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Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559, “Behold H2005, the man H120 has become H1961 like one H259 of Us, knowing H3045 good H2896 and evil H7451; and now H6258, he might H6435 reach H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027, and take H3947 fruit also H1571 from the tree H6086 of life H2416, and eat H398, and live H2421 forever H5769”—
Adam H121 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with his wife H802 again H5750; and she gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Seth H8352, for, she said, “God H430 [fn]has appointed H7896 me another H312 [fn]child H2233 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Abel H1893, because H3588 Cain H7014 killed H2026 him.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the six H8337 hundred H3967 and first H259 year H8141, in the first H7223 month, on the first H259 of the month H2320, that the water H4325 was dried H2717 up H2717 [fn]from the earth H776. Then Noah H5146 removed H5493 the covering H4372 of the ark H8392, and looked H7200, and behold H2009, the [fn]surface H6440 of the ground H127 had dried H2717 up H2717.
Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram's H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.
Then the servant H5650 took H3947 ten H6235 camels H1581 from the camels H1581 of his master H113, and went H1980 out with a variety H3605 of good H2898 things H2898 of his master's H113 in his hand H3027; so he set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to [fn]Mesopotamia H763, to the city H5892 of Nahor H5152.
Now Esau H6215 saw H7200 that Isaac H3327 had blessed H1288 Jacob H3290 and sent H7971 him away H7971 to Paddan-aram H6307 to take H3947 to himself a wife H802 from there H8033, and that when he blessed H1288 him he commanded H6680 him, saying H559, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667,”
Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrake H1736 fruits H1736 in the field H7704, and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son's H1121 mandrakes H1736.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121—Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251—each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 undetected H983, and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
When [fn]the time H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near H7126, he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, place H7760 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 now H4994 and deal H6213 with me in kindness H2617 and [fn]faithfulness H571: please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt H4714,
Now the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile H2975, with her female H5291 attendants H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile H2975; and she saw H7200 the [fn]basket H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her slave H519 woman H519, and she brought H3947 it to her.
And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “When you go H1980 [fn]back H7725 to Egypt H4714, see H7200 that you perform H6213 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 all H3605 the wonders H4159 which H834 I have put H7760 in your [fn]power H3027; but I will harden H2388 his heart H3820 so that he will not let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, so that [fn]hail H1259 may fall H1961 on all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on every person H120 and animal H929, and on every H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704, throughout the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with your hand H3027 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for the locusts H697, so that they may come H5927 up H5927 on the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and eat H398 every H3605 plant H6212 of the land H776, everything H3605 that the hail H1259 has left H7604.”
And Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Remember H2142 this H2088 day H3117 in which H834 you departed H3318 from Egypt H4714, from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery H5650; for by [fn]a powerful H2392 hand H3027 the LORD H3068 brought H3318 you out H3318 from this H2088 place. And nothing H3808 with H2557 yeast H2557 shall be eaten H398.
Then Moses H4872 reached H5186 out H5186 with his hand H3027 over H5921 the sea H3220; and the LORD H3068 [fn]swept H1980 the sea H3220 back by a strong H5794 east H6921 wind H7307 all H3605 night H3915, and turned H7760 the sea H3220 into dry H2724 land H2724, and the waters H4325 were divided H1234.
Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Elim H362, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, which H834 is between H996 Elim H362 and Sinai H5514, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the second H8145 month H2320 after their departure H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
And all H3605 the people H5971 were watching H7200 and hearing the [fn]thunder H6963 and the lightning H3940 flashes H3940, and the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782, and the mountain H2022 smoking H6226; and when the people H5971 saw H7200 it all, they trembled H5128 and stood H5975 at a distance H7350.
“You shall also take H3947 the fat H2459 from the ram H352 and the fat H451 tail H451, and the fat H2459 that covers H3680 the entrails H7130 and the [fn]lobe H3508 of the liver H3516, and the two H8147 kidneys H3629 and the fat H2459 that is on them, and the right H3225 thigh H7785 (for it is a ram H352 of [fn]ordination H4394),
Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872, “Depart H1980, go H5927 up H5927 from here H2088, you and the people H5971 whom H834 you have brought H5927 up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, to the land H776 of which H834 I swore H7650 to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290, saying H559, ‘To your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 it.'
Now Moses H4872 used to take H3947 the tent H168 and pitch H5186 it outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264, a good H7368 distance H7368 from the camp H4264, and he called H7121 it the tent H168 of meeting H4150. And everyone H3605 who sought H1245 the LORD H3068 would go H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which H834 was outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264.
“You shall keep H8104 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682. For seven H7651 days H3117 you are to eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread H4682, [fn]as I commanded H6680 you, at the appointed H4150 time H4150 in the month H2320 of Abib H24; for in the month H2320 of Abib H24 you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714.
[fn]This H428 is the number H6485 of H6485 the things H6485 for the [fn]tabernacle H4908, the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, as they were [fn]counted H6485 according H5921 to the [fn]command H6310 of Moses H4872, for the service H5656 of the Levites H3881, by the hand H3027 of Ithamar H385 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548.
All H3605 the gold H2091 that was used H6213 for the work H4399, in all H3605 the work H4399 of the sanctuary H6944, [fn]which was the gold H2091 of the wave H8573 offering H8573, was twenty-nine H8672 H6242 [fn]talents H3603 and 730 H7651 H3967 H7970 [fn]shekels H8255, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944.
‘Also if H518 you bring H7126 a grain offering H4503 of early H1061 ripened H1061 things H1061 to the LORD H3068, you shall bring H7126 fresh H24 heads H24 of H24 grain H24 roasted H7033 in the fire H784, crushed H1643 grain H1643 of new H3759 growth H3759, for the grain offering H4503 of your early H1061 ripened H1061 produce H1061.
Then Moses H4872 spoke H1696 to Aaron H175, and to his surviving H3498 sons H1121, Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385, “Take H3947 the grain offering H4503 that is left H3498 over H3498 from the LORD'S H3068 offerings H801 by H801 fire H801 and eat H398 it as unleavened H4682 bread H4682 beside H681 the altar H4196, for it is most H6944 holy H6944.
‘When the days H3117 of her purification H2892 are completed H4390, for a son H1121 or H176 for a daughter H1323, she shall bring H935 to the priest H3548 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 a one-year-old H8141 H1121 lamb H3532 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a young H1121 pigeon H3123 or H176 a turtledove H8449 as a [fn]sin H2403 offering H2403.
“If H518, on the other hand, the priest H3548 comes H935 in H935 and [fn]makes H7200 an H7200 inspection H7200 and the spot H5061 has not indeed H2009 spread H6581 in the house H1004 after H310 the house H1004 has been replastered H2902, then the priest H3548 shall pronounce H2891 the house H1004 clean H2891 because H3588 the spot H5061 has [fn]not H7495 reappeared H7495.
‘Now if H3588 a woman H802 has H2100 a discharge H2101 of her blood H1818 for many H7227 days H3117, not at the period H6256 of her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079, or H176 if H3588 she has H2100 a discharge H2100 beyond H5921 [fn]that period H5079, for all H3605 the days H3117 of her impure H2932 discharge H2101 she shall continue H1961 as though [fn]in her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079; she is unclean H2931.
‘And anyone H376 from the house H1004 of Israel H3478, or from the strangers H1616 who reside H1481 among H8432 them, who H834 eats H398 any H3605 blood H1818, I will set H5414 My face H6440 against that person H5315 who eats H398 the blood H1818, and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.
‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father's H1 daughter H1323 or H176 his mother's H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister's H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.
‘The priest H3548 who is [fn]highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been consecrated H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 of consecration H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 which H834 he lives H5144 as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 for the LORD H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
Now when Moses H4872 entered H935 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 to speak H1696 with Him, he heard H8085 the voice H6963 speaking H1696 to him from above H5921 the [fn]atoning H3727 cover H3727 that was on the ark H727 of the testimony H5715, from between H996 the two H8147 [fn]cherubim H3742; so He spoke H1696 to him.
The LORD H3068 therefore said H559 to Moses H4872, “Gather H622 for Me seventy H7657 men H376 from the elders H2205 of Israel H3478, whom H834 you know H3045 to be the elders H2205 of the people H5971 and their officers H7860, and bring H3947 them to the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and have them take H3320 their stand H3320 there H8033 with you.
But two H8147 men H376 had remained H7604 in the camp H4264; the name H8034 of the one H259 was Eldad H419, and the name H8034 of the [fn]other H8145, Medad H4312. And the Spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon them (and they were among those who had been registered H3789, but had not gone H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168), and they prophesied H5012 in the camp H4264.
Now a wind H7307 burst H5265 forth H5265 from the LORD H3068 and it brought H1468 quail H7958 from the sea H3220, and dropped H5203 them beside H5921 the camp H4264, about a day's H3117 journey H1870 on this H3541 side and a day's H3117 journey H1870 on the other H3541 side all H5439 around H5439 the camp H4264, and about [fn]two cubits H520 deep on the surface H6440 of the ground H776.
Now on the next H4283 day H4283 Moses H4872 went H935 into the tent H168 of the testimony H5715; and behold H2009, Aaron's H175 staff H4294 for the house H1004 of Levi H3878 had sprouted H6524 and produced H3318 buds H6525 and bloomed H6692 with blossoms H6731, and it yielded H1580 ripe H1580 almonds H8247.
Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Aaron H175, “Now behold H2009, I Myself H589 have put H5414 you in charge H4931 of My [fn]offerings H8641, all H3605 the holy H6944 gifts of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 I have given H5414 to you as a portion H4888 and to your sons H1121 as a permanent H5769 allotment H2706.
Then behold H2009, one H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 and brought H7126 to his relatives H251 a Midianite H4084 woman H4084, in the sight H5869 of Moses H4872 and in the sight H5869 of the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, while they were weeping H1058 at the entrance H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 had H1961 a very H3966 large H6099 number H6099 of livestock H4735. So when they saw H7200 the land H776 of Jazer H3270 and the land H776 of Gilead H1568, that [fn]it was indeed H2009 a place H4725 suitable H4725 for livestock H4735,
So Moses H4872 gave H5414 to them, to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, and to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Joseph's H3130 son H1121 Manasseh H4519, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567 and the kingdom H4467 of Og H5747, the king H4428 of Bashan H1316, the land H776 with its cities H5892 with their [fn]territories H1367, the cities H5892 of the surrounding H5439 land H776.
“Then we set H5265 out H5265 from Horeb H2722, and went H1980 through all H3605 that great H1419 and terrible H3372 wilderness H4057 that you saw H7200 on the way H1870 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of the Amorites H567, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 had commanded H6680 us; and we came H935 to Kadesh-barnea H6947.
“Then all H3605 of you approached H7126 me and said H559, ‘Let us send H7971 men H376 ahead H6440 of us, so that they may spy H2658 out H2658 the land H776 for us, and bring H7725 back H7725 to us word H1697 of the way H1870 by which H834 we should go H5927 up H5927, and the cities H5892 which H834 we should enter H935.'
“So we passed H5674 beyond H5674 H4480 our brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165, away H4480 from the Arabah H6160 road H1870, away H4480 from Elath H359 and Ezion-geber H6100. And we turned H6437 and passed H5674 through H5674 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Moab H4124.
“Then I commanded H6680 you at that time H6256, saying H559, ‘The LORD H3068 your God H430 has given H5414 you this H2088 land H776 to possess H3423 it; all H3605 you [fn]valiant H2428 men H1121 shall cross H5674 over H5674 armed H2502 ahead H6440 of your brothers H251, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
“Now H6258, Israel H3478, listen H8085 to the statutes H2706 and the judgments H4941 which H834 I am teaching H3925 you to perform H6213, so H4616 that H4616 you will live H2421 and go H935 in H935 and take H3423 possession H3423 of the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of your fathers H1, is giving H5414 you.
“Only H7534 be H8104 careful H8104 for yourself and watch H8104 over H8104 your soul H5315 diligently H3966, so H6435 that H6435 you do not H6435 forget H7911 the things H1697 which H834 your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 and they do not H6435 depart H5493 from H5493 your heart H3824 all H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416; but make H3045 them known H3045 to your sons H1121 and your grandsons H1121.
‘Honor H3513 your father H1 and your mother H517, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 and that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you.
“Now the LORD H3068 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of your words H1697 when you spoke H1696 to me, and the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, ‘I have heard H8085 the sound H6963 of the words H1697 of this H2088 people H5971 which H834 they have spoken H1696 to you. They have done H3190 well H3190 in all H3605 that they have spoken H1696.
“Then it shall come H1961 about H1961 when H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 that H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1, to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290, to give H5414 you, great H1419 and splendid H2896 cities H5892 which H834 you did not build H1129,
“When H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are entering H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it, and He drives H5394 away H5394 many H7227 nations H1471 from before H6440 you, the Hittites H2850, the Girgashites H1622, the Amorites H567, the Canaanites H3669, the Perizzites H6522, the Hivites H2340, and the Jebusites H2983, seven H7651 nations H1471 greater H7227 and mightier H6099 than H4480 you,
“All H3605 the commandments H4687 that I am commanding H6680 you today H3117 you shall be H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213, so H4616 that H4616 you may live H2421 and increase H7235, and go H935 in H935 and take H3423 possession H3423 of the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to give to your forefathers H1.
“Do not say H559 in your heart H3824 when the LORD H3068 your God H430 has driven H1920 them away H1920 from [fn]you, ‘Because of my righteousness H6666 the LORD H3068 has brought H935 me in H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of this H2088 land H776.' Rather, it is because of the [fn]wickedness H7564 of these H428 nations H1471 that the LORD H3068 is dispossessing H3423 them before H4480 H6440 you.
“However H7534, you may slaughter H2076 and eat H398 meat H1320 within any H3605 of your gates H8179, [fn]whatever H3605 you desire H185, according to the blessing H1293 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 which H834 He has given H5414 you; the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 alike may eat H398 it, as the gazelle H6643 and the deer H354.
“If H3588 there is a poor H34 person H34 among you, one H259 of your brothers H251, in any H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 in your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, you shall not harden H553 your heart H3824, nor H3808 close H7092 your hand H3027 from your poor H34 brother H251;
“If H3588 there is found H4672 in your midst H7130, in any H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 who H834 does H6213 what H7451 is H7451 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God H430, by violating H5674 His covenant H1285,
“If H3588 you happen H7122 to H7122 come H7122 upon a bird's H6833 nest H7064 along the way H1870, in any H3605 tree H6086 or H176 on the ground H776, with young H667 ones H667 or H176 eggs H1000 in it, and the mother H517 sitting H7257 on the young H667 or H176 on the eggs H1000, you shall not take H3947 the mother H517 with the young H1121;
“If H3588 two men H376, a man H376 and his countryman H251, have H5327 a H5327 fight H5327 [fn]with H3162 each H3162 other H3162, and the wife H802 of one H259 comes H7126 up H7126 to save H5337 her husband H376 from the hand H3027 of the one who is hitting H5221 him, and she reaches H7971 out H7971 with her hand H3027 and grasps H2388 [fn]that man's genitals H4016,
“Now it shall be, if H518 you diligently H8085 [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430, being H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that the LORD H3068 your God H430 will put H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776.
“The LORD H3068 will send H7971 against you curses H3994, panic H4103, and rebuke H4045, in [fn]everything H3605 you undertake H3027 H4916 to do H6213, until H5704 you are destroyed H8045 and until H5704 you perish H6 quickly H4118, on H4480 H6440 account H4480 H6440 of H4480 H6440 the evil H7455 of your deeds H4611, because H834 you have abandoned H5800 Me.
“So it will be when H3588 all H3605 of these H428 things H1697 have come H935 upon you, the blessing H1293 and the curse H7045 which H834 I have placed H5414 before H6440 you, and you [fn]call H7725 them to mind H3824 in all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has scattered H5080 you,
Then Moses H4872 called H7121 to Joshua H3091 and said H559 to him in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel H3478, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, for you will go H935 with this H2088 people H5971 into the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 them, and you will give H5157 it to them as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2005, [fn]the time H3117 for you to die H4191 is near H7126; call H7121 Joshua H3091 and present H3320 yourselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and I will commission H6680 him.” So Moses H4872 and Joshua H3091 went H1980 and presented H3320 themselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
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, view H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and entered H935 the house H1004 of a prostitute H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343, and rested H7901 there H8033.
So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 exactly H3651 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680, and took H5375 up H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the encampment H4411 and put H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 the LORD H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Then on the seventh H7637 day H3117 they got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 at the dawning H7837 H5927 of H7837 the day H7837 and marched H5437 around H5437 the city H5892 in the same H2088 way H4941 seven H7651 times H6471; only H7534 on that day H3117 did they march H5437 around H5437 the city H5892 seven H7651 times H6471.
Then Joshua H3091 made them take H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 at that time H6256, saying H559, “Cursed H779 before H6440 the LORD H3068 is the man H376 who H834 rises H6965 up H6965 and builds H1129 this H2088 city H5892 Jericho H3405; with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he will lay H3245 its foundation H3245, and with the loss of his youngest H6810 son H6810 he will set H5324 up H5324 its gates H1817.”
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not fear H3372 or be dismayed H2865. Take H3947 all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 with you. Arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Ai H5857; see H7200, I have handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the king H4428 of Ai H5857, his people H5971, his city H5892, and his land H776.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that is in your hand H3027 toward H413 Ai H5857, for I will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to you.” So Joshua H3091 reached H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that was in his hand H3027 toward H413 the city H5892.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 that Joshua H3091 had captured H3920 Ai H5857, and had [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 it (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 at the camp H4264 at Gilgal H1537, saying H559, “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your servants 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 Joshua H3091 captured H3920 Makkedah H4719 on that day H3117, and struck H5221 it and its king H4428 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; he [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 [fn]it and every H3605 [fn]person H5315 who H834 was in it. He left H7604 no H3808 survivor H8300. So he did H6213 to the king H4428 of Makkedah H4719 just H834 as H834 he had done H6213 to the king H4428 of Jericho H3405.
So Joshua H3091 struck H5221 all H3605 the land H776, the hill H2022 country H2022 and the [fn]Negev H5045 and the lowland H8219 and the slopes H794, and all H3605 their kings H4428. He left H7604 no H3808 survivor H8300, but he [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 all H3605 who H5397 breathed H5397, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, had commanded H6680.
