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Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, but the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]called H7121 them by the same H8034 names H8034 by which H834 his father H1 had called H7121 them.
Then Laban H3837 answered H6030 and said H559 to Jacob H3290, “The daughters H1323 are my daughters H1323, and the children H1121 are my children H1121, and the flocks H6629 are my flocks H6629, and all H3605 that you see H7200 is mine. But what H4100 can I do H6213 this day H3117 to these H428 daughters of mine H1323 or H176 to their children H1121 whom H834 they have borne H3205?
Now it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121, Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251, each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the unsuspecting H983 city H5892 and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547 and said H559, “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”
Now it happened H1961 in the course of those H1992 many H7227 days H3117 that the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 died H4191. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sighed H584 because H4480 of the slavery H5656, and they cried H2199 out H2199; and their cry H7775 for H7775 help H7775 because H4480 of their slavery H5656 rose H5927 up H5927 to God H430.
Now Pharaoh H6547 drew H7126 near H7126, and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 lifted H5375 up H5375 their eyes H5869, and behold H2009, the Egyptians H4714 were marching H5265 after H310 them, and they became H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372; so the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H6817 out H6817 to Yahweh H3068.
For the horses H5483 of Pharaoh H6547 with his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571 went H935 into the sea H3220, and Yahweh H3068 brought H7725 back H7725 the waters H4325 of the sea H3220 on them, but the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 on dry H3004 land H3004 through the midst H8432 of the sea H3220.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, “Boil H1310 the flesh H1320 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and eat H398 it there H8033 together with the bread H3899 which H834 is in the basket H5536 of the ordination H4394 offering H4394, just H834 as I commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 it.'
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, Israel's H3478 firstborn H1060, their genealogical H8435 registration H8435 by their families H4940, by their fathers' H1 households H1004, according to the number H4557 of names H8034, head H1538 by head H1538, every H3605 male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 out H3318 to war H6635,
Now those who were to camp H2583 before H6440 the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, before H6440 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, are Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, keeping H8104 the responsibility H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the responsibility H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]outsider H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
So Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Aaron H175, “You and your sons H1121 and your father's H1 household H1004 with you shall bear H5375 the guilt H5771 [fn]in connection with the sanctuary H4720, and you and your sons H1121 with you shall bear H5375 the guilt H5771 [fn]in connection with your priesthood H3550.
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,
They journeyed H5265 from Rameses H7486 in the first H7223 month H2320, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320; on the [fn]next H4283 day H4283 after H4480 the Passover H6453 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 started H3318 out [fn]with a high H7311 hand H3027 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the Egyptians H4714,
And the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the family H4940 of the sons H1121 of Gilead H1568, the son H1121 of Machir H4353, the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519, of the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, came H7126 near H7126 and spoke H1696 before H6440 Moses H4872 and before H6440 the leaders H5387, the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478,
“Only H7534 keep H8104 yourself and keep H8104 your soul H5315 very H3966 carefully H3966, lest H6435 you forget H7911 the things H1697 which H834 your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 and lest H6435 they depart H5493 from your heart H3824 all H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416. But make H3045 them known H3045 to your sons H1121 and to your grandsons H1121.
but the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a sabbath H7676 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430; in it you shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399, you or your son H1121 or your daughter H1323 or your male H5650 slave H5650 or your female H519 slave H519 or your ox H7794 or your donkey H2543 or any H3605 of your cattle H929 or your sojourner H1616 who H834 is within your gates H8179, so H4616 that your male H5650 slave H5650 and your female H519 slave H519 may rest H5117 as well as you.
“If H3588 your brother H251, your mother's H517 son H1121, or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323, or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish H2436, or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is as your own soul H5315, entices H5496 you secretly H5643, saying H559, ‘Let us go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods H430' (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known H3045,
“And the generation H1755 to come H314, your sons H1121 who H834 rise H6965 up H6965 after H4480 H310 you and the foreigner H5237 who H834 comes H935 from a distant H7350 land H776, shall see H7200 the plagues H4347 of the land H776 and the diseases H8463 with which H834 Yahweh H3068 has [fn]afflicted H2470 it, and they will say H559,
“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.”
Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 sent H7971 two H8147 men H376 as spies H7270 secretly H2791 from Shittim H7851, saying H559, “Go H1980, see H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and came H935 into the house H1004 of a harlot H802 H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343 and [fn]lodged H7901 there H8033.
Thus H3651 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 and carried H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the lodging H4411 place H4411 and laid H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 Yahweh H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 acted H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 in regard to the things H2764 devoted H2764 to destruction H2764. Achan H5912, the son H1121 of Carmi H3756, the son H1121 of Zabdi H2067, the son H1121 of Zerah H2226, from the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063, took H3947 some H4480 of the devoted H2764 things H2764; therefore the anger H639 of Yahweh H3068 burned H2734 against the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
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.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, in the hill H2022 country H2022 and in the [fn]Shephelah H8219 and on all H3605 the coast H2348 of the Great H1419 Sea H3220 toward H413 H4136 Lebanon H3844, the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite H2983, heard H8085 of it,
Now it happened H1961 that when Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 that Joshua H3091 had captured H3920 Ai H5857 and had devoted H2763 it to destruction H2763 (just H834 as he had done H6213 to Jericho H3405 and its king H4428, so H3651 he had done H6213 to Ai H5857 and its king H4428), and that the inhabitants H3427 of Gibeon H1391 had made H7999 peace H7999 with Israel H3478 and were [fn]within H7130 their land H7130,
Then the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 word to Joshua H3091 to the camp H4264 at Gilgal H1537, saying H559, “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your slaves H5650; come H5927 up H5927 to us quickly H4120 and save H3467 us and help H5826 us, for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that live H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 have assembled H6908 against H413 us.”
