn]spare H5674 them any H5750 longer H3254 H5750.
Then Amaziah H558, the priest H3548 of Bethel H1008, sent H7971 word to Jeroboam H3379 king H4428 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “Amos H5986 has conspired H7194 against H5921 you in the midst H7130 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478; the land H776 is H3201 unable H3808 H3201 to endure H3557 all H3605 his words H1697.
I saw H7200 the Lord H136 standing H5324 beside H5921 the altar H4196, and He said H559,
“Strike H5221 the pillar H3730 capitals H3730 so that the thresholds H5592 will shake H7493,
And break H1214 them on the heads H7218 of them all H3605!
Then I will put H2026 to H2026 death H2026 the rest H319 of them with the sword H2719;
“Then the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 will be a fire H784,
And the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 a flame H3852;
But the house H1004 of Esau H6215 will be like stubble H7179.
And they will set H1814 [fn]them on H1814 fire H1814 and consume H398 [fn]them,
So that there will be no H3808 survivor H8300 of the house H1004 of Esau H6215,”
All H3605 of her idols H6456 will be crushed H3807,
All H3605 of her earnings H868 will be burned H8313 with fire H784,
And all H3605 of her images H6091 I will make H7760 desolate H8077;
For she collected H6908 them from a prostitute's H2181 earnings H868,
And to the earnings H868 of a prostitute H2181 they will return H7725.
“On that day H3117 they will take H5375 up H5375 against H5921 you a [fn]song H4912 of H4912 mocking H4912
And [fn]utter H5091 a song H5092 of H7015 mourning H7015 and say H559,
‘We are completely H7703 destroyed H7703!
He exchanges H4171 the share H2506 of my people H5971;
How H349 He removes H4185 it from me!
To the apostate H7728 He apportions H2505 our fields H7704.'
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 who lead H8582 my people H5971 astray H8582:
When they have something to bite H5391 with their teeth H8127,
They cry H7121 out H7121, “Peace H7965!”
But against H5921 him who H834 puts H5414 nothing H3808 in their mouths H6310
Many H7227 nations H1471 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980 and let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068
And to the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
So that He may teach H3384 us about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For from Zion H6726 will go H3318 forth H3318 the law H8451,
“Arise H6965 and thresh H1758, daughter H1323 of Zion H6726,
For I will make H7760 your horn H7161 iron H1270,
And I will make H7760 your hoofs H6541 bronze H5154,
So that you may pulverize H1854 many H7227 peoples H5971,
And dedicate H2763 to the LORD H3068 their unjust H1215 profit H1215,
And their wealth H2428 to the Lord H136 of all H3605 the earth H776.
The remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290
Will be among the nations H1471,
Among H7130 many H7227 peoples H5971
Like a lion H738 among the animals H929 of the forest H3293,
Like a young H3715 lion H3715 among flocks H5739 of sheep H6629,
Which H834, if H518 he passes H5674 through H5674,
Tramples H7429 and tears H2963,
And there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who H5337 can H5337 rescue H5337.
“The statutes H2708 of Omri H6018
And every H3605 work H4639 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 are maintained H8104,
And you walk H1980 by their plans H4156.
Therefore H4616 I will give H5414 you up H5414 for destruction H8047,
And [fn]your inhabitants H3427 for [fn]derision H8322,
And you will suffer H5375 the taunting H2781 of My people H5971.”
“Behold H2009, I am against H413 you,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635. “I will burn H1197 up H1197 her chariots H7393 in smoke H6227, and a sword H2719 will devour H398 your young H3715 lions H3715; I will eliminate H3772 your prey H2964 from the land H776, and no H3808 longer H5750 will the voice H6963 of your messengers H4397 be heard H8085.”
I heard H8085, and my [fn]inner H990 parts H990 trembled H7264;
At the sound H6963, my lips H8193 quivered H6750.
Decay H7538 enters H935 my bones H6106,
And in H8478 my place H8478 I tremble H7264;
Because H834 I [fn]must wait H5117 quietly H5117 for the day H3117 of distress H6869,
[fn]For the people H5971 to arise H5927 who will attack H1464 us.