Yet the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 because H4480 H6440 of them, for tomorrow H4279 at this H2088 time H6256 I am going to turn H5414 all H3605 of them over H5414 to Israel H3478 as good as dead H2491; you shall hamstring H6131 their horses H5483 and burn H8313 their chariots H4818 with fire H784.”
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221, and they took possession H3423 of their land H776 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 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 he gave H5414 to Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 a portion H2506 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, in H413 accordance H413 with H413 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 to Joshua H3091, namely, [fn]Kiriath-arba H7153, Arba being the father H1 of Anak H6061 (that is, Hebron H2275).
Then the men H376 arose H6965 and went H1980, and Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 those who went H1980 to write H3789 a description of the land H776, saying H559, “Go H1980 and walk H1980 through the land H776 and write H3789 a description of it, and return H7725 to me; then I will cast H7993 lots H1486 for you here H6311 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887.”
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 the LORD H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
And to the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648, one of the families H4940 of the Levites H3881, from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519, they gave Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Be-eshterah H1203 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054; two H8147 cities H5892.
“Now 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 the LORD H3068 your God H430 spoke H1696 concerning H5921 you has failed H5307; they all H3605 have [fn]been fulfilled H935 for you, not [fn]one H259 of them has failed H5307.
Now the [fn]descendants H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, went H5927 up H5927 from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people H5971.
But Manasseh H4519 did not take H3423 possession H3423 of Beth-shean H1052 and its villages H1323, or Taanach H8590 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Dor H1756 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Ibleam H2991 and its villages H1323, or the inhabitants H3427 of Megiddo H4023 and its villages H1323; so the Canaanites H3669 persisted H2974 in living H3427 in this H2088 land H776.
Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053, or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
Now the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came H5927 up H5927 from Gilgal H1537 to Bochim H1066. And he said H559, “I brought H5927 you up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 and led H935 you into the land H776 which H834 I have sworn H7650 to your fathers H1; and I said H559, ‘I will never H3808 H5769 break H6565 My covenant H1285 with you,
Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came H935 and sat H3427 under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 that was in Ophrah H6084, which H834 belonged to Joash H3060 the Abiezrite H33, as his son H1121 Gideon H1439 was beating H2251 out H2251 wheat H2406 in the wine H1660 press H1660 in order to save H5127 it from the Midianites H4080.
Then Gideon H1439 went H935 in H935 and prepared H6213 a young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 and unleavened H4682 bread H4682 from an [fn]ephah H374 of flour H7058; he put H7760 the meat H1320 in a basket H5536 [fn]and the broth H4839 in a pot H6517, and brought H3318 them out H3318 to him under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 and presented H5066 them.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him got H7925 up H7925 early H7925, and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.
When Gideon H1439 heard H8085 the account H4557 of the dream H2472 and its interpretation H7667, he bowed H2331 in H2331 worship H2331. Then he returned H7725 to the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Arise H6965, for the LORD H3068 has handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the camp H4264 of Midian H4080!”
Now when they told H5046 Jotham H3147, he went H1980 and stood H5975 on the top H7218 of Mount H2022 Gerizim H1630, and raised H5375 his voice H6963 and called H7121 out H7121. And he said H559 to them, “Listen H8085 to me, you [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927, that God H430 may listen H8085 to 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 Delilah H1807 saw H7200 that he had told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820, she sent H7971 word and called H7121 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430, saying H559, “Come H5927 up H5927 once H6471 more H6471, for he has told H5046 me all H3605 that is in his heart H3820.” Then the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up H5927 to her and brought H5927 up H5927 the money H3701 in their hands H3027.
So the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 and came H935 to Laish H3919, and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, in the way H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 ruler H3423 humiliating H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
Then the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 [fn]said H559 to their kinsmen H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, and a carved H6459 image H6459 and a cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541? Now H6258 then, consider H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”
Then they took H3947 what H834 Micah H4318 had made H6213 and the priest H3548 who H834 had H1961 belonged H1961 to him, and came H935 to Laish H3919, to a people H5971 quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982, and struck H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and they burned H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784.
While they were [fn]celebrating H3190 H3820, behold H2009, the men H376 of the city H5892, certain H376 [fn]worthless H1100 men H1121, surrounded H5437 the house H1004, pushing H1849 one another at 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 entered H935 your house H1004 that we may [fn]have H3045 relations H3045 with him.”
When her master H113 got H6965 up H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, then behold H2009, his concubine H6370 was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
Now Boaz H1162 went H5927 up H5927 to the gate H8179 and sat H3427 down H3427 there H8033, and behold H2009, the redeemer H1350 of whom H834 Boaz H1162 spoke H1696 was passing H5674 by H5674, so he said H559, “Come H5493 over H5493 here H5493, [fn]friend H6423 H492, sit H3427 down H3427 here H6311.” And he came H5493 over H5493 and sat H3427 down H3427.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to confirm H6965 any H3605 matter H1697: a man H376 removed H8025 his sandal H5275 and gave H5414 it to another H7453; and this H2088 was the way of confirmation H8584 in Israel H3478.
Then they got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and worshiped H2331 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and returned H7725 H935 again H7725 to their house H1004 in Ramah H7414. And Elkanah H511 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with Hannah H2584 his wife H802, and the LORD H3068 remembered H2142 her.
Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas' H6372 wife H802, was pregnant H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205; and when she heard H8085 the news H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 had been taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, because H3588 her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.
Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, thirty H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393 and six H8337 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and people H5971 like the sand H2344 which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193 in abundance H7230; and they came H5927 up H5927 and camped H2583 in Michmash H4363, east H6926 of Beth-aven H1007.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H1975 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then Saul H7586 said H559, “Let's go H3381 down H3381 after H310 the Philistines H6430 by night H3915 and take H962 plunder H962 among them until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, and let's not leave H7604 a man H376 among them alive H7604.” And they said H559, “Do H6213 whatever H3605 seems good H2896 [fn]to you.” So the priest H3548 said H559, “Let's approach H7126 God H430 here H1988.”
Then Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David's H1732 house H1004 to watch H8104 him, in order to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 in the morning H1242. But Michal H4324, David's H1732 wife H802, informed H5046 him, saying H559, “If H518 you do not save H4422 your life H5315 tonight H3915, tomorrow H4279 you will be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191!”
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was in Gibeah H1390, sitting H3427 under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him.
Afterward H310 H3651, however, David H1732 got H6965 up H6965 and went H3318 out H3318 of the cave H4631, and called H7121 after H310 Saul H7586, saying H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428!” And when Saul H7586 looked H5027 behind H310 him, David H1732 bowed H6915 with his face H639 to the ground H776 and prostrated H2331 himself.
“Now H6258 then, my lord H113, as the LORD H3068 lives H2416, and as your soul H5315 lives H2416, since H834 the LORD H3068 has restrained H4513 you from [fn]shedding H935 blood H1818, and from [fn]avenging H3467 yourself by your own hand H3027, now H6258 then, may your enemies H340 and those who seek H1245 evil H7451 against H413 my lord H113, be like Nabal H5037.
When David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead H4191, he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of the shame H2781 inflicted H2781 on me by the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037, and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil H7451. The LORD H3068 has also returned H7725 the evildoing H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head H7218.” Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail H26, to take H3947 her as his wife H802.
Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself by putting H3847 on H3847 different H312 clothes H899, and went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Consult H7080 the spirit H178 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me the one whom H834 I shall [fn]name H559 for you.”
Then Saul H7586 immediately H4116 fell H5307 full H4393 length H6967 to the ground H776 and was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372 because H4480 of Samuel's H8050 words H1697; there was no H3808 strength H3581 in him either H1571, because H3588 he had eaten H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899 all H3605 day H3117 and all H3605 night H3915.
Then it happened H1961, when David H1732 and his men H376 came H935 to Ziklag H6860 on the third H7992 day H3117, that the Amalekites H6003 had carried H6584 out H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 on the [fn]Negev H5045 and on Ziklag H6860, and had [fn]overthrown H5221 Ziklag H6860 and burned H8313 it with fire H784;
Now Jonathan H3083, Saul's H7586 son H1121, had a son H1121 who was disabled H5223 in both feet H7272. He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the news H8052 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 came H935 from Jezreel H3157, and his nurse H539 picked H5375 him up H5375 and fled H5127. But it happened H1961 that in her hurry H2648 to flee H5127, he fell H5307 and could H6452 no H6452 longer H6452 walk H6452. And his name H8034 was [fn]Mephibosheth H4648.
Now 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 even those who are blind H5787 and those who limp H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493,” [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Now when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 David H1732 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, all H3605 the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 to seek H1245 out H1245 David H1732; and when David H1732 heard H8085 about it, he went H3381 down H3381 to the stronghold H4686.
Now it was reported H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 up H5927 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 to the city H5892 of David H1732 with joy H8057.
And he [fn]defeated H5221 Moab H4124, and measured H4058 them with the line H2256, making them lie H7901 down H7901 on the ground H776; and he measured H4058 two H8147 lines H2256 to put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, and a full H4393 line H2256 to keep H2421 alive H2421. And the Moabites H4124 became H1961 servants H5650 to David H1732, bringing H5375 tribute H4503.
Now when the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 repulsive H887 to David H1732, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 messengers and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, twenty H6242 thousand H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with a thousand H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376.