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 struck H5221 down H5221, and whose land H776 they possessed H3423 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the east toward the sunrise H4217 H8121, from the valley H5158 of the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Hermon H2768, and all H3605 the Arabah H6160 to the east H4217:
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 struck H5221 down H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,
Now these H428 are the territories which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inherited H5157 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 to them for H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157,
Then the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 drew H5066 near H5066 to Joshua H3091 in Gilgal H1537, and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 said H559 to him, “You know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 concerning H182 [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea H6947.
Then the men H376 arose H6965 and went H1980, and Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 those who went H1980 to write H3789 the description of the land H776, saying H559, “Go H1980 and walk H1980 through the land H776 and write H3789 a description of it, and return H7725 to me; then I will cast H7993 lots H1486 for you here H6311 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 in Shiloh H7887.”
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 distributed H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
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.
So Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712, even the heads H7218 of the thousands H505 of Israel H3478 who H834 were with him, heard H8085 the words H1697 which H834 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696. And it was good H3190 in their sight H5869.
Then Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 returned H7725 from the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and from the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, from the land H776 of Gilead H1568 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667, to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to them.
“Now 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 they buried H6912 the bones H6106 of Joseph H3130, which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 brought H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714, at Shechem H7927, in the portion H2513 of the field H7704 which H834 Jacob H3290 had bought H7069 from the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 for one hundred H3967 [fn]qesitah H7192; and they became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Joseph's H3130 sons H1121.
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.
Naphtali H5321 did not dispossess H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
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.
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 to Yahweh H3068, and Yahweh H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a savior H3467 for them, Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjamite H1145, a left-handed H334 H3225 H3027 man H376. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 tribute H4503 by his hand H3027 to Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124.
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.
Now Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 were in Karkor H7174, and their camps H4264 with them, about 15,000 H2568 H6240 H505 men, all H3605 who were left H3498 of the entire H3605 camp H4264 of the sons H1121 of the east H6924; for the fallen H5307 were 120,000 H3967 H6242 H505 men H376 who drew H8025 the sword H2719.
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 what H7451 was evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh H3068 and served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth H6252, the gods H430 of Aram H758, the gods H430 of Sidon H6721, the gods H430 of Moab H4124, the gods H430 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and the gods H430 of the Philistines H6430; thus they forsook H5800 Yahweh H3068 and did not serve H5647 Him.
Then the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829 and said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, but did not H3808 call H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 your house H1004 down on you.”
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”
And he said H559 to them,
When he came H935 to Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of Yahweh H3068 [fn]came H6743 upon him mightily H6743 so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were as flax H6593 that is burned H1197 with fire H784, and his bonds H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands H3027.
Then the five H2568 men H376 went H1980 forth and came H935 to Laish H3919 and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, after the [fn]manner H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and secure H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 conqueror H3423 dishonoring H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
And the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 answered H6030 and said H559 to their relatives H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image H4541? So now H6258, know H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”
They were making their hearts H3820 merry H3190, and behold H2009, the men H376 of the city H5892, certain H376 [fn]vile H1100 fellows H1121, surrounded H5437 the house H1004, pounding H1849 the door H1817; and they spoke H559 to the owner H1167 of the house H1004, the old H2205 man H376, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the man H376 who H834 came H935 into your house H1004 that we may [fn]know H3045 him.”
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 arose H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and asked H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 for us to begin H8462 the battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then Yahweh H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall begin H8462 it.”
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not come H5927 up H5927 in the assembly H6951 to Yahweh H3068?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a great H1419 oath H7621 concerning him who H834 did not come H5927 up H5927 to Yahweh H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
Then He struck H5221 down H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068. He struck H5221 down H5221 of all the people H5971, 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men H376, and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 Yahweh H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347.
And the men H376 of Kiriath-jearim H7157 came H935 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068 up H5927 and brought H935 it into the house H1004 of Abinadab H41 on the hill H1389 and set H6942 apart H6942 Eleazar H499 his son H1121 as H6942 holy H6942 in order to keep H8104 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068.
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.
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was sitting H3427 in Gibeah H1390, under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 around H5921 him.
“So now H6258, my lord H113, as Yahweh H3068 lives H2416 and as your soul H5315 lives H2416, since H834 Yahweh H3068 has restrained H4513 you from [fn]shedding H935 blood H1818, and from saving H3467 yourself by your own hand H3027, so now H6258, let your enemies H340 and those who seek H1245 evil H7451 against H413 my lord H113, be as Nabal H5037.
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.
