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Then God H430 said H559, “Let Us make H6213 man H120 in Our image H6754, according to Our likeness H1823, so that they will have dominion H7287 over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220 and over the birds H5775 of the [fn]sky H8064 and over the cattle H929 and over all H3605 the earth H776 and over every H3605 creeping H7431 thing H7431 that creeps H7430 on the earth H776.”
Now the serpent H5175 was more H4480 crafty H6175 than H4480 any H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704 which H834 Yahweh H3068 God H430 had made H6213. And he said H559 to the woman H802, “Indeed H637 H3588, has God H430 said H559, ‘[fn]You shall not eat H398 from [fn]any H3605 tree H6086 of the garden H1588'?”
“Because H3588 you have done H6213 this H2088,
Cursed H779 are you more H4480 than H4480 any H3605 of the cattle H929,
And more H4480 than H4480 every H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704;
On your belly H1512 you will go H1980,
“Before H2962 I had finished H3615 speaking H1696 in my heart H3820, behold H2009, Rebekah H7259 was coming H3318 out H3318 with her jar H3537 on her shoulder H7926, and she went H3381 down H3381 to the spring H5869 and drew H7579, and I said H559 to her, ‘Please H4994 give H8248 me a H8248 drink H8248.'
But Joseph H3130 saw H7200 that his father H1 set H7896 his right H3225 hand H3027 on Ephraim's H669 head H7218, and it was displeasing H7489 in his sight H5869; so he took H8551 hold H8551 of his father's H1 hand H3027 to remove H5493 it from Ephraim's H669 head H7218 to Manasseh's H4519 head H7218.
“The blessings H1293 of your father H1
Have surpassed H1396 the blessings H1293 of my ancestors H2029
Up to the [fn]utmost H8379 bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 hills H1389;
May they be on the head H7218 of Joseph H3130,
And on the top H6936 of H6936 the H6936 head H6936 of the one H5139 distinguished H5139 among his brothers H251.
And the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile H2975, with her young H5291 women H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile H2975; and she saw H7200 the [fn]ark H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her maidservant H519, and she took H3947 it to her.
And Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Rise H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and stand H3320 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 [fn]as he comes H3318 out H3318 to the water H4325, and you shall say H559 to him, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, “Let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971, that they may serve H5647 Me.
Now Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Stretch H5186 out H5186 your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, that there may be H1961 hail H1259 on all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on man H120 and on beast H929 and on every H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704, throughout the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Stretch H5186 out H5186 your hand H3027 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for the locusts H697, that they may come H5927 up H5927 on the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and eat H398 every H3605 plant H6212 of the land H776, all H3605 that the hail H1259 has left H7604 remaining H7604.”
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “One H259 more H5750 plague H5061 I will bring H935 on Pharaoh H6547 and on Egypt H4714; after H310 that he will let H7971 you go H7971 from here H2088. When he lets H7971 you go H7971, he will surely H1644 drive H1644 you out H1644 from here H2088 completely H3605.
Now it happened H1961 at midnight H2677 H3915 that Yahweh 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 [fn]dungeon H1004 H953, and all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of cattle H929.
Then the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 was told H5046 that the people H5971 had fled H1272, and the heart H3824 of Pharaoh H6547 and his servants H5650 was H2015 changed H2015 toward H413 the people H5971, and they said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 we have done H6213, that we have let H7971 Israel H3478 go H7971 from serving H5647 us?”
Then the people H5971 saw H7200 that Moses H4872 delayed H954 to come H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022. So the people H5971 assembled H6950 about H5921 Aaron H175 and said H559 to him, “Arise H6965, make H6213 us [fn]gods H430 who H834 will go H1980 before H6440 us; as for this H2088 Moses H4872, the man H376 who H834 brought H5927 us up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, we do not know H3045 what H4100 has become H1961 of him.”
Now it happened 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.
So Moses H4872 took H3947 some H4480 of the anointing H4888 oil H8081 and some H4480 of the blood H1818 which H834 was on the altar H4196 and sprinkled H5137 it on Aaron H175, on his garments H899, on his sons H1121, and on the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him; and he set H6942 Aaron H175 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942, his garments H899 and his sons H1121 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him.
‘When the days H3117 of her cleansing H2892 are fulfilled H4390, for a son H1121 or H176 for a daughter H1323, she shall bring H935 to the priest H3548 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 a one year H8141 old H1121 lamb H3532 for a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a young H1121 pigeon H3123 or H176 a turtledove H8449 for a sin H2403 offering H2403.
“Tell H1696 your brother H251 Aaron H175 that he shall not enter H935 at any H3605 time H6256 into the holy H6944 place inside H4480 H1004 the veil H6532, before H413 H6440 the [fn]mercy H3727 seat H3727 which H834 is on the ark H727, so H3808 that he will not die H4191; for I will appear H7200 in the cloud H6051 over H5921 the mercy H3727 seat H3727.
“Then he shall slaughter H7819 the goat H5795 of the sin H2403 offering H2403 which H834 is for the people H5971 and bring H935 its blood H1818 inside H413 H4480 H1004 the veil H6532 and do H6213 with its blood H1818 as he did H6213 with the blood H1818 of the bull H6499. And he shall sprinkle H5137 it on the mercy H3727 seat H3727 and in front H6440 of the mercy H3727 seat H3727.
‘And any H376 man H376 from the house H1004 of Israel H3478, or from the sojourners H1616 who sojourn 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 blood H1818 and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.
‘Any H376 man H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the sojourners H1616 sojourning H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his seed H2233 to Molech H4432 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death H4191; the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68.
‘And the priest H3548 who is the highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been ordained H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 as a Nazirite H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 for which H834 he dedicated H5144 himself as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 to Yahweh H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
Now when Moses H4872 went H935 into 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]mercy H3727 seat H3727 that was on the ark H727 of the testimony H5715, from between H996 the two H8147 cherubim H3742, so He spoke H1696 to him.
Now there went H5265 forth H5265 a wind H7307 from Yahweh H3068, and it brought H1468 quail H7958 from the sea H3220, and let them fall H5203 beside H5921 the camp H4264, about a day's H3117 journey H1870 on this H3541 side H3541 and a day's H3117 journey H1870 on the other H3541 side H3541, all H5439 around H5439 the camp H4264 and [fn]about two [fn]cubits H520 over the surface H6440 of the ground H776.
Then Balak's H1111 anger H639 burned H2734 against H413 Balaam H1109, and he struck H5606 his [fn]hands H3709 together H5606; and Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam H1109, “I called H7121 you to curse H6895 my enemies H340, but behold H2009, you have blessed H1288 them repeatedly H1288 these H2088 three H7969 times H6471!
And the sons H1121 of Eliab H446:
Nemuel H5241 and Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48. These H1931 are the Dathan H1885 and Abiram H48 who H7148 were H7148 called H7148 upon by the congregation H5712, who H834 contended H5327 against H5921 Moses H4872 and against H5921 Aaron H175 in the congregation H5712 of Korah H7141, when they contended H5327 against H5921 Yahweh H3068,
“When H3588 you [fn]become H3205 the father H3205 of children H1121 and children's H1121 children H1121 and remain H3462 long H3462 in the land H776 and act H7843 corruptly H7843 and make H6213 [fn]a graven H6459 image H6459 in the form H8544 of anything H3605 and do H6213 that which H7451 is H7451 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 so as to provoke H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707,
“Indeed H3588, ask H7592 now H4994 concerning the former H7223 days H3117 which H834 were before H6440 you, since H4480 the day H3117 that God H430 created H1254 [fn]man H120 on the earth H776, and inquire from one end H7097 of the heavens H8064 to the other H7097 H8064. Has anything been done H1961 like this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697, or H176 has anything been heard H8085 like H3644 it?
“These H428 words H1697 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to all H3605 your assembly H6951 at the mountain H2022 from the midst H8432 of the fire H784, of the cloud H6051 and of the dense H6205 gloom H6205, with a great H1419 voice H6963, and He added H3254 no H3808 more H3254. He wrote H3789 them on two H8147 tablets H3871 of stone H68 and gave H5414 them to me.
“However H7534, you may sacrifice 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 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 which H834 He has given H5414 you; the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 may eat H398 of it, as of the gazelle H6643 and the deer H354.
“If H3588 you go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 your enemies H340 and see H7200 horses H5483 and chariots H7393 and people H5971 more H7227 numerous H7227 than H4480 you, do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of them; for Yahweh H3068 your God H430, who H834 brought H5927 you up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, is with you.
“If H3588 you happen H7122 to H7122 come H7122 upon H7122 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, 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;
“If H3588 brothers H251 live H3427 together H3162 and one H259 of them dies H4191 and has H369 no H369 son H1121, then the wife H802 of the one H4191 who H4191 died H4191 shall not be married outside H2351 the family to a strange H2114 man H376. Her husband's H2993 brother H2993 shall go H935 in H935 to her and take H3947 her to himself as wife H802 and perform H2992 the duty H2992 of H2992 a H2992 husband's H2992 brother H2992 to her.
