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ἐφ — 331x G1909 ἐπί
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Occurrences: 331 times in 304 verses
Speech: Preposition
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - “How could you do this to us?” Abimelech exclaimed. “One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - Then he had Joseph ride in the chariot reserved for his second-in-command. And wherever Joseph went, the command was shouted, “Kneel down!” So Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of all Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn't listen. That's why we're in this trouble.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan will be a snake beside the road,
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse's hooves
so its rider is thrown off.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph's father.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”
Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - If you refuse, then I will send swarms of flies on you, your officials, your people, and all the houses. The Egyptian homes will be filled with flies, and the ground will be covered with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - But this time I will spare the region of Goshen, where my people live. No flies will be found there. Then you will know that I am the LORD and that I am present even in the heart of your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - But if the thief is not caught, the neighbor must appear before God,[fn] who will determine if he stole the property.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - So the entire courtyard will be 150 feet long and 75 feet wide, with curtain walls 7½ feet high,[fn] made from finely woven linen. The bases for the posts will be made of bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:29 - Then Moses told the Levites, “Today you have ordained yourselves[fn] for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Today you have earned a blessing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - Then Bezalel made the courtyard, which was enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side the curtains were 150 feet long.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - He made a similar set of curtains for the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13 - Through this process, the priest will purify those who are guilty of any of these sins, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will belong to the priest, just as with the grain offering.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] or you will die, for you have been anointed with the LORD's anointing oil.” So they did as Moses commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:54 - the priest will order the object to be washed and then quarantined for seven more days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6 - If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:9 - Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17 - Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:20 - Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:9 - Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 - As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people's sins upon itself into a desolate land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - “Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.[fn]
“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:16 - by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD who makes them holy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:9 - “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - You will not enter and occupy the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people's murmuring and complaining against you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - “But I am the same donkey you have ridden all your life,” the donkey answered. “Have I ever done anything like this before?”
“No,” Balaam admitted.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 - You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the LORD, who lives among the people of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see this land because he has followed the LORD completely. I will give to him and his descendants some of the very land he explored during his scouting mission.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - “At that time I gave Joshua this charge: ‘You have seen for yourself everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. He will do the same to all the kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:8 - Even at Mount Sinai[fn] you made the LORD so angry he was ready to destroy you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:19 - I feared that the furious anger of the LORD, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - If you do, the LORD's anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky and hold back the rain, and the ground will fail to produce its harvests. Then you will quickly die in that good land the LORD is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:25 - No one will be able to stand against you, for the LORD your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - But never put a person to death on the testimony of only one witness. There must always be two or three witnesses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in your land—the walls you trusted to protect you—are knocked down. They will attack all the towns in the land the LORD your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:63 - “Just as the LORD has found great pleasure in causing you to prosper and multiply, the LORD will find pleasure in destroying you. You will be torn from the land you are about to enter and occupy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods,
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:3 - I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:9 - “I know the LORD has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 - The commander of the LORD's army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:31 - He followed the commands that Moses the LORD's servant had written in the Book of Instruction: “Make me an altar from stones that are uncut and have not been shaped with iron tools.”[fn] Then on the altar they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - The men of Gibeon quickly sent messengers to Joshua at his camp in Gilgal. “Don't abandon your servants now!” they pleaded. “Come at once! Save us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings who live in the hill country have joined forces to attack us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - The towns of Judah situated along the borders of Edom in the extreme south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:15 - But as surely as the LORD your God has given you the good things he promised, he will also bring disaster on you if you disobey him. He will completely destroy you from this good land he has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.
First they said to the olive tree,
‘Be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:10 - “Then they said to the fig tree,
‘You be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:12 - “Then they said to the grapevine,
‘You be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:14 - “Then all the trees finally turned to the thornbush and said,
‘Come, you be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the thornbush replied to the trees,
‘If you truly want to make me your king,
come and take shelter in my shade.
If not, let fire come out from me
and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women—the entire population—fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - The men of Judah asked the Philistines, “Why are you attacking us?”