Now it happened H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 that the Philistines H6430 gathered H6908 their armed camps H4264 for war H6635, to fight H3898 against Israel H3478. And Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Know H3045 assuredly H3045 that you will go H3318 out H3318 with me in the camp H4264, you and your men H376.”
Then Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul H7586, “Why H4100 have you disturbed H7264 me by bringing H5927 me up H5927?” And Saul H7586 answered H6030, “I am H6887 greatly H3966 distressed H6887, for the Philistines H6430 are waging H3898 war H3898 against me, and God H430 has turned H5493 away H5493 from me and no H3808 longer H5750 answers H6030 me, either H1571 by the hand H3027 of the prophets H5030 or H1571 by dreams H2472; therefore I have called H7121 you, that you may make H3045 known H3045 to me what H4100 I should do H6213.”
Then the men H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191. So they forsook H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; and the Philistines H6430 came H935 and lived H3427 in them.
Then the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but the blind H5787 and lame H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493”; [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 odious H887 to David H1732. So the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, 20,000 H6242 H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with 1,000 H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with 12,000 H8147 H6240 H505 men H376.
Now behold H2009, Zadok H6659 also H1571 came, and all H3605 the Levites H3881 with him carrying H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430. And they set H3332 down H3332 the ark H727 of God H430, and Abiathar H54 came H5927 up H5927 until H5704 all H3605 the people H5971 had finished H8552 passing H5674 from the city H5892.
Now after H310 him was Shammah H8048 the son H1121 of Agee H89 a Hararite H2043. And the Philistines H6430 were gathered H622 [fn]into a troop H2416 where H8033 there H8033 was a portion H2513 of the field H7704 full H4392 of lentils H5742; and the people H5971 fled H5127 from before the Philistines H6430.
But it happened H1961 at the end H7093 of three H7969 years H8141, that two H8147 of the slaves H5650 of Shimei H8096 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah H4601, king H4428 of Gath H1661. And they told H5046 Shimei H8096, saying H559, “Behold H2009, your slaves H5650 are in Gath H1661.”
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 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 man H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and give H5414 them over to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, far H7350 off H7350 or H176 near H7138;
Thus King H4428 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 to the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 all H3605 her desire H2656 which H834 she asked H7592, besides H4480 H905 what H834 he gave H5414 her according to [fn]his royal H4428 bounty H3027. Then she turned H6437 and went H1980 to her own land H776, she and her servants H5650.
Now an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and recounted H5608 to him all H3605 the work H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they recounted H5608 to their father H1.
Now the servants H5650 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 said H559 to him, “Their gods H430 are gods H430 of the mountains H2022, therefore H5921 H3651 they were stronger H2388 than H4480 we; but rather H199 let us fight H3898 against H854 them in the plain H4334, and surely H518 H3808 we will be stronger H2388 than H4480 they.
Now the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030, as if from one H259 mouth H6310, are good H2896 towards the king H4428. Please H4994 let your word H1697 be like the word H1697 of one H259 of them, and speak H1696 that which is good H2896.”
Now Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, and there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 before H6440 him, he said H559 to his young H5288 man H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 to take H5493 away H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is not the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 behind H310 him?”
Now it happened H1961 that as soon as he had finished H3615 offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers H7991, “Come H935 in H935, strike H5221 them down H5221; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out H3318.” And they struck H5221 them down H5221 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out H7993 and went H1980 to the [fn]inner H5892 room H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168.
So the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967 did H6213 according to all H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the sabbath H7676, with H5973 those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the sabbath H7676, and came H935 to Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548.
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 this happened H1961 because H3588 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had sinned H2398 against Yahweh H3068 their God H430—who had brought H5927 them up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 from under H8478 the hand H3027 of Pharaoh H6547, king H4428 of Egypt H4714—and they had [fn]feared H3372 other H312 gods H430
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.
Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves odious H887 to David H1732. So Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 [fn]1,000 H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia H763, from Aram-maacah H758 H4601, and from Zobah H6678.
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.
These H1992 also H1571 cast H5307 lots H1486 alongside H5980 their [fn]relatives H251 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 in the presence H6440 of David H1732 the king H4428, Zadok H6659, Ahimelech H288, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the priests H3548 and of the Levites H3881—the head H7218 of fathers' H1 households alongside H5980 those of his younger H6996 brother H251.
Moreover, David H1732 and the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 separated H914 for the service H5656 some of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 and of Heman H1968 and of Jeduthun H3038, who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres H3658, harps H5035, and cymbals H4700; and the number H4557 of [fn]those H376 who performed H4399 their service H5656 was:
Now this is the total count H4557 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and of hundreds H3967, and their officers H7860 who ministered H8334 to the king H4428 in each H3605 matter H1697 of the divisions H4256 which came H935 in H935 and went H3318 out H3318 month H2320 by month H2320 throughout all H3605 the months H2320 of the year H8141, each H259 division H4256 numbering 24,000 H6242 H702 H505:
“So now H6258, arise H6965, O Yahweh H3068 God H430, to Your resting H5117 place H5117, You and the ark H727 of Your strength H5797; let Your priests H3548, O Yahweh H3068 God H430, be clothed H3847 with salvation H8668 and let Your holy H2623 ones H2623 be glad H8055 in what H2896 is H2896 good H2896.