“Now a visitor H1982 came H935 to the wealthy H6223 man H376,
And he could H2550 not bring H2550 himself H2550 to take H3947 any animal from his own flock H6629 or his own herd H1241,
To prepare H6213 for the traveler H732 who had come H935 to him;
So he took H3947 the poor H7326 man's H376 ewe H3535 lamb H3535 and prepared H6213 it for the man H376 who had come H935 to him.”
Then Absalom H53 her brother H251 said H559 to her, “Has Amnon H550 your brother H251 been H1961 with you? But now H6258 keep H2790 silent H2790, my sister H269, he is your brother H251; do not take H7896 this H2088 matter H1697 to heart H3820.” So Tamar H8559 remained H3427 and was H8074 isolated H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom's H53 house H1004.
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 H3322 down H3322 the ark H727 of God H430, and Abiathar H54 came H5927 up H5927 until H5704 all H3605 the people H5971 had finished H8552 crossing H5674 over H5674 from the city H5892.
And David H1732 was going H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of the Mount of Olives H2132, weeping H1058 as he went H5927, and his head H7218 was covered H2645, and he was walking H1980 barefoot H3182. Then all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him each H376 covered H2645 his own head H7218, and they were going H5927 up H5927, weeping H1058 as they went H5927.
Now when H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his advice H6098 had not been [fn]followed H6213, he saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and hanged H2614 himself; so he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in his father's H1 grave H6913.
Then Ahimaaz H290 called H7121 out H7121 and said H559 to the king H4428, “[fn]All is well H7965.” And he prostrated H2331 himself before the king H4428 with his face H639 to the ground H776. And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 is the LORD H3068 your God H430, who H834 has turned H5462 over H5462 the men H376 who H834 raised H5375 their hands H3027 against my lord H113 the king H4428.”
And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it out H5186 for herself on the rock H6697, from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 [fn]it rained H5413 on them from the sky H8064; and she [fn]allowed H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 to rest H5117 on them by day H3119 nor H3808 the wild H7704 animals H2416 by night H3915.
These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429, a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991; he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112 because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 who were killed H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471.
Now David's H1732 heart H3820 [fn]troubled H5221 him after H310 H3651 he had counted H5608 the people H5971. So David H1732 said H559 to the LORD H3068, “I have sinned H2398 greatly H3966 in what H834 I have done H6213. But now H6258, LORD H3068, please H4994 [fn]overlook H5674 the guilt H5771 of Your servant H5650, for I have acted H5528 very H3966 foolishly H5528.”
Then to Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 the king H4428 said H559, “Go H1980 to Anathoth H6068 to your own field H7704, for you [fn]deserve H376 to die H4194; but I will not put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191 at this H2088 [fn]time H3117, because H3588 you carried H5375 the ark H727 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 before H6440 my father H1 David H1732, and because H3588 you were afflicted H6031 in everything H3605 with which H834 my father H1 was afflicted H6031.”
All H3605 of these H428 were made of valuable H3368 stones H68, of stone H1496 cut H1496 according to measure H4060, sawed H1641 with saws H4050, inside H4480 H1004 and outside H4480 H2351; even from the foundation H4527 to the [fn]coping H2947, and from the outside H2351 to the large H1419 courtyard H2691.
Then H227 Solomon H8010 assembled H6950 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the heads H7218 of the tribes H4294, the leaders H5387 of the fathers' H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to King H4428 Solomon H8010 in Jerusalem H3389, to bring H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 from the city H5892 of David H1732, that is, Zion H6726.
So Solomon H8010 held H6213 the [fn]feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, that is, fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.
And King H4428 Solomon H8010 granted H5414 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 everything H3605 she desired H2656, whatever H834 she requested H7592, besides H4480 H905 what H834 he gave H5414 her in proportion to [fn]his royal H4428 bounty H3027. Then she [fn]departed H6437 and went H1980 to her own land H776 [fn]together with her servants H5650.
And it came H1961 about H1961, when all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 that Jeroboam H3379 had returned H7725, that they sent H7971 word and called H7121 him to the assembly H5712, and made H4427 him king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478. None H3808 except H2108 the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 alone H905 followed H310 the house H1004 of David H1732.
Now when Rehoboam H7346 had come H935 to Jerusalem H3389, he assembled H6950 all H3605 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144, 180,000 H3967 H8084 H505 chosen H977 warriors H6213 H4421, to fight H3898 against H5973 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 to restore H7725 the kingdom H4410 to Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010.
After H310 this H2088 event H1697, Jeroboam H3379 did not [fn]abandon H7725 his evil H7451 way H1870, but he again H7725 [fn]appointed H6213 priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 from [fn]all H7098 the people H5971; anyone who wanted H2655, he ordained H4390 H3027, and he became [fn]one of the priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116.
And as though it had been H7043 a H7043 trivial H7043 thing H7043 for him to walk H1980 in the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, he married H3947 H802 Jezebel H348 the daughter H1323 of Ethbaal H856 king H4428 of the Sidonians H6722, and went H1980 and served H5647 Baal H1168, and worshiped H2331 him.
So he departed H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 while he was plowing H2790, with twelve H8147 H6240 yoke H6776 of oxen in front H6440 of him, and he with the twelfth H8147 H6240. And Elijah H452 came H5674 over H5674 to him and threw H7993 his cloak H155 on him.
Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “[fn]Get H2296 H4975 ready H2296 H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not reply H6030 to him. And lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy's H5288 face H6440.”
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his company H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him. And he said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, except H3588 H518 in Israel H3478; so please H4994 accept H3947 a [fn]gift H1293 from your servant H5650 now H6258.”
Now when the attendant H8334 of the man H376 of God H430 had risen H6965 early H7925 and gone H3318 out H3318, behold H2009, an army H2428 with horses H5483 and chariots H7393 was circling H5437 the city H5892. And his servant H5288 said H559 to him, “This H162 is H162 hopeless H162, my master H113! [fn]What H351 are we to do H6213?”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 a man to cut H5493 off H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 not behind H310 him?”
Now Elisha H477 spoke H1696 to the woman H802 whose H834 son H1121 he had restored H2421 to H2421 life H2421, saying H559, “Arise H6965 and go H1980 [fn]with your household H1004, and live H1481 wherever H834 you can live H1481; for the LORD H3068 has called H7121 for a famine H7458, and it will indeed H1571 come H935 on the land H776 for seven H7651 years H8141.”
Now when he had gone H1980 from there H8033, he [fn]encountered H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]greeted H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, just H834 as H834 my heart H3824 is with your heart H3824?” And Jehonadab H3082 [fn]answered H559, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give H5414 me your hand H3027.” And he gave H5414 him his hand H3027, and he pulled H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Then it came H1961 about H1961, as soon as he had finished H3615 [fn]offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, that Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers H7991, “Go H935 in H935, [fn]kill H5221 them; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out H3318.” So they [fn]killed H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out H7993, and went H1980 to the [fn]sanctuary H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168.
When Elisha H477 [fn]became H2470 sick H2470 with the illness H2483 of which H834 he was to die H4191, Joash H3060 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H3381 down H3381 to him, and wept H1058 over H5921 [fn]him and said H559, “My father H1, my father H1, the chariots H7393 of Israel H3478 and its horsemen H6571!”
Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and his might H1369, how H834 he fought H3898 and how H834 he recovered H7725 for Israel H3478 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574, which had belonged to Judah H3063, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?
In the days H3117 of Pekah H6492 king H4428 of Israel H3478, [fn]Tiglath-pileser H8407 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 and took H3947 Ijon H5859, Abel-beth-maacah H62, Janoah H3239, Kedesh H6943, Hazor H2674, Gilead H1568, and Galilee H1552, all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali H5321; and he led H1540 [fn]their populations into H1540 exile H1540 to Assyria H804.
Then King H4428 Ahaz H271 cut H7112 off H7112 the borders H4526 of the stands H4350, and removed H5493 the wash H3595 basin H3595 from them; he also took H3381 down H3381 the [fn]Sea H3220 from the bronze H5178 oxen H1241 which H834 were under H8478 it and put H5414 it on a pavement H4837 of stone H68.
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 people from Babylon H894, Cuthah H3575, [fn]Avva H5755, Hamath H2574, and Sepharvaim H5617, and settled H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So they took H3423 possession H3423 of Samaria H8111 and lived H3427 in its cities H5892.
To this H2088 day H3117 they act H6213 in accordance with the earlier H7223 customs H4941: they do not fear H3372 the LORD H3068, nor H369 do they [fn]follow H6213 their statutes H2708, their ordinances H4941, the Law H8451, or the commandments H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290, whom H834 He named H7760 H8034 Israel H3478.
‘Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 about H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804: “He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043 nor H3808 heap H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 and all H3605 his might H1369, and how H834 he constructed H6213 the pool H1295 and the conduit H8585 and brought H935 water H4325 into the city H5892, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?
Furthermore H1571, Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 very H3966 much H7235 innocent H5355 blood H1818 until H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 [fn]from one H6310 end H6310 to another H6310, besides H905 H4480 his sin H2403 into which H834 he misled H2398 Judah H3063, in doing H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.
So Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548, Ahikam H296, Achbor H5907, Shaphan H8227, and Asaiah H6222 went H1980 to Huldah H2468 the prophetess H5031, the wife H802 of Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of [fn]Tikvah H8616, the son H1121 of Harhas H2745, keeper H8104 of the wardrobe H899 (and she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her.
Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he defiled H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so he is not enrolled H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that Joab H3097 led H5090 out H5090 the army H6635 H2428 and ravaged H7843 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389. And Joab H3097 struck H5221 Rabbah H7237 and overthrew H2040 it.
These H428 were the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 according to their fathers' H1 households H1004, the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of those among them who were [fn]counted H6485, in the number H4557 of names H8034 by their [fn]head H1538 count H1538, doing H6213 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605.
“Also H1571 concerning H413 the foreigner H5237 who H834 is not from Your people H5971 Israel H3478, when he comes H935 from a far H7350 country H776 on account H4616 of Your great H1419 name H8034 and Your mighty H2389 hand H3027 and Your outstretched H5186 arm H2220, when they come H935 and pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to You toward H1870 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
Then Solomon H8010 brought H5927 Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 up H5927 from the city H5892 of David H1732 to the house H1004 which H834 he had built H1129 for her, for he said H559, “My wife H802 shall not live H3427 in the house H1004 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478, because H3588 [fn]the places H1992 where H834 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 has entered H935 are holy H6944.”
Now according to the ordinance H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their duties H4931 of praise H1984 and ministering H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for this H3651 is what H3651 David H1732, the man H376 of God H430, had commanded H4687.
Now when Asa H609 heard H8085 these H428 words H1697 and the [fn]prophecy H5016 which Azariah H5838 the son of Oded H5752 the prophet H5030 spoke, he took H2388 courage H2388 and removed H5674 the abominable H8251 idols H8251 from all H3605 the land H776 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, and from the cities H5892 which H834 he had captured H3920 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669. He then restored H2318 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 which H834 was in front H6440 of the porch H197 of the LORD H3068.
He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601, the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa H609, from the position of queen H1377 mother H1377, because H834 she had made H6213 an abominable H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah H842, and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her abominable H4656 image H4656, crushed H1854 it, and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron H6939.
In the thirty-sixth H7970 H8337 year H8141 of Asa's H609 reign H4438, Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Judah H3063 and [fn]fortified H1129 Ramah H7414 in order to prevent H1115 H5414 anyone from going H3318 out H3318 or coming H935 in H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063.
They rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389: Put H539 your trust H539 in the LORD H3068 your God H430 and you will endure H539. Put H539 your trust H539 in His prophets H5030, and succeed H6743.”
Now it happened H1961 at the turn H8622 of the year H8141 that the army H2428 of the Arameans H758 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Joash; and they came H935 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, destroyed H7843 all H3605 the officials H8269 of the people H5971 from among the people H5971, and sent H7971 all H3605 their spoils H7998 to the king H4428 of Damascus H1834.
He then stationed H5975 the Levites H3881 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 with cymbals H4700, harps H5035, and lyres H3658, according to the command H4687 of David H1732 and of Gad H1410, the king's H4428 seer H2374, and of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030; for the command H4687 was from the LORD H3068 through H3027 His prophets H5030.
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, broke H7665 the memorial H4676 stones H4676 in H7665 pieces H7665, cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 [fn]they had destroyed H3615 them all H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
And Hezekiah H2396 appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 by their divisions H4256, each H376 according H6310 to his service H5656, both the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, for burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and for peace H8002 offerings H8002, to serve H8334 and to give H3034 thanks H3034 and to praise H1984 in the gates H8179 of the camp H4264 of the LORD H3068.
Now after H310 this H3651 he built H1129 the outer H2435 wall H2346 of the city H5892 of David H1732 on the west H4628 side H4628 of Gihon H1521, in the valley H5158, up to the entrance H935 of the Fish H1709 Gate H8179; and he encircled H5437 the Ophel H6077 with it and made H1361 it very H3966 high H1361. Then he put H7760 army H2428 commanders H8269 in all H3605 the fortified H1219 cities H5892 in Judah H3063.
Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had purged H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the secretary H4206, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 his God H430.
So Hilkiah H2518 and those [fn]whom H834 the king H4428 had told went H1980 to Huldah H2468 the prophetess H5031, the wife H802 of Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of [fn]Tokhath H8445, the son H1121 of Hasrah H2641, the keeper H8104 of the wardrobe H899 (she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her regarding this H2088.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them as H3652 follows H3652: “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 [fn]temple H1005 and to finish H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
Then I said H559 to them, “You see H7200 the bad H7451 situation H7451 we are in, that Jerusalem H3389 is desolate H2720 and its gates H8179 have been burned H3341 by fire H784. Come H1980, let's rebuild H1129 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 so that we will no H3808 longer H5750 be a disgrace H2781.”
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 consecrated H6942 it and installed H5975 its doors H1817. They consecrated H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.
Then my God H430 put H5414 it into my heart H3820 to assemble H6908 the nobles H2715, the officials H5461, and the other people H5971 to be enrolled H3187 by H3187 genealogies H3187. Then I found H4672 the book H5612 of the genealogy H3188 of those who came H5927 up H5927 first H7223, [fn]in which I found H4672 the following record H3789:
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 from the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
“You alone H905 are the LORD H3068.
You have made H6213 the heavens H8064,
The heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 with all H3605 their [fn]lights H6635,
The earth H776 and everything H3605 that is on it,
The seas H3220 and everything H3605 that is in them.
You give H2421 life H2421 to all H3605 of them,
And the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635 bow H2331 down H2331 before You.
“You found H4672 his heart H3824 faithful H539 before H6440 You,
And made H3772 a covenant H1285 with him
To give H5414 him the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669,
Of the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567,
Of the Perizzite H6522, the Jebusite H2983, and the Girgashite H1622—
To give H5414 it to his [fn]descendants H2233.
“You provided H5414 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger H7458,
You brought H3318 out H3318 water H4325 from a rock H5553 for them for their thirst H6772,
And You told H559 them to enter H935 in order to take H3423 possession H3423 of
The land H776 which H834 You [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to give H5414 them.
You, in Your great H7227 compassion H7356,
Did not abandon H5800 them in the wilderness H4057;
The pillar H5982 of cloud H6051 did not leave H5493 H4480 H5921 them by day H3119,
To guide H5148 them on their way H1870,
Nor H3808 the pillar H5982 of fire H784 by night H3915, to light H215 for them the way H1870 in which H834 they were to go H1980.
“Now H6258 then, our God H430, the great H1419, the mighty H1368, and the awesome H3372 God H410, who keeps H8104 His covenant H1285 and faithfulness H2617,
Do not let all H3605 the hardship H8513 seem H4591 insignificant H4591 before H6440 You,
Which H834 has happened H4672 to H4672 us, our kings H4428, our leaders H8269, our priests H3548, our prophets H5030, our fathers H1, and to all H3605 Your people H5971,
From the days H3117 of the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 to this H2088 day H3117.
When these H428 days H3117 were finished H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a banquet H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the courtyard H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king's H4428 palace H1055.
So it came H1961 about H1961, when the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 were heard H8085 and many H7227 young H5291 ladies H5291 were gathered H6908 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800 into the [fn]custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, that Esther H635 was taken H3947 to the king's H4428 [fn]palace H1004 into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802.
In the first H7223 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, [fn]Pur H6332, that is the lot H1486, was cast H5307 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day H3117 and from month H2320 to month, [fn]until the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, that is the month H2320 Adar H143.
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 officials H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its language 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.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 that Esther H635 put H3847 on H3847 her royal H4438 robes H3847 and stood H5975 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 of the king's H4428 palace H1004 in front H5227 of the king's H4428 [fn]rooms H1004, and the king H4428 was sitting H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 in the [fn]throne H4438 room H1004, opposite H5227 the entrance H6607 to the palace H1004.
Then Esther H635 spoke H1696 again H3254 [fn]to the king H4428, fell H5307 at his feet H7272, wept H1058, and pleaded H2603 for H2603 his compassion H2603 to avert H5674 the evil H7451 scheme of Haman H2001 the Agagite H91 and his plot H4284 which H834 he had devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064.
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.
Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in a royal H4438 robe H3830 of violet H8504 and white H2353, with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple H713; and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 shouted H6670 and rejoiced H8055.
I remember H2142 these H428 things H428 and pour H8210 out H8210 my soul H5315 within H5921 me.
For I used to go H5674 over H5674 with the multitude H5519 and walk H1718 them to the house H1004 of God H430,
With a voice H6963 of joy H7440 and thanksgiving H8426, a multitude H1995 celebrating H2287 a H2287 festival H2287.
The Bride
“I was asleep H3463 but my heart H3820 was awake H5782.
A voice H6963! My beloved H1730 was knocking H1849:
‘Open H6605 to me, my sister H269, my darling H7474,
My dove H3123, my perfect H8535 one H8535!
For my head H7218 is [fn]drenched H4390 with dew H2919,
My locks H6977 with the dew H7447 drops H7447 of the night H3915.'
And many H7227 peoples H5971 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980, let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068,
To the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290;
So that He may teach H3384 us [fn]about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For [fn]the law H8451 will go H3318 out H3318 from Zion H6726
For this H3651 reason H3651 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them.