The Philistines replied, “We've come to capture Samson. We've come to pay him back for what he did to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Samson said to the young servant who was leading him by the hand, “Place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. I want to rest against them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the people realized what was happening, they cried out, “We can't keep the Ark of the God of Israel here any longer! He is against us! We will all be destroyed along with Dagon, our god.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - “This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to listen to Samuel's warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But the servant said, “I've just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let's go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!' Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:1 - Then Samuel addressed all Israel: “I have done as you asked and given you a king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the LORD your God was already your king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:13 - All right, here is the king you have chosen. You asked for him, and the LORD has granted your request.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “Now if you fear and worship the LORD and listen to his voice, and if you do not rebel against the LORD's commands, then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:9 - If they say to us, ‘Stay where you are or we'll kill you,' then we will stop and not go up to them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God for him! May the king not accuse me and my family in this matter, for I knew nothing at all of any plot against you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - Ask your own men, and they will tell you this is true. So would you be kind to us, since we have come at a time of celebration? Please share any provisions you might have on hand with us and with your friend David.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:23 - But David said, “No, my brothers! Don't be selfish with what the LORD has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - O mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you,
nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain.[fn]
For there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled;
the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - Now that Saul is dead, I ask you to be my strong and loyal subjects like the people of Judah, who have anointed me as their new king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - Meanwhile, Abner had consulted with the elders of Israel. “For some time now,” he told them, “you have wanted to make David your king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - In the past,[fn] when Saul was our king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be Israel's leader.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 - He led them to Baalah of Judah[fn] to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies,[fn] who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab's sons, were guiding the cart as it left the house,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But his men objected strongly. “You must not go,” they urged. “If we have to turn and run—and even if half of us die—it will make no difference to Absalom's troops; they will be looking only for you. You are worth 10,000 of us,[fn] and it is better that you stay here in the town and send help if we need it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - Now Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:48 - Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the LORD:
the gold altar;
the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:6 - But about this time tomorrow I will send my officials to search your palace and the homes of your people. They will take away everything you consider valuable!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - Each Israelite soldier killed his Aramean opponent, and suddenly the entire Aramean army panicked and fled. The Israelites chased them, but King Ben-hadad and a few of his charioteers escaped on horses.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - Now, therefore, this is what the LORD says: You will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'” So Elijah went to deliver the message.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And Elijah said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - “Sir,” they said, “just say the word and fifty of our strongest men will search the wilderness for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has left him on some mountain or in some valley.”
“No,” Elisha said, “don't send them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - She said to her husband, “I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:2 - The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn't happen even if the LORD opened the windows of heaven!”
But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. “The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians[fn] to attack us!” they cried to one another.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - The king appointed his officer to control the traffic at the gate, but he was knocked down and trampled to death as the people rushed out.
So everything happened exactly as the man of God had predicted when the king came to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:20 - During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - They brought his body back to Jerusalem on a horse, and he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10 - “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - Then he addressed the entire assembly of Israel as follows: “If you approve and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasturelands. Let us invite them to come and join us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:40 - They sacrificed the regular burnt offerings to the LORD each morning and evening on the altar set aside for that purpose, obeying everything written in the Law of the LORD, as he had commanded Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people—
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - So you see, God is with us. He is our leader. His priests blow their trumpets and lead us into battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:7 - Fear the LORD and judge with integrity, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - Whenever a case comes to you from fellow citizens in an outlying town, whether a murder case or some other violation of God's laws, commands, decrees, or regulations, you must warn them not to sin against the LORD, so that he will not be angry with you and them. Do this and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Amariah the high priest will have final say in all cases involving the LORD. Zebadiah son of Ishmael, a leader from the tribe of Judah, will have final say in all civil cases. The Levites will assist you in making sure that justice is served. Take courage as you fulfill your duties, and may the LORD be with those who do what is right.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war,[fn] plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:12 - O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8 - During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the LORD's fierce anger has been turned against you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD's fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - Manasseh's prayer, the account of the way God answered him, and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in The Record of the Seers.[fn] It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself and repented.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - “The king should know that the Jews who came here to Jerusalem from Babylon are rebuilding this rebellious and evil city. They have already laid the foundation and will soon finish its walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers. He was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi son of Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were slaves, but in his unfailing love our God did not abandon us in our slavery. Instead, he caused the kings of Persia to treat us favorably. He revived us so we could rebuild the Temple of our God and repair its ruins. He has given us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “Now we are being punished because of our wickedness and our great guilt. But we have actually been punished far less than we deserve, for you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive as a remnant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:12 - Then the whole assembly raised their voices and answered, “Yes, you are right; we must do as you say!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:12 - The Jews who lived near the enemy came and told us again and again, “They will come from all directions and attack us!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - “You gave them bread from heaven when they were hungry and water from the rock when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you had sworn to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:33 - Every time you punished us you were being just. We have sinned greatly, and you gave us only what we deserved.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver[fn] for the care of the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18 - “Wasn't it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - he should bring out one of the king's own royal robes, as well as a horse that the king himself has ridden—one with a royal emblem on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews throughout the realm agreed to inaugurate this tradition and to pass it on to their descendants and to all who became Jews. They declared they would never fail to celebrate these two prescribed days at the appointed time each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:18 - “O earth, do not conceal my blood.