“If H3588 two men H376, a man H376 and his brother H251, are struggling H5327 together H3162, and the wife H802 of one H259 comes H7126 near H7126 to deliver H5337 her husband H376 from the hand H3027 of the one who is striking H5221 him, and she puts H7971 out H7971 her hand H3027 and seizes H2388 his genitals H4016,
“But it will be H1961, if H518 you do not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430, to keep H8104 and to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 with which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 will come H935 upon you and overtake H5381 you:
“Yahweh H3068 will send H7971 upon you the curse H3994, confusion H4103, and rebuke H4045, in all H3605 [fn]that you send H4916 forth H4916 your hand H3027 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 forsaken H5800 Me.
“So all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 shall come H935 on you and pursue H7291 you and overtake H5381 you until H5704 you are destroyed H8045, because H3588 you would not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 to keep H8104 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 He commanded H6680 you.
“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 set H5414 before H6440 you, and you cause these things to return H7725 to your heart H3824 in all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 has banished H5080 you,
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 H5139 distinguished H5139 among his brothers H251.
“Blessed H835 are you, O Israel H3478;
Who H4310 is like H3644 you, a people H5971 saved H3467 by Yahweh H3068,
Who is the shield H4043 of your help H5828
And the sword H2719 of your majesty H1346!
So your enemies H340 will cower H3584 before you,
And you will tread H1869 upon their high H1116 places H1116.”
Now it happened that 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 fell H5307 by the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 until H5704 they were completely H8552 destroyed, then all H3605 Israel H3478 turned H7725 back H7725 to Ai H5857 and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
And they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and 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, a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758.
“Now behold H2009, today H3117 I am going H1980 the way H1870 of all H3605 the earth H776, and you know H3045 in all H3605 your hearts H3824 and in all H3605 your souls H5315 that not one H259 word H1697 of all H3605 the good H2896 words H1697 which H834 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 spoke H1696 concerning H5921 you has failed H5307; all H3605 have come H935 to pass H935 for you; not one word H259 of them has failed H5307.
Now the sons 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.
Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh H3068 came H5927 up H5927 from Gilgal H1537 to Bochim H1066. And he said H559, “I brought H5927 you up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 and led H935 you into the land H776 which H834 I have sworn H7650 to your fathers H1; and I said H559, ‘I will never H3808 H5769 break H6565 My covenant H1285 with you,
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 what H7451 was evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh H3068. So Yahweh H3068 strengthened H2388 Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124 against H5921 Israel H3478 because H5921 H3588 they had done H6213 what H7451 was evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh H3068.
So Gideon H1439 went H935 in H935 and prepared H6213 a young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 and unleavened H4682 bread H4682 from an [fn]ephah H374 of flour H7058; he put H7760 the meat H1320 in a basket H5536 [fn]and the broth H4839 in a pot H6517 and brought H3318 them out H3318 to him under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 and presented H5066 them.
Then the men H376 of the city H5892 arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242, and behold H2009, the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 was torn H5422 down H5422, and the Asherah H842 which H834 was beside H5921 it was cut H3772 down H3772, and the second H8145 bull H6499 was offered H5927 on the altar H4196 which had been built H1129.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him rose 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.
Now they took H3947 what H834 Micah H4318 had made H6213 and the priest H3548 who H834 had H1961 belonged H1961 to him, and they came H935 to Laish H3919, to a people H5971 quiet H8252 and secure H982, and struck H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and they burned H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784.
Then her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, and behold H2009, the woman H802, his concubine H6370, was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
Now Boaz H1162 went H5927 up H5927 to the gate H8179 and sat H3427 down H3427 there H8033, and behold H2009, the kinsman redeemer H1350 of whom H834 Boaz H1162 spoke H1696 was passing H5674 by H5674, so he said H559, “Turn H5493 aside H5493, [fn]my fellow H6423 H492, sit H3427 down H3427 here H6311.” And he turned H5493 aside H5493 and sat H3427 down H3427.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the right H1353 of redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to establish 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 manner of attestation H8584 in Israel H3478.
Then the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gathered H6908 to Mizpah H4709. And the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 against H413 Israel H3478. Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 it and were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Philistines H6430.
Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, 30,000 H7970 H505 chariots H7393 and 6,000 H8337 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 Saul H7586 had taken H3920 the kingdom H4410 over H5921 Israel H3478, and he fought H3898 against all H3605 his enemies H340 on every H5439 side H5439, against Moab H4124, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Edom H123, the kings H4428 of Zobah H6678, and the Philistines H6430; and wherever H3605 H834 he turned H6437, he [fn]inflicted H7561 punishment H7561.
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 will you be grieving H56 over H413 Saul H7586? 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, for I see H7200 among his sons H1121 a king H4428 for Me.”
Then Saul's H7586 anger H639 burned H2734 against Jonathan H3083, and he said H559 to him, “You son H1121 of a perverse H5753, rebellious H4780 woman! Do I not know H3045 that you are choosing H977 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to your own shame H1322 and to the shame H1322 of your mother's H517 nakedness H6172?
Now afterward H310 H3651 David H1732 arose H6965 and went H3318 out H3318 of the cave H4631 and called H7121 after H310 Saul H7586, saying H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428!” And when Saul H7586 looked H5027 behind H310 him, David H1732 bowed H6915 with his [fn]face H639 to the ground H776 and prostrated H2331 himself.
Then Abigail H26 hurried H4116 and took H3947 two hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899 and two H8147 [fn]jugs H5035 of wine H3196 and five H2568 sheep H6629 already prepared H6213 and [fn]five H2568 seahs H5429 of roasted H7039 grain H7039 and one hundred H3967 clusters H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778 and two hundred H3967 cakes H1690 of H1690 figs H1690, and loaded H7760 them on donkeys H2543.
Now David H1732 and his men H376 went H5927 up H5927 and raided H6584 the Geshurites H1651 and the Girzites H1630 and the Amalekites H6003; for they were the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 from ancient H5769 times H5769, as you come H935 to Shur H7793 even as far H5704 as the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Then Saul H7586 quickly H4116 fell H5307 full H4393 length H6967 upon the ground H776 and was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372 because H4480 of the words H1697 of Samuel H8050; also H1571 there was no H3808 strength H3581 in him, for he had eaten H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899 all H3605 day H3117 and all H3605 night H3915.
So he brought H3381 him down H3381, and behold H2009, they were [fn]spread H5203 over H5921 all H3605 the land H776, eating H398 and drinking H8354 and [fn]celebrating H2287 because of all H3605 the great H1419 spoil H7998 that they had taken H3947 from the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 and from the land H776 of Judah H3063.
He also struck 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 one full H4393 line H2256 to keep H2421 alive H2421. And the Moabites H4124 became H1961 servants H5650 to David H1732, bringing H5375 tribute H4503.
Now it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when [fn]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 destroyed H7843 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 at Jerusalem H3389.
“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nourished H2421;
And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.
It would eat H398 his morsel H6595 of bread and drink H8354 of his cup H3563 and lie H7901 in his bosom H2436,
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.
Then Absalom H53 happened to meet H7122 the servants H5650 of David H1732. Now Absalom H53 was riding H7392 on his mule H6505, and the mule H6505 went H935 under H8478 the thick H7730 branches H7730 of a great H1419 oak H424. And his head H7218 caught H2388 fast H2388 in the oak H424, so he was [fn]left H5414 hanging H5414 between H996 heaven H8064 and earth H776, while the mule H6505 that was under H8478 him passed H5674 onward.
And Ahimaaz H290 called H7121 and said H559 to the king H4428, “Peace H7965!” And he prostrated H2331 himself before the king H4428 with his [fn]face H639 to the ground H776. And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 is Yahweh H3068 your God H430, who H834 has delivered H5462 up H5462 the men H376 who H834 lifted H5375 their hands H3027 against my lord H113 the king H4428.”
And 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 Yahweh H3068. And Yahweh H3068 said H559, “It is for Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house H1004, because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to H4191 death H4191.”
These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429 a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991, he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112, because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 slain H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471;
So Bathsheba H1339 went H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010 to speak H1696 to him for Adonijah H138. And the king H4428 arose H6965 to meet H7122 her, bowed H2331 before her, and sat H3427 on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set H7760 for the king's H4428 mother H517, and she sat H3427 on his right H3225.
Now it happened 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 which H1931 is the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to Yahweh 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,
Now it happened that when Solomon H8010 had [fn]finished H3615 praying H6419 this H2088 entire H3605 prayer H8605 and supplication H8467 to Yahweh H3068, he arose H6965 from before H6440 the altar H4196 of Yahweh H3068, from kneeling H3766 on his knees H1290 with his [fn]hands H3709 spread H6566 toward heaven H8064.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 that Jeroboam H3379 had returned H7725, that they sent H7971 and called H7121 him to the congregation H5712 and made H4427 him king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478. None H3808 but the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 followed H310 the house H1004 of David H1732.