And the mountains H2022 quaked H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
Despite all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 [fn]is H7725 not spent H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now therefore H3651, behold H2009, the Lord H136 is about to bring H5927 on them the strong H6099 and abundant H7227 waters H4325 of the Euphrates River H5104,
That is, the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and all H3605 his glory H3519;
And it will rise H5927 over H5921 all H3605 its channels H650 and go H1980 over H5921 all H3605 its banks H1415.
[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164. In earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He will make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 [fn]his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
“By the power H3581 of my hand H3027 and by my wisdom H2451 I did H6213 this,
Because H3588 I have H995 understanding H995;
And I removed H5493 the boundaries H1367 of the peoples H5971
And plundered H8154 their treasures H6264,
And like a powerful H3524 man H47 I brought H3381 down H3381 [fn]their inhabitants H3427,
Then it will happen H1961 on that day H3117 that the Lord H136
Will again H3254 recover H7069 with His hand H3027 the second H8145 time H8145
The remnant H7605 of His people H5971 who H834 will remain H7604,
From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, Cush H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,
For the fields H7709 of Heshbon H2809 have [fn]withered 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 [fn]tendrils H7976 spread H5203 themselves out H5203 and passed H5674 over H5674 the sea H3220.
On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175,
With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and mighty H2389 sword H2719,
Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent H5175;
And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea H3220.
Therefore H3651 through this H2088 Jacob's H3290 wrongdoing H5771 will be forgiven H3722;
And this H2088 will be [fn]the full H3605 price H6529 of the [fn]pardoning H5493 of his sin H2403:
When he makes H7760 all H3605 the altar H4196 stones H68 like pulverized H5310 chalk H1615 stones H68;
When [fn]Asherim H842 and incense H2553 altars H2553 will not stand H6965.
And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty H6643,
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley H1516,
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to the summer H7019,
Which H834 [fn]one sees H7200,
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand H3709,
He swallows H1104 it.
Because H3588 you have said H559, “We have made H3772 a covenant H1285 with death H4194,
And with [fn]Sheol H7585 we have made H6213 a [fn]pact H2374.
The [fn]gushing H7857 flood H7752 will not reach H935 us when H3588 it passes H5674 by H5674,
Because H3588 we have made H7760 falsehood H3577 our refuge H4268 and we have concealed H5641 ourselves with deception H8267.”
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.
Therefore H3651 behold H2009, I will once again H3254 deal H6381 marvelously H6381 with this H2088 people H5971, wondrously H6382 marvelous H6381;
And the wisdom H2451 of their wise H2450 men H2450 will perish H6,
And the understanding H998 of their men H995 who H995 have H995 understanding H995 will be concealed H5641.”
Now the Egyptians H4714 are human H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So the LORD H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And any helper H5826 will stumble H3782,
And one who is helped H5826 will fall H5307.
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
“Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 about H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804: ‘He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043, nor H3808 heap H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
Go H5927 up H5927 on a high H1364 mountain H2022,
Zion H6726, messenger H1319 of H1319 good H1319 news H1319,
Raise H7311 your voice H6963 forcefully H3581,
Jerusalem H3389, messenger H1319 of H1319 good H1319 news H1319;
Raise H7311 it up H7311, do not fear H3372.
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been planted H5193,
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been sown H2232,
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 has their stock H1503 taken H8327 root H8327 in the earth H776,
But He merely H1571 blows H5398 on them, and they wither H3001,
And the storm H5591 carries H5375 them away like stubble H7179.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who is your Redeemer H1350, and the One who formed H3335 you from the womb H990:
“I, the LORD H3068, am the Maker H6213 of all H3605 things H3605,
Stretching H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064 by Myself H905
And spreading H7554 out H7554 the earth H776 [fn]alone H4480 H854,
“Woe H1945 to the one who quarrels H7378 with [fn]his Maker H3335—
A piece H2789 of H2789 pottery H2789 [fn]among H854 the other earthenware H127 pottery H2789 pieces H2789!
Will the clay H2563 say H559 to the [fn]potter H3335, ‘What H4100 are you doing H6213?'
Or the thing H6467 you are making H6467 say, ‘He has H369 no H369 hands H3027'?
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it, He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]as a waste H8414 place H8414, but formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427):
“I am the LORD H3068, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750.
He says H559, “It is H7043 too H4480 [fn]small H7043 a thing H7043 that You should be My Servant H5650
To raise H6965 up H6965 the tribes H7626 of Jacob H3290 and to restore H7725 the protected H5336 ones of Israel H3478;
I will also make H5414 You a light H216 [fn]of the nations H1471
So that My salvation H3444 may [fn]reach H1961 to the end H7097 of the earth H776.”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the Redeemer H1350 of Israel H3478 and its Holy H6918 One H6918,
Says H559 to the [fn]despised H960 One,
To the One abhorred H8581 by the nation H1471,
To the Servant H5650 of rulers H4910:
“Kings H4428 will see H7200 and arise H6965,
Princes H8269 will also bow H2331 down H2331,
Because H4616 of the LORD H3068 who H834 is faithful H539, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 who has chosen H977 You.”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“At a favorable H7522 time H6256 I answered H6030 You,
And on a day H3117 of salvation H3444 I helped H5826 You;
And I will watch H5341 over H5341 You and make H5414 You a covenant H1285 of the people H5971,
To [fn]restore H6965 the land H776, to give H5157 as H5157 inheritances H5157 the deserted H8074 hereditary H5159 lands H5159;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:
“Behold H2009, I will lift H5375 up H5375 My hand H3027 to the nations H1471
And set H7311 up H7311 My flag H5251 to the peoples H5971;
And they will bring H935 your sons H1121 [fn]in their arms H2684,
And your daughters H1323 will be carried H5375 on their shoulders H3802.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“Where H335 is the certificate H5612 of divorce H3748
By which H834 I have sent H7971 your mother H517 away H7971?
Or H176 to whom H4310 of My creditors H5383 did I sell H4376 you?
Behold H2005, you were sold H4376 for your wrongdoings H5771,
And for your wrongful H6588 acts H6588 your mother H517 was sent H7971 away H7971.
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 one H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 no H369 one H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 redeem H6304?
Or H518 do I have H369 no H369 power H3581 to rescue H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606,
I turn H7760 rivers H5104 into H7760 a wilderness H4057;
“Raise 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 the same H3644 way H3651.
That you have forgotten H7911 the LORD H3068 your Maker H6213,
Who stretched H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064
And laid H3245 the foundations H3245 of the earth H776,
That you fear H6342 continually H8548 all H3605 day H3117 long because H4480 H6440 of the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693,
How H4100 delightful H4998 on the mountains H2022
Are the feet H7272 of one who brings H1319 good H1319 news H1319,
Who announces H8085 [fn]peace H7965
And brings H1319 good H1319 news H1319 of [fn]happiness H2896,
Who announces H8085 salvation H3444,
And says H559 to Zion H6726, “Your God H430 [fn]reigns H4427!”
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the high H7311 and exalted H5375 One
Who [fn]lives H7931 forever H5703, whose name H8034 is Holy H6918, says H559:
“I dwell H7931 in a high H4791 and holy H6918 place,
And also with the contrite H1793 and lowly H8217 of spirit H7307
In order to revive H2421 the spirit H7307 of the lowly H8217
“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 that I choose H977, a day H3117 for a person H120 to humble H6031 himself H5315?
Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one's head H7218 like a reed H100
And for spreading H3331 out H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?
Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD H3068?
“Because H834 the one who [fn]is blessed H1288 on the earth H776
Will [fn]be blessed H1288 by the God H430 of truth H543;
And the one who swears H7650 an oath on the earth H776
Will swear H7650 by the God H430 of truth H543;
Because H3588 the former H7223 troubles H6869 are forgotten H7911,
And because H3588 they are hidden H5641 from My sight H5869!
God [fn]says H559, “If H2005 a husband H376 divorces H7971 his wife H802
And she leaves H1980 H4480 him
And becomes H1961 another H312 man's H376 wife,
Will he return H7725 to her again H570?
Would that land H776 not be completely H2610 defiled H2610?
But you are a prostitute H2181 with many H7227 [fn]lovers H7453;
‘Only H389 [fn]acknowledge H3045 your wrongdoing H5771,
That you have revolted H6586 against the LORD H3068 your God H430,
And have scattered H6340 your [fn]favors H1870 to the strangers H2114 under H8478 every H3605 leafy H7488 tree H6086,
And you have not obeyed H8085 My voice H6963,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
And you, desolate H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?
Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,
Although H3588 you adorn H5710 yourself with jewelry H5716 of gold H2091,
Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with makeup H6320,
In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.
“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?
They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,
Nor H1571 did they know H3045 even H1571 how to be ashamed H3637.
Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;
‘If H518 I go H3318 out H3318 to the country H7704,
There H2009 are those killed H2491 by the sword H2719!
Or if H518 I enter H935 the city H5892,
There H2009 are diseases H8463 from famine H7458!
For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548
Have wandered H5503 around H5503 in the land H776 that they do not know H3045.'”
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Do not enter H935 a house H1004 of mourning H4798, or go H1980 to mourn H5594 or to console H5110 them; for I have withdrawn H622 My peace H7965 from this H2088 people H5971,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “and My favor H2617 and compassion H7356.
“But it will come H1961 about H1961, if H518 you give H8085 your attention H8085 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “to bring H935 no H1115 load H4853 in H935 through the gates H8179 of this H2088 city H5892 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117, but to keep H6942 the Sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy H6942 by doing H6213 no H1115 H3605 work H4399 on it,
For I have heard H8085 the whispering H1681 of many H7227,
“Terror H4032 on every H5439 side H5439!