Even H3588 if H3588 the fig H8384 tree H8384 does not blossom H6524,
And there H369 is H369 no H369 [fn]fruit H2981 on the vines H1612,
If the yield H4639 of the olive H2132 fails H3584,
And the fields H7709 produce H6213 no H3808 food H400,
Even if the flock H6629 disappears H1504 from the fold H4356,
And there H369 are H369 no H369 cattle H1241 in the stalls H7517,
Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091
Will be H3201 able H3201 to save H5337 them
On the day H3117 of the LORD'S H3068 anger H5678;
And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398
By the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,
For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617,
Flocks H5739 will lie H7257 down H7257 in her midst H8432,
[fn]All H3605 animals H2416 that range in herds H1471;
Both H1571 the [fn]pelican H6893 and the hedgehog H7090
Will spend H3885 their nights H3885 in [fn]the tops H3730 of H3730 her pillars H3730;
[fn]Birds H6963 will sing H7891 in the window H2474,
This H2088 is the presumptuous H5947 city H5892
That dwells H3427 securely H983,
Who says H559 in her heart H3824,
“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation H8047,
A resting H4769 place H4769 for animals H2416!
“I have eliminated H3772 nations H1471;
Their corner H6438 towers H6438 are H8074 deserted H8074.
I have laid H2717 waste H2717 their streets H2351,
With no H1097 one H1097 passing H5674 by H5674;
Their cities H5892 have been laid H6658 waste H6658,
Without H4480 H1097 a person H376, without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427.
“Therefore H3651 wait H2442 for Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“For the day H3117 when I rise H6965 up H6965 as a witness H5707.
Indeed H3588, My decision H4941 is to gather H622 nations H1471,
To assemble H6908 kingdoms H4467,
To pour H8210 out H8210 on them My indignation H2195,
All H3605 My burning H2740 anger H639;
“On that day H3117 you will feel H954 no H3808 shame H954
Because H4480 of all H3605 your deeds H5949
By which H834 you have rebelled H6586 against Me;
For then H227 I will remove H5493 from your midst H7130
Your proud H1346, arrogant H5947 ones H5947,
And you will never H3808 H5750 again H3254 be H1361 haughty H1361
In the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the king H4428, on the first H259 day H3117 of the sixth H8345 month H2320, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 by the prophet H5030 Haggai H2292 to Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, governor H6346 of Judah H3063, and to Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, saying H559,
On the twenty-fourth H6242 H702 day H3117 of the eleventh H6249 H6240 month H2320, that is, the month H2320 Shebat H7627, in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Zechariah H2148 the prophet H5030, the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296, the son H1121 of Iddo H5714, [fn]as follows H559:
“The LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559 this H3541: ‘Let your hands H3027 be strong H2388, you who are listening H8085 in these H428 days H3117 to these H428 words H1697 from the mouth H6310 of the prophets H5030, those who H834 spoke in the day H3117 that the foundation H3245 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 was laid H3245, so that the temple H1964 might be built H1129.
“On that day H3117 I will make H7760 the [fn]clans H505 of Judah H3063 like a firepot H784 H3595 among pieces of wood H6086 and a flaming H784 torch H3940 among sheaves H5995, so they will consume H398 on the right H3225 and on the left H8040 all H3605 the surrounding H5439 peoples H5971, while [fn]the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 again H5750 live H3427 on H8478 their own sites H8478 in Jerusalem H3389.
“And it will come H1961 about H1961 on that day H3117,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, “that I will eliminate H3772 the names H8034 of the idols H6091 from the land H776, and they will no H3808 longer H5750 be remembered H2142; and I will also H1571 remove H5674 the prophets H5030 and the unclean H2932 spirit H7307 from the land H776.
Now this H2088 will be the plague H4046 with which H834 the LORD H3068 will strike H5062 all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 have gone H6633 to war H6633 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389; their flesh H1320 will rot H4743 while they stand H5975 on their feet H7272, and their eyes H5869 will rot H4743 in their sockets H2356, and their tongue H3956 will rot H4743 in their mouth H6310.
“‘A son H1121 honors H3513 his father H1, and a servant H5650 his master H113. Then if H518 I am a father H1, where H346 is My honor H3519? And if H518 I am a master H113, where H346 is My [fn]respect H4172?' says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 to you, the priests H3548 who despise H959 My name H8034! But you say H559, ‘How H4100 have we despised H959 Your name H8034?'
You have wearied H3021 the LORD H3068 with your words H1697. Yet you say H559, “How H4100 have we wearied H3021 Him?” In that you say H559, “Everyone H3605 who does H6213 evil H7451 is good H2896 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and He delights H2654 in them,” or H176, “Where H346 is the God H430 of justice H4941?”
“Then I will come H7126 near H7126 to you for judgment H4941; and I will be a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers H3784, the adulterers H5003, against those who swear H7650 falsely H8267, those who [fn]oppress H6231 the wage H7916 earner H7916 in his wages H7939 or the widow H490 or the [fn]orphan H3490, and those who turn H5186 away H5186 the stranger H1616 from justice and do not [fn]fear H3372 Me,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I went H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choicest H4004 junipers H1265.
And I entered H935 its farthest H7093 resting H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
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