Now Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 became H4427 king 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 seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 Yahweh 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 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 twenty-two H6242 H8147 years H8141.
Then the prophet H5030 came H5066 near H5066 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said H559 to him, “Go H1980, strengthen H2388 yourself and know H3045 and see H7200 what H834 you have to do H6213; for at the turn H8666 of the year H8141 the king H4428 of Aram H758 will come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 you.”
Then his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, we have heard H8085 that the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are kings H4428 of lovingkindness H2617, please H4994 let us put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on our loins H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads H7218, and go H3318 out H3318 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478; perhaps H194 he will preserve H2421 your [fn]life H5315.”
Then the king sent H7971 to him a commander H8269 of fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. And he went H5927 up H5927 to him, and behold H2009, he was sitting H3427 on the top H7218 of the hill H2022. And he said H1696 to him, “O man H376 of God H430, the king H4428 says H1696, ‘Come H3381 down H3381.'”
So he again H7725 sent H7971 the commander H8269 of a third H7992 fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. Then the third H7992 commander H8269 of fifty H2572 went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 and bowed H3766 down H3766 on his knees H1290 before H5048 Elijah H452, and he begged H2603 him and said H1696 to him, “O 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.
Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “Gird H2296 up your loins 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 answer H6030 him; and lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy's H5288 face H6440.”
Now Elisha H477 spoke H1696 to the woman H802 whose H834 son H1121 he had restored H2421 to H2421 life H2421, saying H559, “Arise H6965 and go H1980 [fn]with your household H1004, and sojourn H1481 wherever H834 you can sojourn H1481; for Yahweh H3068 has called H7121 for a famine H7458, and it will even H1571 come H935 on the land H776 for seven H7651 years H8141.”
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 said H559, “I see H7200 a [fn]company H8229.” And Joram H3088 said H559, “Take H3947 a horseman H7395 and send H7971 him to meet H7122 them and let him say H559, ‘Is it peace H7965?'”
Then he went H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]blessed H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, as 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 took H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Now Jehu H3058 had placed H7760 for himself eighty H8084 men H376 outside H2351, and he had said H559, “The one H376 who H834 permits any of H4480 the men H376 whom H834 I cause to come H935 into your hands H3027 to escape H4422, [fn]shall give up his life H5315 in exchange H8478.”
Then Jehoash H3060 said H559 to the priests H3548, “All H3605 the money H3701 of the sacred H6944 things H6944 which H834 is brought H935 into the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068, both the money H3701 for each H376 [fn]numbered H5674 man H376—the money H3701 from each person's H5315 assessment H6187 in the census—and all H3605 the money H3701 which H834 any H376 man's H376 heart H3820 prompts H5927 H5921 him to bring H935 into the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068,
But Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 took H3947 a chest H727 and bored 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 Yahweh H3068; and the priests H3548 who kept H8104 watch H8104 over the threshold H5592 put H5414 in it all H3605 the money H3701 which was brought H935 into the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
Now Elisha H477 [fn]became H2470 sick H2470 with the illness H2483 of which H834 he was to die H4191. So Joash H3060 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H3381 down H3381 to him and wept H1058 over H5921 [fn]him and said H559, “My father H1, my father H1, the chariots H7393 of Israel H3478 and its horsemen H6571!”
Now 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 restored H7725 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574 to Judah H3063 in Israel H3478, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661 and Rab-saris H7249 and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a heavy H3515 military H2428 force 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 highway H4546 of the [fn]fuller's H3526 field H7704.
Then Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518, and Shebnah H7644 and Joah H3098, said H559 to Rabshakeh H7262, “Speak H1696 now H4994 to your servants H5650 in Aramaic H762, for we [fn]understand H8085 it; and do not speak H1696 with us in [fn]Judean H3066 in the hearing H241 of the people H5971 who H834 are on the wall H2346.”
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 and all H3605 his might H1369, and how H834 he made H6213 the pool H1295 and the conduit H8585 and brought H935 water H4325 into the city H5892, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?
Moreover H1571, the mediums H178 and the spiritists H3049 and the teraphim H8655 and the idols H1544 and all H3605 the detestable H8251 things H8251 that were seen H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389, Josiah H2977 purged H1197 in order that he might [fn]establish 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 Yahweh 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 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his military H2428 force H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, and he camped H2583 against H5921 it and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he profaned 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 that he is not recorded H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
But Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 offered H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 on the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the altar H4196 of incense H7004, for all H3605 the work H4399 of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel H3478, according to all H3605 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 had commanded H6680.
Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Kore H6981, the son H1121 of [fn]Ebiasaph H43, the son H1121 of Korah H7141, and his relatives H251 of his father's H1 house H1004, the Korahites H7145, were over H5921 the work H4399 of the service H5656, keepers H8104 of the thresholds H5592 of the tent H168; and their fathers H1 had been over H5921 the camp H4264 of Yahweh H3068, keepers H8104 of the entrance H3996.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who gave H2388 him strong H2388 support H2388 in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, according to the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.
From the Gadites H1425, mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor H2428 separated H914 themselves H914 to David H1732 in the stronghold H4679 in the wilderness H4057, men H376 of war H6635 who had gone out for military duty H4421, who could [fn]handle H6186 large H6793 shield H6793 and spear H7420, and whose faces H6440 were like the faces H6440 of lions H738, and they were as swift H4116 as the gazelles H6643 on the mountains H2022.
Now from Manasseh H4519 also some H4480 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, for the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 after counsel H6098 sent H7971 him away H7971, saying H559, “At the cost of our heads H7218 he may defect H5307 to his master H113 Saul H7586.”
All H3605 these H428, being men H376 of war H4421 who could draw H5737 up H5737 in battle H4634 [fn]lines H4634, came H935 to Hebron H2275 with their whole H8003 heart H3824 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; and all H3605 the rest H7611 also H1571 of Israel H3478 were of one H259 heart H3820 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427.
The sons H1121 of Amram H6019 were Aaron H175 and Moses H4872. And Aaron H175 was separated H914 in order to sanctify H6942 him as most H6944 holy H6944, he and his sons H1121 forever H5704 H5769, to offer H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 before H6440 Yahweh H3068, to minister H8334 to Him and to bless H1288 in His name H8034 forever H5704 H5769.
And David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the commanders H8269 of Israel H3478, the commanders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that ministered H8334 to the king H4428, and the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the commanders H8269 over 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, even all H3605 the mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor H2428.
And he made H6213 the [fn]room H1004 of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944: its length H753 across H5921 H6440 the width H7341 of the house H1004 was twenty H6242 cubits H520, and its width H7341 was twenty H6242 cubits H520; and he covered H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091, amounting to [fn]600 H8337 H3967 talents H3603.
“If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is pestilence H1698, if H3588 there is scorching H7711 wind H7711 or mildew H3420, if H3588 there is locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemies H340 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061 or whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall 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,
And according to the judgment H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he caused the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 to stand H5975 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their responsibilities H4931 to praise H1984 and minister 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 David H1732 the man H376 of God H430 had so H3651 commanded H4687.
Now the rest H7605 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010, from first H7223 to last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]chronicles H1697 of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, and 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?
In the thirty-sixth H7970 H8337 year H8141 of Asa's H609 reign H4438 Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Judah H3063 and built H1129 up 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.
Now 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 leaned H8172 on the king H4428 of Aram H758 and have not leaned H8172 on Yahweh H3068 your God H430, therefore H5921 H3651 the military H2428 force H2428 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 has escaped H4422 out of your hand H3027.
Thus 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 twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Azubah H5806 the daughter H1323 of Shilhi H7977.
Now it happened H1961 at the turn H8622 of the year H8141 that the military H2428 force H2428 of the Arameans H758 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 him; 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 spoil H7998 to the king H4428 of Damascus H1834.
When they had gone H1980 from him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and killed 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.
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 unfaithful H4603 to Yahweh H3068 his God H430. And he entered H935 the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.
And Hezekiah H2396 sent H7971 to all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 and wrote H3789 letters H107 also H1571 to Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, that they should come H935 to the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 at Jerusalem H3389 to [fn]celebrate H6213 the Passover H6453 to Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478.
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 Judah H3063 who H834 were at Jerusalem H3389, saying H559,
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Manasseh H4519, even his prayer H8605 to his God H430, and the words H1697 of the seers H2374 who spoke H1696 to him in the name H8034 of Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, behold H2009, they are among H5921 the chronicles H1697 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478.
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 and 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 from twenty H6242 years H8141 and older H4605 to direct H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
So the builders H1129 laid H3245 the foundation H3245 of the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068. Then [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 Yahweh H3068 according H5921 to the [fn]directions H3027 of King H4428 David H1732 of Israel H3478.