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?
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from first H7223 to last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 record H3187? Now there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 all H3605 their days H3117.
Now the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030, as if from one H259 mouth H6310, are good H2896 to the king H4428. So please H4994 let your word H1697 be like one H259 of them and speak H1696 that which is good H2896.”
And they rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out H3318, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, O Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, establish H539 your faith H539 in Yahweh H3068 your God H430 and you will be established H539. Establish H539 your faith H539 in His prophets H5030 and succeed H6743.”
Then the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 made H4427 [fn]Ahaziah H274, his youngest H6996 son H1121, king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478, for the band H1416 of H1416 men H1416 who came H935 with the Arabs H6163 to the camp H4264 had killed H2026 all H3605 the older H7223 sons. So Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 became H4427 king H4427.
So the Levites H3881 and all H3605 Judah H3063 did H6213 according to all H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the sabbath H7676, with those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the sabbath H7676, for Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 did not dismiss H6362 any of the divisions H4256.
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.
Then the Levites H3881 arose H6965:
Mahath H4287, the son H1121 of Amasai H6022 and Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Azariah H5838, from the sons H1121 of the Kohathites H6956;
and from the sons H1121 of Merari H4847, Kish H7027 the son H1121 of Abdi H5660 and Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jehallelel H3094;
and from the Gershonites H1649, Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Zimmah H2155 and Eden H5731 the son H1121 of Joah H3098;
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was completed H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, shattered H7665 the pillars H4676, cut H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 in H1438 pieces H1438, and tore H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 the destruction was completed H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
Then the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 arose H6965, that is of everyone H3605 whose spirit H7307 God H430 had stirred H5782 to go H5927 up H5927 to rebuild H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.
Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 away H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.
Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389 in the second H8145 month H2320, Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597 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.
then H116 wrote Rehum H7348 the commander H1169 H2942 and Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613 and the rest H7606 of their colleagues H3675, the judges H1782 and the lesser H671 governors H671, the officials H2967, the secretaries H670, the men H756 of H756 Erech H756, the Babylonians H896, the men H7801 of H7801 Susa H7801, that is, the Elamites H5962,
let it be H3046 known H3046 to the king H4430 that the Jews H3062 who H1768 came H5559 up H5559 from you have come H858 to us at Jerusalem H3390; they are rebuilding H1124 the rebellious H4779 and evil H873 city H7149 and are completing H3635 the walls H7792 and repairing H2338 the foundations H787.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the [fn]River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them thus H3652, “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 house H1005 and to complete H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
‘But because H4481 H1768 our fathers H2 had provoked H7265 the God H426 of heaven H8065 to H7265 wrath H7265, He gave H3052 them into the hand H3028 of Nebuchadnezzar H5020 king H4430 of Babylon H895, the Chaldean H3779, who destroyed H5642 this H1836 house H1005 and took H1541 the people H5972 away H1541 into exile H5972 in Babylon H895.
The exiles H1121 H1473 who had come H935 from the captivity H7628 brought H7126 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 near H7126 to the God H430 of Israel H3478: 12 H8147 H6240 bulls H6499 for all H3605 Israel H3478, 96 H8673 H8337 rams H352, 77 H7657 H7651 lambs H3532, 12 H8147 H6240 male H6842 goats H6842 for a sin H2403 offering H2403, all H3605 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 to Yahweh H3068.
Now when these H428 things H428 had been completed H3615, the princes H8269 approached H5066 me, saying H559, “The people H5971 of Israel H3478 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 have not separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776, according to their abominations H8441, those of the Canaanites H3669, the Hittites H2850, the Perizzites H6522, the Jebusites H2983, the Ammonites H5984, the Moabites H4125, the Egyptians H4713 and the Amorites H567.
Then Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548 arose H6965 with his brothers H251 the priests H3548 and built H1129 the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; they set H6942 it apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 and made its doors H1817 stand H5975. And they set H6942 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.
[fn]Now it happened that when H834 Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, the Arabs H6163, the Ammonites H5984, and the Ashdodites H796 heard H8085 that the [fn]repair H724 of the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 went H5927 on, and that the places broken H6555 down began H2490 to be H5640 closed H5640, they were H2734 very H3966 angry H2734.
Moreover H1571, from the day H3117 that I was put H6680 in command H6680 to be their governor H6346 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, from the twentieth H6242 year H8141 to the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141, neither H3808 I nor H3808 my [fn]relatives H251 have eaten H398 the governor's H6346 food H3899 allowance.
“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.”
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 away H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
So the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, some H4480 of the people H5971, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 Israel H3478 lived H3427 in their cities H5892.
Then the seventh H7637 month H2320 came H5060, and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were in their cities H5892.
Then Nehemiah H5166, who H1931 was the [fn]governor H8660, and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe H5608, and the Levites H3881, who provided H995 the people H5971 with understanding H995, said H559 to all H3605 the people H5971, “This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 to Yahweh H3068 your God H430; do not mourn H56 or weep H1058.” For all H3605 the people H5971 were weeping H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the law H8451.
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!