Denounce H5046 him; let's denounce H5046 him!”
[fn]All H3605 my trusted H7965 friends H582 H7965,
Watching H8104 for my fall H6761, say:
“Perhaps H194 he will be persuaded H6601, so that we may prevail H3201 against him
“Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words H1697, and you shall say H559 to them,
‘The LORD H3068 will roar H7580 from on high H4791
And raise H5414 His voice H6963 from His holy H6944 dwelling H4583;
He will roar H7580 forcefully H7580 against H5921 His [fn]fold H5116.
He will shout H1959 like those who tread H1869 the grapes,
Against H413 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776.
“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
‘Behold H2009, I will restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of the tents H168 of Jacob H3290
And have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 his dwellings H4908;
And the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 on its ruins H8510,
And the palace H759 will stand H3427 on its rightful H4941 place H4941.
‘[fn]Their leader H117 shall be one of them,
And [fn]their ruler H4910 will come H3318 out H3318 from [fn]their midst H7130;
And I will bring H7126 him near H7126 and he shall approach H5066 Me;
For [fn]who H4310 would dare H6148 to H6148 risk H6148 his life H3820 to approach H5066 Me?' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Once again H5750 they will speak H559 this H2088 word H1697 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in its cities H5892 when I restore H7725 their fortunes H7622,
‘The LORD H3068 bless H1288 you, O place H5116 of righteousness H6664,
“Give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,
For the LORD H3068 is good H2896,
For His mercy H2617 is everlasting H5769,”
as they bring H935 a thanksgiving H8426 offering H8426 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. For I will restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of the land H776 as they were at first H7223,' says H559 the LORD H3068.
Then Jeremiah H3414 said H559 to the house H1004 of the Rechabites H7394, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘Because H3282 H834 you have obeyed H8085 the command H4687 of Jonadab H3082 your father H1, kept H8104 all H3605 his commands H4687, and done H6213 according to all H3605 that he commanded H6680 you,
Then King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 word and [fn]had Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 brought H3947 to him at the third H7992 entrance H3996 that is in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and the king H4428 said H559 to Jeremiah H3414, “I am going to ask H7592 you something H1697; do not hide H3582 anything H1697 from me.”
“Behold H2009, waters H4325 are going to rise H5927 from the north H6828
And become H1961 an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
And overflow H7857 the land H776 and everything H4393 that is in H4393 it,
The city H5892 and those who live H3427 in it;
And the people H120 will cry H2199 out H2199,
And every H3605 inhabitant H3427 of the land H776 will wail H3213.
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“When I will cause an alarm H8643 of war H4421 to be heard H8085
Against H413 Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;
And it will become H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510,
And her towns H1323 will be set H3341 on fire H784.
Then Israel H3478 will take H3423 possession H3423 of his possessors H3423,”
Therefore H3651 hear H8085 the plan H6098 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He has planned H3289 against H413 Edom H123, and His purposes H4284 which H834 He has H2803 in H2803 mind H2803 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Teman H8487: they will certainly H518 H3808 drag H5498 them off H5498, even the little H6810 ones H6810 of the flock H6629; He will certainly H518 H3808 make H8074 their pasture H5116 desolate H8074 because H5921 of them.
“Their camels H1581 will become H1961 plunder H957,
And their many H1995 livestock H4735 for spoils H7998,
And I will scatter H2219 to all H3605 the winds H7307 those who cut H7112 the corners H6285 of their hair;
And I will bring H935 their disaster H343 from every H3605 side H5676,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“For a nation H1471 has come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 her from the north H6828; it will make H7896 her land H776 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, and there will be no H3808 inhabitant H3427 in it. Whether H4480 people H120 or H5704 animals H929, they have wandered H5110 off H5110, they have gone H1980!
Now the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 belonged to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]sea H3220, which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 and carried H5375 all H3605 their bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-fifth H6242 H2568 of the month H2320, that [fn]Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the first year H8141 of his reign H4438, [fn]showed H5375 favor H5375 H7218 to Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and brought H3318 him out H3318 of prison H1004 H3628.
Jerusalem H3389 sinned H2398 greatly H2399,
Therefore H5921 H3651 she has become H1961 an [fn]object H5206 of H5206 ridicule H5206.
All H3605 who honored H3513 her despise H2151 her
Because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness H6172;
Even H1571 she herself H1931 groans H584 and turns H7725 away H268.
The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.
In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,
He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.
Then He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, raise H5375 your eyes H5869 now H4994 toward H1870 the north H6828.” So I raised H5375 my eyes H5869 toward H1870 the north H6828, and behold H2009, to the north H6828 of the altar H4196 gate H8179 was this H2088 idol H5566 of jealousy H7068 at the entrance H872.
Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 of the LORD'S H3068 house H1004. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068, between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196, were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 while their faces H6440 were toward the east H6924; and they were [fn]prostrating H2331 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun H8121.
Then He said H559 to me, “The guilt H5771 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 is very H3966, very H3966 great H1419, and the land H776 is filled H4390 with blood H1818, and the city H5892 is full H4390 of perversion H4297; for they say H559, ‘The LORD H3068 has abandoned H5800 the land H776, and the LORD H3068 does not see H7200!'
Now the Spirit H7307 lifted H5375 me up H5375 and brought H935 me to the east H6931 gate H8179 of the LORD'S H3068 house H1004 which faced H6437 eastward H6931. And behold H2009, there were twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179, and among H8432 them I saw H7200 Jaazaniah H2970 son H1121 of Azzur H5809 and Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, leaders H8269 of the people H5971.
“Then I passed H5674 by you and saw H7200 you, and behold H2009, [fn]you were at the time H6256 for love H1730; so I spread H6566 My [fn]garment H3671 over H5921 you and covered H3680 your nakedness H6172. I also swore H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 to you and entered H935 into a covenant H1285 with you so that you became H1961 Mine,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.
“Therefore H3651 I will judge H8199 you, house H1004 of Israel H3478, each H376 according to his conduct H1870,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068. “Repent H7725 and turn H7725 away H7725 from all H3605 your offenses H6588, so that wrongdoing H5771 does not become H1961 a stumbling H4383 block H4383 to you.
“Then I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out H8210 My wrath H2534 on them, to [fn]use H3615 up H3615 My anger H639 against them in the midst H8432 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
‘As for you, son H1121 of man H120, will it not be on the day H3117 when I take H3947 from them their stronghold H4581, the joy H4885 of their splendor H8597, that which H4261 is precious H4261 in their eyes H5869 and their [fn]heart's H5315 longing H4853, their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323,
“Because H3282 your heart H3820 is H1361 haughty H1361
And you have said H559, ‘I am a god H410,
I sit H3427 in the seat H4186 of [fn]gods H430
In the heart H3820 of the seas H3220';
Yet you are a mortal H120 and not God H410,
Although you make H5414 your heart H3820 like the heart H3820 of God H430—
“Moreover, I will make H5414 the Nile H2975 canals H2975 dry H2724
And sell H4376 the land H776 into the hands H3027 of evil H7451 men H7451.
And I will make H8074 the land H776 desolate H8074
And [fn]all H4393 that is in H4393 it,
By the hand H3027 of strangers H2114; I the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696.”
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her hordes H1995 around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them killed 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 inflicted H5414 their terror H2851 on the land H776 of the living H2416, and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go 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 killed H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“Now as for you, son H1121 of man H120, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: ‘Say H559 to every H3605 [fn]kind H3671 of bird H6833 and to every H3605 animal H2416 of the field H7704: “Assemble H6908 and come H935, gather H622 from every H5439 direction H5439 to My sacrifice H2077, which H834 I am going to sacrifice H2076 for you as a great H1419 sacrifice H2077 on the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478; and you will eat H398 flesh H1320 and drink H8354 blood H1818.
In the twenty-fifth H6242 H2568 year H8141 of our exile H1546, at the beginning H7218 of the year H8141, on the tenth H6218 of the month H2320, in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 after H310 the city H5892 was [fn]taken H5221, on this H2088 very H6106 day H3117 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was upon me and He brought H935 me there H8033.
From the outside H2351 to the inner H6442 gate H8179 were [fn]chambers H3957 for the singers H7891 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691, one of which H834 was at the [fn]side H3802 of the north H6828 gate H8179, with [fn]its front H6440 toward H1870 the south H1864, and one H259 at the [fn]side H3802 of the [fn]south gate H8179 facing H6440 H1870 north H6828.
Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers H3957, which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area H1508, they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to the LORD H3068 shall eat H398 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944. There H8033 they shall set H5117 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944, the grain offering H4503, the sin H2403 offering H2403, and the guilt H817 offering H817; for the place H4725 is holy H6918.
“Now when you divide H5307 the land H776 by H5307 lot H5307 for inheritance H5159, you shall offer H7311 [fn]an allotment H8641 to the LORD H3068, a holy H6944 portion H6944 of the land H776; the length H753 shall be a length H753 of twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 [fn]cubits, and the width H7341 shall be [fn]twenty H6235 thousand H505. It shall be holy H6944 within its entire H3605 surrounding H5439 boundary H1366.