“So a decree H2942 has been [fn]issued H7761 by me, and a search H1240 has been made H1240 and it has been found H7912 that that city H7149 has lifted H5376 itself H5376 up H5376 against H5922 the kings H4430 in past H5957 days H3118, that rebellion H4776 and revolt H849 have been perpetrated H5648 in it,
‘Also H638 the gold H1722 and silver H3702 utensils H3984 of the house H1005 of God H426, which H1768 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 had taken H5312 from the temple H1965 [fn]in Jerusalem H3390 and brought H2987 them to the temple H1965 of Babylon H895, these H1994 King H4430 Cyrus H3567 took H5312 out H5312 from the temple H1965 of Babylon H895, and they were given H3052 to one whose name H8036 was Sheshbazzar H8340, whom H1768 he had appointed H7761 governor H6347.
“So now H3705 if H2006 it seems H2869 good H2869 to the king H4430, let a search H1240 be made H1240 in the king's H4430 treasure H1596 house H1005, which H1768 is there H8536 in Babylon H895, if H2006 it be that a decree H2942 was issued H7761 by King H4430 Cyrus H3567 to rebuild H1124 that H1791 house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390; and let the king H4430 send H7972 to us his will H7470 concerning H5922 this H1836 matter.”
‘And also H638 let the gold H1722 and silver H3702 articles H3984 of the house H1005 of God H426, which H1768 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 took H5312 out H5312 from the temple H1965 in Jerusalem H3390 and brought H2987 to Babylon H895, be returned H8421 and [fn]brought H1981 to their places H870 in the temple H1965 in Jerusalem H3390; and you shall deposit H5182 them in the house H1005 of God H426.'
with this H1836 money H3702, therefore H6903 H1836, you shall with all H629 diligence H629 buy H7066 bulls H8450, rams H1798, and lambs H563, with their grain offerings H4504 and their drink H5261 offerings H5261, and bring H7127 them near H727 to the altar H4056 of the house H1005 of your God H426 which H1768 is in Jerusalem H3390.
“You have also H1571 [fn]set H5975 up H5975 prophets H5030 to call H7121 out H7121 in Jerusalem H3389 concerning H5921 [fn]you, ‘A king H4428 is in Judah H3063!' So now H6258 it will be heard H8085 by the king H4428 according to these H428 words H1697. So now H6258, come H1980, let us take H3289 counsel H3289 together H3162.”
And the Levites H3881, Jeshua H3091, Kadmiel H6934, Bani H1137, Hashabneiah H2813, Sherebiah H8274, Hodiah H1941, Shebaniah H7645, and Pethahiah H6611, said H559, “Rise H6965 up H6965, bless H1288 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 from everlasting H4480 H5769 to everlasting H5769!
O may Your glorious H3519 name H8034 be blessed H1288
And exalted H7311 above H5921 all H3605 blessing H1293 and praise H8416!
Likewise we cast H5307 lots H1486 for the supply H7133 of wood H6086 among the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, and the people H5971, in order to bring H935 it to the house H1004 of our God H430, according to our fathers' H1 households H1004, at fixed H2163 times H6256 annually H8141, to burn H1197 on the altar H4196 of Yahweh H3068 our God H430, as it is written H3789 in the law H8451;
On that day H3117 men H376 were also appointed H6485 over H5921 the chambers H5393 for the stores 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 was glad H8057 over H5921 the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 who stood H5975 to minister.
In those H1992 days H3117 I saw H7200 in Judah H3063 some 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 all H3605 kinds of loads H4853, and they brought H935 them into Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117. So I testified H5749 against them on the day H3117 they sold H4376 food H6718.
Now it happened H1961 that just H834 as it grew H6751 dark H6751 at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 the sabbath H7676, I said H559 the word, and the doors H1817 were shut H5462. Then I said H559 that they should not open H6605 them until H5704 after H310 the sabbath H7676. Then I had some of my young H5288 men H5288 stand H5975 at the gates H8179 so that no H3808 load H4853 would enter H935 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117.
And when these H428 days H3117 were fulfilled H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a feast 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 court H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king's H4428 palace H1055.
Now it happened 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 court H2691 of the king's H4428 house 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 his house H1004.
For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, O 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
I spoke H1696 within my heart H3820, saying H559, “Behold H2009, I have magnified H1431 and increased H3254 wisdom H2451 more H5921 than H5921 all H3605 who H834 were over H5921 Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 me; and my heart H3820 has seen H7200 an abundance H7235 of wisdom H2451 and knowledge H1847.”
If H518 you see H7200 oppression H6233 of the poor H7326 and robbery H1498 of justice H4941 and righteousness H6664 in the province H4082, do not be H8539 astonished H8539 over the [fn]matter H2656; for a lofty H1364 one keeps H8104 watch H8104 over H4480 H5921 another lofty H1364 one, and there are loftier H1364 ones H1364 over H5921 them.
There H3426 is H3426 vanity H1892 which H834 is done H6213 on the earth H776, that is, there H3426 are H3426 righteous H6662 men H6662 to whom H834 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the works H4639 of the wicked H7563. On the other hand, there H3426 are H3426 wicked H7563 men H7563 to whom H7945 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the works H4639 of the righteous H6662. I say H559 that this H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892.
Be glad H8055, young H970 man H970, during your childhood H3208, and let your heart H3820 be H3190 merry H3190 during the days H3117 of young H979 manhood H979. And walk H1980 in the ways H1870 of your heart H3820 and in the sights 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.
“[fn]Who H4310 is this H2088 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057
Leaning H7514 on her beloved H1730?”
“[fn]Beneath H8478 the [fn]apple H8598 tree H8598 I awakened H5782 you;
There H8033 your mother H517 was in H2254 labor H2254 with you;
There H8033 she was in H2254 labor H2254 and gave H3205 you birth H3205.
On this H3651 account H3651, the anger H639 of Yahweh 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 down H5221.
And the mountains H2022 trembled H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
For all H3605 this H2088 His anger H639 is H7725 not turned H7725 back H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now it happened 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.
Now therefore H3651, behold H2009, the Lord H136 is about to bring H5927 on them the mighty H6099 and abundant H7227 waters H4325 of the [fn]River H5104—
The king H4428 of Assyria H804 and all H3605 his glory H3519;
And it will rise H5927 up H5927 over H5921 all H3605 its channels H650 and go H1980 over H5921 all H3605 its banks H1415.
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 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 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
Therefore H5921 H3651 the Lord H136 is not glad H8055 in their choice H970 men H970,
Nor H3808 does He have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 their [fn]orphans H3490 or their widows H490;
For every H3605 one H3605 of them is godless H2611 and an evildoer H7489,
And every H3605 mouth H6310 is speaking H1696 wicked H5039 foolishness H5039.
In spite of all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 does not turn H7725 back H7725,
And His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
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 pomp H8597 of his eyes H5869 which are raised H7312 high H7312.”
Now it will be in that day H3117, that the remnant H7605 of Israel H3478 and those of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 who H6413 have escaped H6413, will never H3808 again H3254 rely H8172 on the one who struck H5221 them, but will truly H571 rely H8172 on Yahweh H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.
My heart H3820 cries H2199 out H2199 for Moab H4124;
Those who flee H1281 from her 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;
Surely H3588 on the road H1870 to Horonaim H2773 they keep H5782 awake H5782 with crying H2201 in H2201 distress H2201 over their destruction H7667.
“Let the [fn]banished H5080 of Moab H4124 sojourn H1481 with you;
Be a hiding H5643 place H5643 to them from the destroyer H7703.”
For the extortioner H4160 has come H656 to H656 an H656 end H656, destruction H7701 has ceased H3615,
Oppressors H7429 have completely H8552 disappeared from the land H776.
Therefore H5921 H3651 I will weep H1058 bitterly H1065 for Jazer H3270, for the vine H1612 of Sibmah H7643;
I will drench H7301 you with my tears H1832, O Heshbon H2809 and Elealeh H500;
For the shouting H1959 over H5921 your summer H7019 fruits H7019 and your harvest H7105 has fallen H5307 away H5307.
The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Egypt H4714.
Behold H2009, Yahweh 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 shake H5128 at His presence H6440,
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.
For behold H2009, Yahweh H3068 is about to come H3318 out H3318 from His place H4725
To visit H6485 the iniquity H5771 of the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776;
And the earth H776 will reveal H1540 her bloodshed H1818
And will no H3808 longer H5750 cover H3680 those H2026 of hers who were killed H2026.
In that day H3117 Yahweh H3068 will [fn]punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175,
With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and [fn]mighty H2389 sword H2719,
Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent H5175;
And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea H3220.
So the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 to them will be,
“[fn]Order H6673 on order H6673, order H6673 on order H6673,
Line H6957 on line H6957, line H6957 on line H6957,
A little H2191 here H8033, a little H2191 there H8033,”
That they may go H1980 and stumble H3782 backward H268, be broken H7665, snared H3369, and taken H3920 captive H3920.
And it will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 man H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is eating H398;
But he awakens H6974, and his soul H5315 is empty H7386,
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 man H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,
But he awakens H6974, and behold H2009, he is faint H5889,
And his soul H5315 is not quenched H8264.