Now the rest H7605 of the people H5971—the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 those who had separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776 to the law H8451 of God H430, their wives H802, their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323—all H3605 those who had H3045 knowledge H3045 and understanding H995,
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;
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the provinces H4082 who H834 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 each H376 lived H3427 in his own possession H272 in their cities H5892—[fn]the Israelites H3478, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple H5411 servants H5411, and the sons H1121 of Solomon's H8010 servants H5650.
The heads H7218 of the Levites H3881 were Hashabiah H2811, Sherebiah H8274, and Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Kadmiel H6934, with their brothers H251 opposite H5048 them, to praise H1984 and give H3034 thanks H3034, by the commandment H4687 of David H1732 the man H376 of God H430, watch H4929 by H5980 watch H4929.
Then the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king's H4428 satraps H323, to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082, and to the princes H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its tongue H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king's H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.
Then Esther's H635 young H5291 women H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and told H5046 her, and the queen H4436 writhed H2342 in great H3966 anguish. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 and to remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from upon him, but he did not accept H6901 them.
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were called H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 to the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the princes H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Ethiopia H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their tongue H3956 as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their tongue H3956.
Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in royal H4438 robes H3830 of [fn]blue H8504 and fine H2353 white H2353, with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple H713; and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 cried H6670 aloud and was glad H8055.
Now the rest H7605 of the Jews H3064 who H834 were in the king's H4428 provinces H4082 assembled H6950, to make a stand H5975 for their lives H5315 and obtain rest H5117 for themselves H5117 from their enemies H340, and to kill H2026 75,000 H2568 H7657 H505 of those who hated H8130 them; but they did not send H7971 forth H7971 their hand H3027 for the plunder H961.
Then Job's H347 three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 of all H3605 this H2088 calamity H7451 that had come H935 upon him. So they came H935 each H376 one H376 from his own place H4725, Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747, and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284; and they made H3259 an H3259 appointment H3259 together H3162 to come H935 to console H5110 him and comfort H5162 him.
Now it happened H1961 after H310 Yahweh H3068 had spoken H1696 these H428 words H1697 to Job H347, that Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, “My anger H639 burns H2734 against you and against your two H8147 friends H7453 because H3588 you have not spoken H1696 of Me what is H3559 right H3559 as My servant H5650 Job H347 has.
For I have given H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820 and explain H952 [fn]it that righteous H6662 men H6662, wise H2450 men H2450, and their service H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. Man H120 does not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 may be before H6440 him.
[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164; in earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He shall make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.
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.
“Sheol H7585 from beneath H4480 H8478 trembles H7264 excitedly over you to meet H7122 you when you come H935;
It wakens H5782 for you the [fn]spirits H7496 of H7496 the H7496 dead H7496, all H3605 the [fn]leaders H6260 of the earth H776;
It raises H6965 all H3605 the kings H4428 of the nations H1471 from their thrones H3678.
“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.
For the fields H7709 of Heshbon H2809 have languished H535, the vines H1612 of Sibmah H7643 as well;
The lords H1167 of the nations H1471 have trampled H1986 down H1986 its choice H8291 clusters H8291
Which reached H5060 as far H5704 as Jazer H3270 and wandered H8582 to the deserts H4057;
Its tendrils H7976 spread H5203 themselves out H5203 and passed H5674 over H5674 the sea H3220.
Which sends H7971 envoys H6735 by the sea H3220,
Even in papyrus H1573 vessels H3627 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Go H1980, swift H7031 messengers H4397, to a nation H1471 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
To a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
The princes H8269 of [fn]Zoan H6814 are merely H389 ignorant H191 fools H191;
The counsel H6098 of Pharaoh's H6547 wisest H2450 counselors H3289 has become H1197 [fn]senseless H1197.
How H349 can you men say H559 to Pharaoh H6547,
“I am a son H1121 of the wise H2450, a son H1121 of the kings H4428 of old H6924”?
A harsh H7186 vision H2380 has been declared H5046 to me;
The treacherous H898 one still deals H898 treacherously H898, and the destroyer H7703 still destroys H7703.
Go H5927 up H5927, Elam H5867, lay H6696 siege H6696, Media H4074;
I have made H7673 an H7673 end H7673 of H7673 all H3605 [fn]the groaning H603 she has caused.
From the ends H3671 of the earth H776 we hear H8085 songs H2158, “Glory H6643 to the Righteous H6662 One H6662,”
But I say H559, “[fn]I waste H7334 away! [fn]I waste H7334 away! Woe H188 is me!
The treacherous H898 deal H898 treacherously H898,
And the treacherous H898 deal H898 very H899 treacherously H898.”
Your dead H4191 will live H2421;
[fn]Their corpses H5038 will rise H6965.
You who dwell H7931 in H7931 the dust H6083, awake H6974 and shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442,
For your dew H2919 is as the dew H2919 of the [fn]dawn H219,
And the earth H776 will [fn]give H5307 birth H5307 to the [fn]departed H7496 spirits H7496.
Then you will be brought H8213 low H8213;
From the earth H776 you will speak H1696,
And from the dust H6083 where you are prostrate H7817
Your words H565 will come.