Let it cry out on my behalf.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:5 - They betray their friends for their own advantage,
so let their children faint with hunger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 - For you have added rebellion to your sin;
you show no respect,
and you speak many angry words against God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many people say, “Who will show us better times?”
Let your face smile on us, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:22 - Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD,
for our hope is in you alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:9 - Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely,
the one who shared my food, has turned against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:17 - All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.
We have not violated your covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6 - Add many years to the life of the king!
May his years span the generations!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

May God be merciful and bless us.
May his face smile with favor on us.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
soon they disappear, and we fly away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17 - And may the Lord our God show us his approval
and make our efforts successful.
Yes, make our efforts successful!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 - At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD,
causing Moses serious trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:14 - May the LORD richly bless
both you and your children.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - For he loves us with unfailing love;
the LORD's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2 - What if the LORD had not been on our side
when people attacked us?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:3 - They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:8 - And may those who pass by
refuse to give them this blessing:
“The LORD bless you;
we bless you in the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:3 - Don't put your confidence in powerful people;
there is no help for you there.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:4 - Haughty eyes, a proud heart,
and evil actions are all sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 - The wise conquer the city of the strong
and level the fortress in which they trust.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - If you set a trap for others,
you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
it will crush you instead.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:21 - A servant pampered from childhood
will become a rebel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:7 - I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes—and princes walking like servants!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won't be mocked as old maids.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - “My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to[fn] King Rezin and King Pekah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River[fn]—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - [fn] The people who walk in darkness
will see a great light.
For those who live in a land of deep darkness,[fn]
a light will shine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9 - And the people of Israel[fn] and Samaria,
who spoke with such pride and arrogance,
will soon know it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn.
They will go to their sacred shrines to weep.
They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba,
shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - Elamites are the archers,
with their chariots and charioteers.
The men of Kir hold up the shields.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,
you people of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the LORD, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11 - God will push down Moab's people
as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands.
He will end their pride
and all their evil works.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death
and have made a deal to dodge the grave.[fn]
The coming destruction can never touch us,
for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - “What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the LORD.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt.
They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.'
But the only swiftness you are going to see
is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And as the LORD strikes them with his rod of punishment,
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps.
Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
and depending on the strength of human armies
instead of looking to the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 - until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 - Even if the forest should be destroyed
and the city torn down,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - “Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it's all free!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come
and take away your grain and new wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - Surely you are still our Father!
Even if Abraham and Jacob[fn] would disown us,
LORD, you would still be our Father.
You are our Redeemer from ages past.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:19 - Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
as though we had never been known as your people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - You are like a wild donkey,
sniffing the wind at mating time.
Who can restrain her lust?
Those who desire her don't need to search,
for she goes running to them!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[fn] This is what the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
I will not be angry with you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - “They have lied about the LORD
and said, ‘He won't bother us!
No disasters will come upon us.
There will be no war or famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - O Israel, I will bring a distant nation against you,”
says the LORD.
“It is a mighty nation,
an ancient nation,
a people whose language you do not know,
whose speech you cannot understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - They will devour the food of your harvest;
they will devour your sons and daughters.
They will devour your flocks and herds;
they will devour your grapes and figs.
And they will destroy your fortified towns,
which you think are so safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:17 - I posted watchmen over you who said,
‘Listen for the sound of the alarm.'
But you replied,
‘No! We won't pay attention!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
They sound like a roaring sea
as they ride forward on horses.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap
and sit among the ashes.
Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son.
For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4 - But don't be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the LORD's Temple is here. They chant, “The LORD's Temple is here! The LORD's Temple is here!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:14 - So just as I destroyed Shiloh, I will now destroy this Temple that bears my name, this Temple that you trust in for help, this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - Quick! Begin your weeping!
Let the tears flow from your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:1 - Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If racing against mere men makes you tired,
how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground,
what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - The nobles send servants to get water,
but all the wells are dry.
The servants return with empty pitchers,
confused and desperate,
covering their heads in grief.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Are you also confused?
Is our champion helpless to save us?
You are right here among us, LORD.
We are known as your people.
Please don't abandon us now!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 - I will tell your enemies to take you
as captives to a foreign land.