Thus H3651 the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 will be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
Which reaches H2673 to the neck H6677,
To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and H5130 forth H5130 in a [fn]sieve H5299 of worthlessness H7723,
And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which staggers H8582 one to ruin H8582.
Woe H1945 to those who go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833
And rely H8172 on horses H5483,
And trust H982 in chariots H7393 because H3588 they are many H7227
And in horsemen H6571 because H3588 they are H6105 very H3966 mighty H6105,
But they do not regard H8159 at the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 seek H1875 Yahweh H3068!
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 to me,
“As the lion H738 or the young H3715 lion H3715 growls H1897 over H5921 its prey H2964,
Against H5921 which H834 a multitude H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called H7121 out H7121,
And it will not be dismayed H2865 at their voice H6963 nor H3808 afflicted H6031 at their noise H1995,
So H3651 will Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 come H3381 down H3381 to wage H6633 war H6633 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on its hill H1389.”
Woe H1945 to you, O destroyer H7703,
While you were not destroyed H7703;
And he who is treacherous H898, while others did not deal H898 treacherously H898 with him.
As soon as you finish H8552 destroying H7703, you will be destroyed H7703;
As soon as you cease H5239 to deal H898 treacherously H898, others will deal H898 treacherously H898 with you.
“Therefore H3651, thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 concerning H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804, ‘He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 or shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043 or H3808 throw H8210 up H8210 a siege H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“The fruit H3018 of the labor H3018 of Egypt H4714 and the profit H5504 of [fn]Ethiopia 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 make H6419 supplication H6419 to you:
‘[fn]Surely H389, God H410 is [fn]with you, and there H369 is H369 none 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 might H6109 of your spells H2267.
“Kings H4428 will be your guardians H539,
And their princesses H8282 your nurses H3243.
They will bow H2331 down H2331 to you with their [fn]faces H639 to the earth H776
And lick H3897 the dust H6083 of your feet H7272;
And you will know H3045 that I am Yahweh H3068;
Those who H834 hope H6960 in Me will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
How H4100 lovely H4998 on the mountains H2022
Are the feet H7272 of him who proclaims H1319 good H1319 news H1319,
Who [fn]announces H8085 [fn]peace H7965
And proclaims H1319 good H1319 news H1319 of good H2896 things,
Who [fn]announces H8085 salvation H3444,
And says H559 to Zion H6726, “Your God H430 [fn]reigns H4427!”
“No H3605 H3808 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 you will succeed H6743;
And every H3605 tongue H3956 that [fn]accuses H6965 you in judgment H4941 you will condemn H7561.
This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the [fn]slaves H5650 of Yahweh H3068,
And their righteousness H6666 is from Me,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
Even those I will bring H935 to My holy H6944 mountain H2022
And make H8055 them glad H8055 in My house H1004 of prayer H8605.
Their burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and their sacrifices H2077 will be acceptable H7522 on My altar H4196;
For My house H1004 will be called H7121 a house H1004 of prayer H8605 for all H3605 the peoples H5971.”
“As for Me, this H2088 is My covenant H1285 with them,” says H559 Yahweh H3068: “My Spirit H7307 which H834 is upon you, and My words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in your mouth H6310, shall not depart H4185 from your mouth H6310, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your seed H2233, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your seed's H2233 seed H2233,” says H559 Yahweh H3068, “from now H6258 and forever H5704 H5769.”
“All H3605 the flocks H6629 of Kedar H6938 will be gathered H6908 together to you;
The rams H352 of Nebaioth H5032 will minister H8334 to you;
They will go H5927 up H5927 with acceptance H7522 on My altar H4196,
And I shall [fn]adorn H6286 My [fn]glorious H8597 house H1004 with beautiful H6286 glory H6286.
I will rejoice H7797 greatly H7797 in Yahweh H3068;
My soul H5315 will rejoice H1523 in my God H430,
For He has clothed H3847 me with garments H899 of salvation H3468,
He has wrapped H5844 me with a robe H4598 of righteousness H6666,
As a bridegroom H2860 decks H3547 himself with a headdress H6287,
And as a bride H3618 adorns H5710 herself with her jewels H3627.
Both [fn]their own iniquities H5771 and the iniquities H5771 of their fathers H1 together H3162,” says H559 Yahweh H3068.
“Because H834 they have burned H6999 incense H6999 on the mountains H2022
And reproached H2778 Me on the hills H1389,
Therefore I will measure H4058 their former H7223 work H6468 into their bosom H2436.”
Because H834 he who [fn]is blessed H1288 in the earth H776
Will [fn]be blessed H1288 by the God H430 of truth H543,
And he who swears H7650 in the earth H776
Will swear H7650 by the God H430 of truth H543;
Because H3588 the former H7223 distresses H6869 are forgotten H7911,
And because H3588 they are hidden H5641 from My sight H5869!
“For My hand H3027 made H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428,
Thus all H3605 these H428 things H428 came H1961 into being H1961,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“But to this H2088 one H2088 I will look H5027,
To him who is humble H6041 and contrite H5223 of spirit H7307, and who H2730 trembles H2730 at My word H1697.
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, I stretch H5186 out H5186 peace H7965 to her like a river H5104,
And the glory H3519 of the nations H1471 like an overflowing H7857 stream H5158;
And you will [fn]be nursed H3243; you will be carried H5375 on the [fn]hip H6654 and played H8173 with H8173 on the knees H1290.
“Those who sanctify H6942 and purify H2891 themselves to go to the gardens H1593,
[fn]Following H310 one H259 in the center H8432,
Who eat H398 swine's H2386 flesh H1320, detestable H8263 things H8263, and mice H5909,
Will come H5486 to H5486 an H5486 end H5486 altogether H3162,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“Your own evil H7451 will chastise H3256 you,
And your acts H4878 of faithlessness H4878 will reprove H3198 you;
Know H3045 therefore and see H7200 that it is evil H7451 and bitter H4751
For you to forsake H5800 Yahweh H3068 your God H430,
And the dread H6345 of Me is not in you,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635.
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to me in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the king H4428, “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 green H7488 tree H6086, and she was a harlot H2181 there H8033.
For I heard H8085 a sound H6963 as of a woman in H2342 labor H2342 pains H2342,
The distress H6869 as of one H1069 giving H1069 birth H1069 to H1069 her H1069 first H1069 child H1069,
The sound H6963 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 gasping H3306 for H3306 breath H3306,
Stretching H6566 out H6566 her [fn]hands H3709, saying,
“Ah H4994, woe H188 is me, for my soul faints H5888 before murderers H2026.”
Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will strike H5221 them down H5221;
A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will devastate H7703 them;
A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.
Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963
Because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are H7231 many H7231;
Their acts H4878 of faithlessness H4878 are H6105 mighty H6105.
But I am full H4390 of the wrath H2534 of Yahweh H3068;
I am H3811 weary H3811 of holding H3557 it in.
“Pour H8210 it out H8210 on the infants H5768 in the street H2351
And on the [fn]gathering H5475 of choice H970 men H970 together H3162;
For both H1571 husband H376 and wife H802 shall be captured H3920,
“For the mountains H2022 I will take H5375 up H5375 a weeping H1065 and wailing H5092,
And for the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 a funeral lamentation H7015,
Because H3588 they are turned H5327 into ruin H5327 so H4480 H1097 that no H1097 one H376 passes H5674 through H5674,
And the lowing H6963 of the cattle H4735 is not heard H8085;
Both H4480 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the beasts H929 have fled H5074; they are gone H1980.
Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, who planted H5193 you, has spoken H1696 forth evil H7451 against H5921 you because H1558 of the evil H7451 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and of the house H1004 of Judah H3063, which H834 they have [fn]done H6213 to provoke H3707 Me to anger H3707 by burning H6999 incense H6999 to Baal H1168.
“As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings H4684,
The lewdness H2154 of your prostitution H2184
On the hills H1389 in the field H7704,
I have seen H7200 your detestable H8251 things H8251.
Woe H188 to you, O Jerusalem H3389!
How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you not H3808 cleanse H2891 yourself?”
O Yahweh H3068, the hope H4723 of Israel H3478,
All H3605 who forsake H5800 You will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
Those who turn H5493 [fn]away H5493 on earth H776 will be written H3789 down H3789
Because H3588 they have forsaken H5800 the fountain H4726 of living H2416 water H4325, even Yahweh H3068.
Then they said H559, “Come H1980 and let us devise H2803 plans H4284 against H5921 Jeremiah H3414. Surely H3588 the law H8451 is not going to perish H6 from the priest H3548, nor H3808 counsel H6098 to the wise H2450 man, nor H3808 the divine word H1697 to the prophet H5030! Come H1980 on and let us strike H5221 at him with our tongue H3956, and let us give H7181 no H408 heed H7181 to any H3605 of his words H1697.”