Your voice H6963 will also be like that of a [fn]spirit H178 from the ground H776,
And your speech H565 will whisper H6850 from the dust H6083.
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.
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!
Now the Egyptians H4714 are men H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So Yahweh H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And he who helps H5826 will stumble H3782,
And he who is helped H5826 will fall H5307,
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
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.
Behold H2372 Zion H6726, the city H7151 of our appointed H4150 times H4150;
Your eyes H5869 will see H7200 Jerusalem H3389, an abode H5116 at H7600 ease H7600,
A tent H168 which will not be folded H6813;
Its stakes H3489 will never H1077 H5331 be pulled H5265 up H5265,
Nor H1077 any H3605 of its cords H2256 ever H1077 be torn H5423 apart H5423.
Shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442, O heavens H8064, for Yahweh H3068 has done H6213 it!
Make H7321 a H7321 loud H7321 shout H7321, you lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776;
Break H6476 forth H6476 into a shout H7440 of H7440 joy H7440, you mountains H2022,
O forest H3293, and every H3605 tree H6086 in it;
For Yahweh H3068 has redeemed H1350 Jacob H3290
And in Israel H3478 He shows H6286 forth His beautiful H6286 glory H6286.
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,
“I will feed H398 those who mistreat H3238 you with their own flesh H1320,
And they will become H7937 drunk H7937 with their own blood H1818 as with sweet H6071 wine H6071;
And all H3605 flesh H1320 will know H3045 that I, Yahweh H3068, am your Savior H3467
And your Redeemer H1350, the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290.”
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 man H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 none H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 ransom H6304?
Or H518 have H369 I no H369 power H3581 to deliver H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606;
I make H7760 the rivers H5104 a wilderness H4057;
“Lift H5375 up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,
Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;
For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,
And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899,
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in like H3644 manner H3651;
“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.
“For you will go H3318 out H3318 with gladness H8057
And be led H2986 forth H2986 with peace H7965;
The mountains H2022 and the hills H1389 will break H6476 forth H6476 into shouts H7440 of H7440 joy H7440 before H6440 you,
And all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 will clap H4222 their hands H3709.
And the dogs H3611 have a strong H5315 [fn]appetite H5794; they do not know H3045 satisfaction H7654.
And they are shepherds H7462 who do not know H3045 understanding H995;
They have all H3605 turned H6437 to their own way H1870,
Each H376 one H376 to his greedy H1215 gain H1215, to the last H7097 one H7097.
Therefore H3651, thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068,
“Behold H2009, My slaves H5650 will eat H398, but you will be hungry H7456.
Behold H2009, My slaves H5650 will drink H8354, but you will be H6770 thirsty H6770.
Behold H2009, My slaves H5650 will be glad H8055, but you will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
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!
“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.
“The priests H3548 did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is Yahweh H3068?'
And those who handle H8610 the law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]shepherds H7462 also transgressed H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that did not profit H3276.
And you, O devastated H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?
Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,
Although H3588 you decorate H5710 yourself with ornaments H5716 of gold H2091,
Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with paint H6320,
In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.
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.
Righteous H6662 are You, O Yahweh H3068, when I would plead H7378 my case H7378 with You;
Indeed H389 I would speak H1696 matters H4941 of H4941 justice H4941 with You:
Why H4069 has the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 succeeded H6743?
Why are H7951 all H3605 those who deal H898 in treachery H899 complacent H7951?
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.
Therefore H3651, give H5414 their children H1121 over to famine H7458
And deliver H5064 them up to the [fn]power H3027 of the sword H2719;
And let their wives H802 become H1961 childless H7909 and widowed H490.
Let their men H376 also be [fn]smitten H2026 to death H4194,
Their young H970 men H970 struck H5221 down H5221 by the sword H2719 in battle H4421.
“Also among the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen H7200 an appalling H8186 thing H8186:
The committing H5003 of H5003 adultery H5003 and walking H1980 in lying H8267;
And they strengthen H2388 the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489,
So that no H1115 one H376 has turned H7725 back H7725 from his evil H7451.
‘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.”
Now these H428 are the words H1697 of the letter H5612 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 sent H7971 from Jerusalem H3389 to the rest H3499 of the elders H2205 of the exile H1473, the priests H3548, the prophets H5030, and all H3605 the people H5971 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 had taken H1540 away H1540 into H1540 exile H1473 from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon H894.
‘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.
“Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son H1121?
Is he a delightful H8191 child H3206?
Indeed H3588, as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,
I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;
Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]inmost H4578 being H4578 yearns H1993 for him;
I will surely H7355 have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 him,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
Then all H3605 the [fn]commanders H8269 of the military H2428 forces H2428 that were in the field H7704, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 over the land H776 and that he had appointed H6485 him over the men H376, women H802, little H2945 ones H2945, and those of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 who H834 had not been exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
Then all H3605 the men H376 who knew H3045 that their wives H802 were burning H6999 incense H6999 to other H312 gods H430, along with all H3605 the women H802 who were standing H5975 by, as a large H1419 assembly H6951, [fn]including all H3605 the people H5971 who were living H3427 in Pathros H6624 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, answered H6030 to Jeremiah H3414, saying H559,
“Behold H2009, waters H4325 are going to rise H5927 from the north H6828
And become H1961 an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
And overflow H7857 the land H776 as well as its fullness H4393,
The city H5892 and those who inhabit H3427 it;
And the men H120 will cry H2199 out H2199,
And every H3605 inhabitant H3427 of the land H776 will wail H3213.