For my anger blazes like a fire
that will burn forever.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:10 - “When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the LORD our God?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - I will double their punishment for all their sins, because they have defiled my land with lifeless images of their detestable gods and have filled my territory with their evil deeds.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - then kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates forever. There will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will always ride in and out among the people of Judah in chariots and on horses, and this city will remain forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - “Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please speak to the LORD for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the LORD will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of attendants and subjects.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:40 - And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the LORD your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:15 - But if you kill me, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the LORD sent me to speak every word you have heard.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:10 - This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - I turned away from God,
but then I was sorry.
I kicked myself for my stupidity!
I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:7 - And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these commands, you will live long, good lives in the land.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - “As for me, I will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to meet with us. Settle in the towns you have taken, and live off the land. Harvest the grapes and summer fruits and olives, and store them away.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:19 - “Listen, you remnant of Judah. The LORD has told you: ‘Do not go to Egypt!' Don't forget this warning I have given you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14 - Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:29 - “‘And this is the proof I give you,' says the LORD, ‘that all I have threatened will happen to you and that I will punish you here.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - Hear the clatter of stallions' hooves
and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by.
Terrified fathers run madly,
without a backward glance at their helpless children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19 - You people of Aroer,
stand beside the road and watch.
Shout to those who flee from Moab,
‘What has happened there?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - Run for your lives,” says the LORD.
“Hide yourselves in deep caves, you people of Hazor,
for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has plotted against you
and is preparing to destroy you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
As they ride forward on horses,
they sound like a roaring sea.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 - You are a city by a great river,
a great center of commerce,
but your end has come.
The thread of your life is cut.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:28 - Let them sit alone in silence
beneath the LORD's demands.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:46 - “All our enemies
have spoken out against us.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:22 - Or have you utterly rejected us?
Are you angry with us still?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - Proclaim this message from the Sovereign LORD against the mountains of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring war upon you, and I will smash your pagan shrines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:8 - I will bring on you the sword of war you so greatly fear, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because what you say is false and your visions are a lie, I will stand against you, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against all your magic charms, which you use to ensnare my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms, setting my people free like birds set free from a cage.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:5 - He also took a seedling from the land
and planted it in fertile soil.
He placed it beside a broad river,
where it could grow like a willow tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:8 - even though it was already planted in good soil
and had plenty of water
so it could grow into a splendid vine
and produce rich leaves and luscious fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:33 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with an iron fist in great anger and with awesome power.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:13 - “But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:21 - I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:22 - and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:9 - “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them—handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, all riding their horses.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:49 - You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution—your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can we survive?'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9 - See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10 - I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15 - I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:25 - “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:29 - I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:6 - I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:20 - “Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:17 - The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:9 - There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel's great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. “So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:12 - You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:13 - Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - Therefore, the LORD has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. The LORD our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - You make vows and break them;
you kill and steal and commit adultery.
There is violence everywhere—
one murder after another.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - And the pagan shrines of Aven,[fn] the place of Israel's sin, will crumble.
Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars.
They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!”
and plead with the hills, “Fall on us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.'
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:1 - Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel and Judah—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:2 - “From among all the families on the earth,
I have been intimate with you alone.
That is why I must punish you
for all your sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 - The Sovereign LORD has sworn this by his holiness:
“The time will come when you will be led away
with hooks in your noses.
Every last one of you will be dragged away
like a fish on a hook!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “I kept the rain from falling
when your crops needed it the most.
I sent rain on one town
but withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
while another field withered away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:1 - Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”
says the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land—
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:10 - But all the sinners will die by the sword—
all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:12 - And Israel will possess what is left of Edom
and all the nations I have called to be mine.[fn]
The LORD has spoken,
and he will do these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:12 - “Throw me into the sea,” Jonah said, “and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm is all my fault.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. “O LORD,” they pleaded, “don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day your enemies will make fun of you
by singing this song of despair about you:
“We are finished,
completely ruined!
God has confiscated our land,
taking it from us.
He has given our fields
to those who betrayed us.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God's laws only for a price;
you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - [fn]Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
They will strike Israel's leader
in the face with a rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - I am raising up the Babylonians,[fn]
a cruel and violent people.
They will march across the world
and conquer other lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - Gather before judgment begins,
before your time to repent is blown away like chaff.
Act now, before the fierce fury of the LORD falls
and the terrible day of the LORD's anger begins.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - And what sorrow awaits you Philistines[fn]
who live along the coast and in the land of Canaan,
for this judgment is against you, too!
The LORD will destroy you
until not one of you is left.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Esau's descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the LORD of Heaven's Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,' and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
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