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 in regard H413 to [fn]Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, who became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 Josiah H2977 his father H1, who H834 went H3318 forth H3318 from this H2088 place H4725, “He will never H3808 H5750 return H7725 there H8033;
Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 in regard H413 to Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063,
“They will not lament H5594 for him:
‘Alas H1945, my brother H251!' or, ‘Alas H1945, sister H269!'
They will not lament H5594 for him:
‘Alas H1945 for the master H113!' or, ‘Alas H1945 for his splendor H1935!'
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),
“Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words H1697, and you shall say H559 to them,
‘Yahweh H3068 will roar H7580 from on high H4791
And give H5414 forth His voice H6963 from His holy H6944 habitation H4583;
He will roar H7580 mightily H7580 against H5921 His [fn]pasture H5116.
He will bellow H6030 a shout H1959 like those who tread H1869 the grapes,
Against H413 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776.
‘A rumbling H7588 has come H935 to the end H7097 of the earth H776
Because H3588 Yahweh H3068 has a contention H7379 against the nations H1471.
He is entering H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with all H3605 flesh H1320;
As for the wicked H7563, He has given H5414 them to the sword H2719,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.”
“Did Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 Judah H3063 put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191? Did he not fear H3372 Yahweh H3068 and entreat H2470 the favor H6440 of Yahweh H3068, and Yahweh H3068 [fn]relented H5162 of H413 the evil H7451 demise which H834 He had spoken H1696 against H5921 them? But we are committing H6213 a great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 ourselves H5315.”
“Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, concerning H413 Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Kolaiah H6964 and concerning H413 Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4641, who are prophesying H5012 to you falsely H8267 in My name H8034, ‘Behold H2009, I will give H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, and he will strike H5221 them down H5221 before your eyes H5869.
‘Therefore H3651 all H3605 who devour H398 you will be devoured H398;
And all H3605 your adversaries H6862, every H3605 one H3605 of them, will go H1980 into captivity H7628;
And those who take H8155 you as spoil H8155 will be spoil H4933,
And all H3605 who plunder H962 you I will give H5414 as plunder H957.
“Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
‘Behold H2009, I will [fn]return H7725 the [fn]fortunes H7622 of the tents H168 of Jacob H3290
And have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 his dwelling H4908 places H4908;
And the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 on its ruin H8510,
And the palace H759 will sit H3427 on its just H4941 place H4941.
“They will come H935 and sing H7442 for H7442 joy H7442 on the height H4791 of Zion H6726,
And they will be radiant H5102 over H413 the goodness H2898 of Yahweh H3068—
Over H5921 the grain H1715 and the new H8492 wine H8492 and the oil H3323,
And over H5921 the young H1121 of the flock H6629 and the herd H1241;
And their soul H5315 will be like a watered H7302 garden H1588,
And they will never H3808 H5750 waste H1669 away H1669 again H3254.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, “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 [fn]return H7725 their [fn]fortunes H7622,
‘Yahweh H3068 bless H1288 you, O abode H5116 of righteousness H6664,
“So now H6258, therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, concerning H413 this H2088 city H5892 of which H834 you are saying H559, ‘It is given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 by sword H2719, by famine H7458, and by pestilence H1698.'
The word H1697 which H834 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from Yahweh H3068, when Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his military H2428 force H2428, with all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 that were under his [fn]dominion H4475 and all H3605 the peoples H5971, were fighting H3898 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and against H5921 all H3605 its cities H5892, saying H559,
And Shephatiah H8203 the son H1121 of Mattan H4977, and Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Pashhur H6583, and Jucal H3081 the son H1121 of Shelemiah H8018, and Pashhur H6583 the son H1121 of Malchijah H4441 heard H8085 the words H1697 that Jeremiah H3414 was speaking H1696 to all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559,
[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 military H2428 force H2428 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and laid H6696 siege H6696 to it;
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, “As My anger H639 and wrath H2534 have been poured H5413 out H5413 on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, so H3651 My wrath H2534 will be poured H5413 out H5413 on you when you enter H935 Egypt H4714. And you will become H1961 a curse H423, an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, an imprecation H7045, and a reproach H2781; and you will see H7200 this H2088 place H4725 no H3808 more H5750.”
To Egypt H4714, concerning H5921 the military H2428 force H2428 of Pharaoh H6549 Neco H6549 king H4428 of Egypt H4714, which H834 was by the Euphrates H6578 River H5104 at Carchemish H3751, which H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 struck H5221 down H5221 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063:
Indeed, that day H3117 belongs to Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635,
A day H3117 of vengeance H5360, so as to avenge H5358 Himself on His adversaries H6862;
And the sword H2719 will devour H398 and be H7646 satiated H7646
And [fn]drink H7301 its fill H7301 of their blood H1818;
For there will be a sacrifice H2077 to Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
In the land H776 of the north H6828 by the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.
Concerning Moab H4124. Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478,
“Woe H1945 to Nebo H5015, for it has been destroyed H7703;
Kiriathaim H7156 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954, it has been captured H3920;
The lofty H4869 stronghold H4869 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954 and [fn]shattered H2865.
“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7559 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;
He has H8252 also had quiet H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,
And he has not been emptied 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 panic 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 pitfall H6341;
For I shall bring H935 upon her, even upon Moab H4124,
The year H8141 of their punishment H6486,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“That I will cause H8085 a [fn]trumpet H8643 blast H8643 of war H4421 to H8085 be H8085 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, O Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!
Cry H6817 out H6817, O daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,
Gird H2296 yourselves H2296 with sackcloth H8242 and lament H5594,
And rush H7751 back H7751 and forth H7751 inside the walls H1448;
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his princes H8269.
Therefore H3651 hear H8085 the counsel H6098 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 He has counseled H3289 against H413 Edom H123, and His purposes H4284 which H834 He has purposed H2803 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Teman H8487: surely H518 H3808 they will drag H5498 them off H5498, even the little H6810 ones H6810 of the flock H6629; surely H518 H3808 He will make H8074 their pasture H5116 desolate H8074 because H5921 of them.
“In those H1992 days H3117 and at that time H6256,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will come H935, both 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 Yahweh H3068 their God H430 they will seek H1245.
“For behold H2009, I am going to arouse H5782 and bring H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Babylon H894
An assembly H6951 of great H1419 nations H1471 from the land H776 of the north H6828,
And they will arrange H6186 their battle H6186 lines H6186 against her;
From there H8033 she will be taken H3920 captive H3920.
Their arrows H2671 will be like [fn]a warrior H1368 who makes one childless H7919
“Against H5921 the land H776 of [fn]Merathaim H4850, go H5927 up H5927 against H5921 it,
And against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of [fn]Pekod H6489.
Put H2717 them to H2717 the sword H2717 and [fn]devote H2763 them to destruction H2763,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“And do H6213 according to all H3605 that I have commanded H6680 you.
“Summon H8085 [fn]many H7227 against H413 Babylon H894,
All H3605 those who [fn]bend H1869 the bow H7198:
Encamp H2583 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439,
Let there be no H408 escape H6413[fn].
Repay H7999 her according to her work H6467;
According to all H3605 that she has done H6213, so do H6213 to her;
For she has become H2102 arrogant H2102 against H413 Yahweh H3068,
“A sword H2719 against H413 [fn]their horses H5483 and against H413 [fn]their chariots H7393
And against H413 all H3605 the [fn]foreigners H6154 who H834 are in the midst H8432 of her,
And they will become H1961 women H802!
A sword H2719 against H413 her treasures H214, and they will be plundered H962!
Lift H5375 up H5375 a standard H5251 against H413 the walls H2346 of Babylon H894;
Make H2388 strong H2388 the watch H4929;
Raise H6965 up H6965 [fn]watchmen H8104;
Establish H3559 men in H693 ambush H693!
For Yahweh H3068 has both H1571 purposed H2161 and performed H6213
What H834 He spoke H1696 concerning H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Babylon H894.
Lift H5375 up H5375 a standard H5251 in the land H776,
Blow H8628 a trumpet H7782 among the nations H1471!
Set H6942 apart 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 a marshal H2951 against H5921 her;
Bring H5927 up H5927 the horses H5483 like bristly H5569 locusts H3218.
Zayin
In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her precious H4262 things H4262
That were from 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.
Nun
“The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound H8244;
By His hand H3027 they are knit H8276 together H8276.
They have come H5927 upon my neck H6677;
He has made my strength H3581 stumble H3782.
The Lord H136 has given H5414 me into the hands H3027
Of those against whom I am H3201 not able H3201 to stand H6965.
Kaph
My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832;
My [fn]inmost being H4578 is greatly H2560 disturbed 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 infants H5768 and nursing H3243 babies H3243 faint H5848
Ayin
Yahweh H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He purposed H2161;
He has completed H1214 His word H565
Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old H6924.
He has pulled H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing H2550,
And He has caused the enemy H340 to be glad H8055 over H5921 you;
He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries H6862.