“And you shall give H5414 the city H5892 possession H272 of an area five H2568 thousand H505 cubits wide H7341 and twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 cubits long H753, alongside H5980 the [fn]allotment H8641 of the holy H6944 portion H6944; it shall be for the entire H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478.
“Now these H428 are the names H8034 of the tribes H7626: from the northern H6828 extremity H7097, [fn]beside H413 H3027 the way H1870 of Hethlon H2855 to [fn]Lebo-hamath H935, as far as Hazar-enan H2704 at the border H1366 of Damascus H1834, toward the north H6828 [fn]beside H413 H3027 Hamath H2574, [fn]running H1961 from east H6921 to west H3220, Dan H1835, one H259 portion.
“The remainder H3498 shall be for the prince H5387, on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088 of the holy H6944 allotment H8641 and of the [fn]property H272 of the city H5892; in front H6440 of the twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 cubits of the allotment H8641 toward H5704 the east H6921 border H1366 and westward H3220 in front H6440 of the twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 toward H5921 the west H3220 border H1366, alongside H5980 the portions H2506, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy H6944 allotment H8641 and the sanctuary H4720 of the house H1004 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
But Daniel H1840 [fn]made H7760 up H7760 his mind H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the king's H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 or with the wine H3196 which he drank H4960; so he sought H1245 permission from the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.
Thereupon H6903 H1836, Daniel H1841 went H5954 to Arioch H746, whom H1768 the king H4430 had appointed H4483 to kill H7 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895; he went H236 and said H560 this H3652 to him: “Do not kill H7 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895! Take H5954 me [fn]into the king's H4430 presence H6925, and I will declare H2324 the interpretation H6591 to the king H4430.”
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was filled H4391 with wrath H2528, and his facial H600 expression H6755 was changed H8133 toward H5922 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered H6032 [fn]by giving H560 orders H560 to heat H228 the furnace H861 seven H7655 times H2298 more H5922 than H5922 H1768 it was usually H2370 heated H228.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the ground H772,
But with a band H613 of iron H6523 and bronze H5174 around it
In the new H1883 grass H1883 of the field H1251;
And let him be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065,
And let [fn]him share H2508 with the animals H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
“At that time H2166 my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were [fn]restored H8421 to me for the honor H3367 of my kingdom H4437, and my state H1907 counselors H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out H1156; so I was reestablished H8627 in my [fn]sovereignty H4437, and surpassing H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.
Then H116 Daniel H1841 replied H6032 and said H560 before H6925 the king H4430, “[fn]Keep your gifts H4978 for yourself or give H3052 your rewards H5023 to someone H321 else H321; however H1297, I will read H7123 the inscription H3792 to the king H4430 and make H3046 the interpretation H6591 known H3046 to him.
“This H3652 is H3652 what H3652 he said H560: ‘The fourth H7244 beast H2423 will be a fourth H7244 kingdom H4437 on the earth H772 which H1768 will be different H8133 from all H3606 the other kingdoms H4437, and will devour H399 the whole H3606 earth H772 and trample H1759 it down H1759 and crush H1855 it.
“Seventy H7657 [fn]weeks H7620 have been decreed H2852 for your people H5971 and your holy H6944 city H5892, to [fn]finish H3615 the wrongdoing H6588, to [fn]make H8552 an H8552 end H8552 of H8552 sin H2403, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for guilt H5771, to bring H935 in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness H6664, to seal H2856 up H2856 vision H2377 and [fn]prophecy H5030, and to anoint H4886 the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944.
“And at the end H7093 time H6256 the king H4428 of the South H5045 will wage H5055 war H5055 with him, and the king H4428 of the North H6828 will storm H8175 against H5921 him with chariots H7393, horsemen H6571, and with many H7227 ships H591; and he will enter H935 countries H776, overflow H7857 them, and pass H5674 through H5674.
“Then I will give H5414 her her vineyards H3754 from there H8033,
And the [fn]Valley H6010 of Achor H5911 as a door H6607 of hope H8615.
And she will [fn]respond H6030 there H8033 as in the days H3117 of her youth H5271,
As in the day H3117 when she went H5927 up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Though H3588 he flourishes H6509 among H996 the [fn]reeds H260,
An east H6921 wind H6921 will come H935,
The wind H7307 of the LORD H3068 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057;
And his fountain H4726 will become H3001 dry H3001
And his spring H4599 will dry H2717 up H2717;
It will plunder H8154 his treasury H214 of every H3605 precious H2532 article H3627.
Let the priests H3548, the LORD'S H3068 ministers H8334,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “[fn]Spare H2347 Your people H5971, LORD H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a disgrace H2781,
With the nations H1471 jeering H4912 at them.
“But I will remove H7368 the northern H6830 army far H7368 from you,
And I will drive H5080 it into a dry H6723 and desolate H8077 land H776,
Its advance H6440 guard H6440 into the eastern H6931 sea H3220,
And its rear H5490 guard H5490 into the western H314 sea H3220.
And its stench H889 will ascend H5927 and its odor H6709 of H6709 decay H6709 will come H5927 up H5927,
I will gather H6908 all H3605 the nations H1471
And bring H3381 them down H3381 to the Valley H6010 of [fn]Jehoshaphat H3092.
Then I will enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with them there H8033
On H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 My people H5971 and My inheritance H5159, Israel H3478,
Whom H834 they have scattered H6340 among the nations H1471;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Tyre H6865, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they turned H5462 an entire H8003 population H1546 over H5462 to Edom H123
And did not remember H2142 the covenant H1285 of [fn]brotherhood H251.
The Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 has sworn H7650 by Himself H5315, the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635 has declared H5002:
“I loathe H8374 the arrogance H1347 of Jacob H3290,
And [fn]detest H8130 his citadels H759;
Therefore I will give H5462 up H5462 the city H5892 and [fn]all H4393 it contains H4393.”
“And though H518 they hide H2244 on the summit H7218 of Carmel H3760,
I will track H2664 them down H2664 and take H3947 them from there H8033;
And though H518 they hide H5641 themselves from My sight H5869 on the bottom H7172 of the sea H3220,
I will command H6680 the serpent H5175 from there H8033, and it will bite H5391 them.
Many H7227 nations H1471 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980 and let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068
And to the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
So that He may teach H3384 us about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For from Zion H6726 will go H3318 forth H3318 the law H8451,
“Arise H6965 and thresh H1758, daughter H1323 of Zion H6726,
For I will make H7760 your horn H7161 iron H1270,
And I will make H7760 your hoofs H6541 bronze H5154,
So that you may pulverize H1854 many H7227 peoples H5971,
And dedicate H2763 to the LORD H3068 their unjust H1215 profit H1215,
And their wealth H2428 to the Lord H136 of all H3605 the earth H776.
“Behold H2009, I am against H413 you,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635. “I will burn H1197 up H1197 her chariots H7393 in smoke H6227, and a sword H2719 will devour H398 your young H3715 lions H3715; I will eliminate H3772 your prey H2964 from the land H776, and no H3808 longer H5750 will the voice H6963 of your messengers H4397 be heard H8085.”
“You will be filled H7646 with disgrace H7036 rather H4480 than H4480 honor H3519.
Drink H8354, you yourself H1571, and [fn]expose H6188 your own foreskin H6188!
The cup H3563 in the LORD'S H3068 right H3225 hand H3225 will come H5437 around H5437 to you,
And utter H7022 disgrace H7022 will come upon your glory H3519.
“So I will stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 Judah H3063
And against H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.
And I will eliminate H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from this H2088 place H4725,
And the names H8034 of the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 along H5973 with H5973 the other priests H3548.
Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091
Will be H3201 able H3201 to save H5337 them
On the day H3117 of the LORD'S H3068 anger H5678;
And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398
By the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,
For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617,
Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559, “LORD H3068 of armies H6635, how H4970 long H5704 H4970 will You take H7355 no H3808 pity H7355 on H7355 Jerusalem H3389 and the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, with which H834 You have been H2194 indignant H2194 for these H2088 seventy H7657 years H8141?”
So I pastured H7462 the flock H6629 doomed to slaughter H2028, [fn]therefore H3651 also the afflicted H6041 of the flock H6629. And I took H3947 for myself two H8147 staffs H4731: the one H259 I called H7121 [fn]Favor H5278, and the other H259 I called H7121 Union H2254; so I pastured H7462 the flock H6629.
“Awake H5782, sword H2719, against H5921 My Shepherd H7462,
And against H5921 the Man H1397, My Associate H5997,”
Declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
“Strike H5221 the Shepherd H7462 and the sheep H6629 will be scattered H6327;
And I will turn H7725 My hand H3027 [fn]against H5921 the little H6819 ones.
All H3605 the land H776 will change H5437 into a plain H6160 from Geba H1387 to Rimmon H7417 south H5045 of Jerusalem H3389; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise H7213 and remain H3427 on its site H8478 from Benjamin's H1144 Gate H8179 as far H5704 as the place H4725 of the First H7223 Gate H8179 to the Corner H6438 Gate H8179, and from the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 to the king's H4428 wine H3342 presses H3342.
Then it will come H1961 about H1961 that any H3605 who are left H3498 of all H3605 the nations H1471 that came H935 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 will go H5927 up H5927 from year H8141 to year H8141 to worship H2331 the King H4428, the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, and to celebrate H2287 the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.
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