“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.
“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.
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.
Lamedh
“Is it nothing H3808 to all H3605 you who pass H5674 this way H1870?
Look H5027 and see H7200 if H518 there H3426 is H3426 any H3426 [fn]pain H4341 like my [fn]pain H4341
Which H834 was dealt H5953 severely H5953 to me,
Which H834 Yahweh H3068 grieved H3013 me with on the day H3117 of His burning H2740 anger H639.
Pe
Zion H6726 stretches H6566 out H6566 her hands H3027;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 her;
Yahweh H3068 has commanded H6680 concerning Jacob H3290
That the ones round H5439 about H5439 him should be his adversaries H6862;
Jerusalem H3389 has become H1961 an impure H5079 thing H5079 among H996 them.
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
“Your wealth H1952, your wares H5801, your merchandise H4627,
Your sailors H4419 and your pilots H2259,
Your repairers H2388 of seams H919, your dealers H6148 in merchandise H4627,
And all H3605 your men H376 of war H4421 who H834 are in you,
With all H3605 your assembly H6951 that is in your midst H8432,
“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.'
“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.
“There H8033 also are the [fn]chiefs H5257 of the north H6828, all H3605 of them, and all H3605 the Sidonians H6722, who H834 in spite of the terror H2851 resulting from their might H1369, in H954 shame H954 went H3381 down H3381 with the slain H2491. So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with those slain H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“But as for you, son H1121 of man H120, the sons H1121 of your people H5971 who talk H1696 about you by the walls H7023 and in the doorways H6607 of the houses H1004, speak H1696 to one H2297 another H259, each H376 to his brother H251, saying H559, ‘Come H935 now H4994 and hear H8085 what H4100 the word H1697 is which comes H3318 forth H3318 from Yahweh H3068.'
“Then those who inhabit H3427 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478 will go H3318 out H3318 and make H1197 fires H1197 with the weapons H5402 and burn H5400 them, both shields H4043 and large H6793 shields H6793, bows H7198 and arrows H2671, war H4731 clubs H4731 and spears H7420; and for seven H7651 years H8141 they will make H1197 fires H784 of them.
Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers H3957, which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area H1508, they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to Yahweh H3068 shall eat H398 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944. There H8033 they shall lay H5117 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944, the grain offering H4503, the sin H2403 offering H2403, and the guilt H817 offering H817; for the place H4725 is holy H6918.
“But the Levitical H3881 priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Zadok H6659, who H834 kept H8104 the responsibility H4931 of My sanctuary H4720 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 from Me, shall come H7126 near H7126 to Me to minister H8334 to Me; and they shall stand H5975 before H6440 Me to bring H7126 near H7126 to Me the fat H2459 and the blood H1818,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068.
“This edict H6600 is by the resolution H1510 of the watchers H5894,
And the decision H7595 is a command H3983 of the holy H6922 ones H6922,
In order H5705 H1701 that the living H2417 may know H3046
That the Most H5943 High H5943 is the powerful H7990 ruler H7990 over the kingdom H4437 of mankind H606
And gives H5415 it to whom H1768 H4479 He wishes H6634
And sets H6966 up H6966 over H5922 it the lowliest H8215 of men H606.”
‘This H1836 is the dream H2493 which I, King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020, have seen H2370. Now you, Belteshazzar H1096, say H560 to me its interpretation H6591, inasmuch H6903 H1768 as none H3606 H3809 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of my kingdom H4437 is able H3202 to make H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591; but you are able H3546, for a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods H426 is in you.'
“Then H116 Daniel H1841, whose H1768 name H8036 is Belteshazzar H1096, was appalled H8075 for a while H8160 as his thoughts H7476 were alarming H927 him. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560, ‘Belteshazzar H1096, do not let the dream H2493 or its interpretation H6591 alarm H927 you.' Belteshazzar H1096 answered H6032 and said H560, ‘My lord H4756, if only the dream H2493 applied to those who hate H8131 you and its interpretation H6591 to your adversaries H6146!
“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.
The queen H4433 entered H5954 the banquet H4961 [fn]hall H1005 because H6903 of the words H4406 of the king H4430 and his nobles H7261; the queen H4433 answered H6032 and said H560, “O king H4430, live H2418 forever H5957! Do not let your thoughts H7476 alarm H927 you or the [fn]splendor H2122 of your face be changed H8133.
“And to Him was given H3052 [fn]dominion H7985,
Glory H3367, and a kingdom H4437,
That all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and men of every tongue H3961
Might serve H6399 Him.
His [fn]dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 [fn]dominion H7985
Which H1768 will not be taken H5709 away H5709;
And His kingdom H4437 is one
“Then H116 I desired H6634 to know H3321 the H3321 [fn]exact H3321 meaning H3321 of the fourth H7244 beast H2423, which H1768 was different H8133 from all H3606 [fn]the others, extraordinarily H3493 fearsome H1763, with its teeth H8128 of iron H6523 and its claws H2953 of bronze H5174, and which devoured H399, crushed H1855, and trampled H7512 down H7512 the remainder H7606 with its feet H7271,
“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.