Now above H4480 H4605 the expanse H7549 that was over H5921 their heads H7218 there was something H1823 in the likeness H1823 of a throne H3678, like sapphire H5601 stone H68 in appearance H4758; and upon the likeness H1823 of the throne H3678, high H4480 H4605 up, was the likeness H1823 of one with the appearance H4758 of a man H120.
“Now as for you, take H3947 wheat H2406, barley H8184, beans H6321, lentils H5742, millet H1764, and spelt H3698; set H5414 them in one H259 vessel H3627 and make H6213 them into bread H3899 for yourself; you shall eat H398 it according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that you lie H7901 on your side H6654, 390 H7969 H3967 H8673 days H3117.
“Thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, ‘Strike H5221 your hands H3709 together, stamp H7554 your foot H7272 and say H559, “Alas 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, by the famine H7458, and by the plague H1698!
Then He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, raise H5375 your eyes H5869 now H4994 toward H1870 the north H6828.” So I raised H5375 my eyes H5869 toward H1870 the north H6828, and behold H2009, to the north H6828 of the altar H4196 gate H8179 was this H2088 figure H5566 of jealousy H7068 at the entrance H872.
Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068, between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196, were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east H6924; and they were [fn]prostrating H2331 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun H8121.
Then the glory H3519 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 from the cherub H3742 on which H834 it had been H1961, to the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 of Yahweh. And He called H7121 to the man H376 clothed H3847 in linen H906 at whose H834 loins H4975 was the [fn]scribe's H5608 case H7083.
Moreover, the Spirit H7307 lifted H5375 me up H5375 and brought H935 me to the east H6931 gate H8179 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 which faced H6437 eastward H6931. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179, there were twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376, and I saw H7200 among H8432 them Jaazaniah H2970 son H1121 of Azzur H5809 and Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, officials H8269 of the people H5971.
Now it happened 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, “Alas H162, Lord H136 Yahweh H3068! Will You bring H6213 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 to complete H3617 destruction H3617?”
Therefore H3651, thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, I am against H413 your magic bands H3704 by which H834 you hunt H6679 souls H5315 there H8033 as [fn]birds H6524, and I will tear H7167 them from your arms H2220; and I will let H7971 their souls H7971 go, the very souls H5315 whom H834 you hunt H6679 as [fn]birds H6524.
For thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “How H637 much H637 more H637 H3588 when H3588 I send H7971 My four H702 calamitous H7451 judgments H8201 against H413 Jerusalem H3389: sword H2719, famine H7458, wild H7451 beasts H2416, and plague H1698 to cut H3772 off H3772 man H120 and beast H929 from it!
“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 skirt H3671 over H5921 you and covered H3680 your nakedness H6172. I also swore H7650 to you and entered H935 into a covenant H1285 with you so that you became H1961 Mine,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068.
“You therefore, son H1121 of man H120, prophesy H5012 and strike H5221 your hands H3709 together H413 H3709; and let the sword H2719 be doubled H3717 the third H7992 time H7992, the sword H2719 for the slain H2491. It is the sword H2719 for the great H1419 one H1419 slain H2491, which surrounds H2314 them,
For thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, I will bring H935 upon Tyre H6865 from the north H6828 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, king H4428 of kings H4428, with horses H5483, chariots H7393, horsemen H6571, and an assembly H6951, a great H7227 number of people H5971.
‘How H349 you have perished H6, O inhabited H3427 one,
From the seas H3220, O city H5892 that was praised H1984,
Which H834 was strong H2389 on the sea H3220,
She and her inhabitants H3427,
“By the abundance H7230 of your iniquities H5771,
In the unrighteousness H5766 of your trade H7404
You profaned H2490 your sanctuaries H4720.
Therefore I have brought H3318 out H3318 fire H784 from the midst H8432 of you;
It has consumed H398 you,
‘Thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “When I gather H6908 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 from the peoples H5971, among whom H834 they are scattered H6327, and will manifest H6942 My holiness H6942 in them in the sight H5869 of the nations H1471, then they will live H3427 in their [fn]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 canals H2975 of the Nile 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 canals H2975 of the Nile 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 beasts H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.
‘You liken 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
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her multitude H1995 all around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them slain H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 put H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who went H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“Now as for you, son H1121 of man H120, thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, ‘Say H559 to every H3605 [fn]kind H3671 of bird H6833 and to every H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704, “Gather H6908 and come H935, assemble H622 from every H5439 side H5439 to My sacrifice H2077 which H834 I am going to sacrifice H2076 for you, as a great H1419 sacrifice H2077 on the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478, that you may eat H398 flesh H1320 and drink H8354 blood H1818.
“And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth 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 round H5439 about H5439 one H259 [fn]span H2239; and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar H4196.
“Now the prince H5387 shall have land on either H2088 side H2088 of the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and the city's H5892 possession H272 of land, adjacent H413 H6440 to the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and the city's H5892 possession H272 of land, on the west H3220 side H6285 toward the west H3220 and on the east H6924 side H6285 toward the east H6921, and in length H753 comparable H5980 to one H259 of the portions H2506, from the west H3220 border H1366 to the east H6921 border H1366.
Then he brought H7725 me back H7725 to the door H6607 of the house H1004; and behold H2009, water H4325 was flowing H3318 from under H8478 the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 toward the east H6921, for the house H1004 faced H6440 east H6921. And the water H4325 was flowing H3381 down H3381 from under H8478, from the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004, from south H5045 of the altar H4196.
“Now these H428 are the names H8034 of the tribes H7626: from the northern H6828 extremity H7097, [fn]beside H413 H3027 the way H1870 of Hethlon H2855 to [fn]Lebo-hamath H935, as far as Hazar-enan H2704 at the border H1366 of Damascus H1834, toward the north H6828 [fn]beside H413 H3027 Hamath H2574, [fn]running H1961 from east H6921 to west H3220, Dan H1835, one H259 portion.
“And the remainder H3498 shall be for the prince H5387, on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088 of the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and of the city's H5892 possession H272 of land; in front H6440 of the 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 cubits of the contribution H8641 toward H5704 the east H6921 border H1366 and westward H3220 in front H6440 of the 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 toward H5921 the west H3220 border H1366, alongside H5980 the portions H2506, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and the sanctuary H4720 of the house H1004 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was filled H4391 with wrath H2528, and the image H6755 of his face H600 changed H8133 toward H5922 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered H6032 and said H560 to heat H228 the furnace H861 seven H7655 times H2298 more H5922 than H5922 H1768 it was usually H2370 heated H228.
“At that time H2166 my knowledge H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were returned H8421 to me for the glory H3367 of my kingdom H4437, and my high H1907 officials H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out H1156; so I was reestablished H8627 in my kingdom H4437, and extraordinary H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.
Suddenly H8160 the fingers H677 of a man's H606 hand H3028 came H5312 out H5312 and began writing H3790 opposite H6903 the lampstand H5043 on the plaster H1528 of the wall H3797 of the king's H4430 palace H1965, and the king H4430 saw H2370 the [fn]back H6447 of the hand H3028 that did the writing H3790.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 knew H3046 that the written H3792 document was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (now 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 giving H3029 thanks H3029 before H6925 his God H426, [fn]as he had been doing H5648 previously H6928.
“And through H5921 his insight H7922
He will cause H6743 deceit H4820 to H6743 succeed H6743 by his hand H3027;
And he will magnify H1431 himself in his heart H3824,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 many H7227 while they are [fn]at ease H7962.
He will even stand H5975 against H5921 the Prince H8269 of princes H8269,
“Seventy H7657 [fn]weeks H7620 have been determined H2852 for your people H5971 and for your holy H6944 city H5892, to [fn]finish H3615 the transgression H6588, to [fn]make H8552 an end H8552 of sin H2403, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for iniquity H5771, to bring H935 in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness H6664, to seal H2856 up H2856 vision H2377 and [fn]prophecy H5030, and to anoint H4886 the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944.
“Now in those H1992 times H6256 many H7227 will stand H5975 against H5921 the king H4428 of the South H5045; the violent H6530 ones H1121 H6530 among your people H5971 will also lift H5375 themselves up H5375 in order to cause the vision H2377 to stand H5975, but they will [fn]fall H3782 down H3782.
“Then the king H4428 will do H6213 as he pleases H7522, and he will exalt H7311 and magnify H1431 himself above H5921 every H3605 god H410 and will speak H1696 [fn]astonishing H6381 things H6381 against H5921 the God H410 of gods H410; and he will succeed H6743 until H5704 the indignation H2195 is finished H3615, for that which is decreed H2782 will be done H6213.
“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 stand H5975. And there will be a time H6256 of distress H6869 such H834 as never H3808 happened 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.
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to me, “Go H1980 again H5750, love H157 a [fn]woman H802 who is loved H157 by her companion H7453 and is an adulteress H5003, even as Yahweh H3068 loves H157 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, though they turn H6437 to other H312 gods H430 and love H157 raisin H809 H6025 cakes H809.”
They offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022
And [fn]burn H6999 incense H6999 on the hills H1389,
Under H8478 oak H437, poplar H3839, and terebinth H424
Because H3588 their shade H6738 is good H2896.
Therefore H5921 H3651 your daughters H1323 play H2181 the H2181 harlot H2181,
I will not punish H6485 your daughters H1323 when H3588 they play H2181 the H2181 harlot H2181
Or your [fn]brides H3618 when H3588 they commit H5003 adultery H5003,
For the men themselves H1992 go H6504 apart H6504 with harlots H2181
And offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 with cult H6945 prostitutes H6945;
So the people H5971 without H3808 understanding H995 are [fn]ruined H3832.
The dweller H7934 of Samaria H8111 will fear H1481
For the [fn]calf H5697 of Beth-aven H1007.
Indeed H3588, its people H5971 will mourn H56 for it,
And its idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 [fn]will cry H1523 out H1523 over H5921 it,
Over H5921 its glory H3519, since H3588 it has gone into exile H1540 from them.
A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and thick H653 darkness H653,
A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and dense H6205 gloom H6205.
As the dawn H7837 is spread H6566 over H5921 the mountains H2022,
So there is a numerous H7227 and mighty H6099 people H5971;
There has never H3808 H4480 H5769 been H1961 anything like H3644 it,
Nor H3808 will there be again H3254 after H310 it
For the years H8141 from generation H1755 to H1755 generation H1755.
So rejoice H1523, O sons H1121 of Zion H6726,
And be glad H8055 in Yahweh H3068 your God H430,
For He has given H5414 you [fn]the early H4175 rain H4175 in righteousness H6666.
And He has poured H3381 down H3381 for you the rain H1653,
The [fn]early H4175 and [fn]late H4456 rains H4456 [fn]as before H7223.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Tyre H6865 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 they delivered H5462 up H5462 the whole H8003 community of exiles H1546 to Edom H123
And did not remember H2142 the covenant H1285 of [fn]brotherhood H251.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Edom H123 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
While he corrupted H7843 his compassion H7356;
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Judah H3063 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the law H8451 of Yahweh H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes H2706;
Their [fn]falsehood H3577 also has led H8582 them astray H8582,
Make H8085 it heard H8085 on the citadels H759 in Ashdod H795 and on the citadels H759 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and say H559, “Gather H622 yourselves on the mountains H2022 of Samaria H8111 and see H7200 the great H7227 confusions H4103 within H8432 her and the oppressions H6217 in her midst H7130.
“And I also H1571 withheld H4513 the rain H1653 from you
While there were still H5750 three H7969 months H2320 until harvest H7105.
Then I would send H4305 rain H4305 on one H259 city H5892,
And on another H259 city H5892 I would not send H4305 rain H4305;
One H259 portion H2513 would be rained H4305 on,
While the portion H2513 not rained H4305 on would dry H3001 up H3001.
He who made H6213 the Pleiades H3598 and Orion H3685
And overturns H2015 the shadow H6757 of death H6757 into morning H1242,
[fn]Who also darkens H2821 day H3117 into night H3915,
Who calls H7121 for the waters H4325 of the sea H3220
And pours H8210 them out H8210 on the surface H6440 of the earth H776,
“Then I will overturn H2015 your feasts H2282 into mourning H60
And all H3605 your songs H7892 into [fn]lamentation H7015;
And I will bring H5927 up H5927 sackcloth H8242 on everyone's H3605 loins H4975
And baldness H7144 on every H3605 head H7218.
And I will make H7760 it like a time of mourning H60 for an only H3173 son H3173,
And the end H319 of it will be like a bitter H4751 day H3117.
I saw H7200 the Lord H136 standing H5324 beside H5921 the altar H4196, and He said H559,
“Strike H5221 the capitals H3730 so that the thresholds H5592 will quake H7493,
And break H1214 them on the heads H7218 of them all H3605!
Then I will kill H2026 the rest H319 of them with the sword H2719;
Not one of them who H5127 can flee H5127 will flee H5127,
And not one of them who H6412 can survive H6412 will escape H4422.
“Behold H2009, I am against H413 you,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635. “And I will burn H1197 up H1197 her chariots H7393 in smoke H6227, and a sword H2719 will devour H398 your young H3715 lions H3715; and I will cut H3772 off H3772 your prey H2964 from the land H776, and no H3808 longer H5750 will the voice H6963 of your messengers H4397 be heard H8085.”
Yet H1571 she became an exile H1473;
She went H1980 into captivity H7628;
Also H1571 her infants H5768 were dashed H7376 to H7376 pieces H7376
At the head H7218 of every H3605 street H2351;
They cast H3032 lots H1486 for her honorable H3513 men,
And all H3605 her great H1419 men H1419 were bound H7576 with fetters H2131.
“You will be filled H7646 with disgrace H7036 rather H4480 than H4480 glory H3519.
Now H1571 you yourself H859 drink H8354 and [fn]expose H6188 your own nakedness H6188.
The cup H3563 in Yahweh's H3068 right H3225 hand H3225 will come H5437 around H5437 to you,
And utter H7022 disgrace H7022 will come upon your glory H3519.
Though H3588 the fig H8384 tree H8384 should not blossom H6524
And there H369 be H369 no H369 produce H2981 on the vines H1612,
Though the yield H4639 of the olive H2132 should fail H3584
And the fields H7709 yield H6213 no H3808 food H400,
Though the flock H6629 should be cut H1504 off H1504 from the fold H4356
And there H369 be H369 no H369 cattle H1241 in the stalls H7517,
“So I will stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 Judah H3063
And against H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.
And I will cut H3772 off H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from this H2088 place H4725,
And the names H8034 of the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 along H5973 with H5973 the priests H3548,
Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091
Will be H3201 able H3201 to deliver H5337 them
On the day H3117 of the fury H5678 of Yahweh H3068;
And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398
In the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,
For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617,
“In that day H3117 you will feel H954 no H3808 shame H954
Because H4480 of all H3605 your deeds H5949
By which H834 you have transgressed H6586 against Me;
For then H227 I will remove H5493 from your midst H7130
Your proud H1346, exulting 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 [fn]Yahweh H3068 came H1961 by the hand H3027 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5030 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, which H1931 is the month H2320 Shebat H7627, in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867, the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 came H1961 to Zechariah H2148 the prophet H5030, the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296, the son H1121 of Iddo H5714, saying H559,
Rejoice H1523 greatly H3966, O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726!
Make H7321 a H7321 loud H7321 shout H7321, O daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389!
Behold H2009, your king H4428 is coming H935 to you;
He is [fn]righteous H6662 and endowed H3467 with H3467 salvation H3467,
[fn]Lowly H6041 and mounted H7392 on a donkey H2543,
Even on a [fn]colt H5895, the [fn]foal H1121 of a pack H860 animal H860.
“My anger H639 burns H2734 against H5921 the shepherds H7462,
And I will visit H6485 punishment upon the [fn]male H6260 goats H6260;
For Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 has visited H6485 His flock H5739, the house H1004 of Judah H3063,
And will make H7760 them like His splendid H1935 horse H5483 in battle H4421.
“And I will pour H8210 out H8210 on the house H1004 of David H1732 and on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 [fn]the Spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of supplication H8469, so that they will look H5027 on Me whom H834 they have pierced H1856; and they will mourn H5594 for Him, as one mourns H5594 for an only H3173 son H3173, and they will weep H4843 bitterly H4843 over H5921 Him like the bitter H4843 weeping H4843 over H5921 a firstborn H1060.
“Awake H5782, O sword H2719, against H5921 My Shepherd H7462
And against H5921 the man H1397, My Associate H5997,”
Declares H5002 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635.
“Strike H5221 the Shepherd H7462 that the sheep H6629 may be scattered H6327;
And I will turn H7725 My hand H3027 [fn]against H5921 the little H6819 ones.
All H3605 the land H776 will be changed H5437 into a plain H6160 from Geba H1387 to Rimmon H7417 south H5045 of Jerusalem H3389; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise H7213 and inhabit H3427 its site H8478 from Benjamin's H1144 Gate H8179 as far H5704 as the place H4725 of the First H7223 Gate H8179 to the Corner H6438 Gate H8179, and from the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 to the king's H4428 wine H3342 presses H3342.
Now this H2088 will be the plague H4046 with which H834 Yahweh H3068 will plague 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.
Then it will be H1961 that any H3605 who are left H3498 of all H3605 the nations H1471 that went H935 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 will go H5927 up H5927 from year H8141 to year H8141 to worship H2331 the King H4428, Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, and to celebrate H2287 the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.
“Then I will draw H7126 near H7126 to you for judgment H4941; and I will be a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers H3784 and against the adulterers H5003 and against those who swear H7650 falsely H8267 and against those who oppress H6231 the wage H7916 earner H7916 in his wages H7939, the widow H490 and the [fn]orphan H3490, and those who turn H5186 aside H5186 the sojourner H1616 and do not [fn]fear H3372 Me,” says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635.
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