They will not pour H5258 out H5258 drink H5258 offerings H5258 of wine H3196 to Yahweh H3068;
Their sacrifices H2077 will not please H6149 Him.
Their bread will [fn]be like [fn]mourners' H205 bread H3899;
All H3605 who eat H398 of it will be defiled H2930,
For their bread H3899 will be for [fn]themselves H5315 alone;
I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness H4057;
I saw H7200 your fathers H1 as the earliest H1063 fruit H1063 on the fig H8384 tree H8384 in its first H7225 season.
But they came H935 to Baal-peor H1187 and devoted H5144 themselves to [fn]shame H1322,
And they became H1961 as detestable H8251 as that which H159 they loved H157.
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.
Let the priests H3548, the ministers H8334 of Yahweh H3068,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “Pity H2347 Your people H5971, O Yahweh H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a reproach H2781,
A byword H4912 among the nations H1471.
And it will be in that day H3117,
That the mountains H2022 will drip H5197 with [fn]sweet H6071 wine H6071,
And the hills H1389 will flow H1980 with milk H2461,
And all H3605 the brooks H650 of Judah H3063 will flow H1980 with water H4325;
And a spring H4599 will go H3318 out H3318 from the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068
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,
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“Just H834 as the shepherd H7462 delivers H5337 from the lion's H738 mouth H6310 a couple H8147 of legs H3767 or H176 a piece H915 of an ear H241,
So H3651 will the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inhabiting H3427 Samaria H8111 be delivered H5337—
With the corner H6285 of a bed H4296 and the [fn]cover H1833 of a couch H6210!
“On that day H3117 they will take H5375 up H5375 against H5921 you a [fn]taunt H4912
And [fn]utter H5091 a bitter H5093 wailing H5092 and say H559,
‘We are completely H7703 devastated H7703!
He exchanges H4171 the portion H2506 of my people H5971;
How H349 He removes H4185 it from me!
To the faithless H7728 one, He apportions H2505 our fields H7704.'
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.
“Their horses H5483 are H7043 swifter H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246
And [fn]sharper H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening H6153.
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 galloping H6335;
Their horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar H7350;
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 swooping H2363 down to devour H398.
“Therefore H3651, as I live H2416,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635,
“Surely H3588 Moab H4124 will be like Sodom H5467
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 like Gomorrah H6017—
A place H4476 possessed H4476 by nettles H2738 and salt H4417 pits H4379,
And a perpetual H5769 desolation H8077.
The remnant H7611 of My people H5971 will plunder H962 them,
And the remainder H3499 of My nation H1471 will inherit H5157 them.”
Then Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, with all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971, listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 their God H430 and the words H1697 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5030, as Yahweh H3068 their God H430 had sent H7971 him. And the people H5971 feared H3372 Yahweh H3068.
For the teraphim H8655 speak H1696 wickedness H205,
And the diviners H7080 behold H2372 [fn]false H8267 visions H8267
And speak H1696 worthless H7723 dreams H2472;
They comfort H5162 in H1892 vain H1892.
Therefore H5921 H3651 the people journey H5265 like H3644 sheep H6629;
They are H6031 afflicted H6031 because H3588 there H369 is H369 no H369 shepherd H7462.
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.
“‘A son H1121 honors H3513 his father H1, and a slave H5650 his master H113. Then if H518 I am a father H1, where H346 is My honor H3519? And if H518 I am a master H113, where H346 is the fear H4172 of Me?' says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 to you, O priests H3548 who despise H959 My name H8034. But you say H559, ‘How H4100 have we despised H959 Your name H8034?'
You have wearied H3021 Yahweh H3068 with your words H1697. But you say H559, “How H4100 have we wearied H3021 Him?” In that you say H559, “Everyone H3605 who does H6213 evil H7451 is good H2896 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068, and He delights H2654 in them,” or H176, “Where H346 is the God H430 of justice H4941?”
Then H227 those who [fn]feared H3372 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to one H376 another H7453, and Yahweh H3068 gave H7181 heed H7181 and heard H8085 it, and a book H5612 of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 Him for those who [fn]fear H3372 Yahweh H3068 and who think H2803 upon His name H8034.
“[fn]For behold H2009, the day H3117 is coming H935, burning H1197 like a furnace H8574; and all H3605 the arrogant H2086 and every H3605 worker H6213 of wickedness H7564 will be chaff H7179; and the day H3117 that is coming H935 will set H3857 them aflame H3857,” says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, “so H834 that H834 it will leave H5800 them neither H3808 root H8328 nor H3808 branch H6057.”
Woe H1945 to the inhabitants H3427 of the seacoast H3220 H2256,
The nation H1471 of the [fn]Cherethites H3774!
The word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 is against H5921 you,
O Canaan H3667, land H776 of the Philistines H6430;
And I will make you perish H6
So H4480 that H4480 there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 inhabitant H3427.
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