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Then God H430 said H559, “Let Us make H6213 man H120 in Our image H6754, according to Our likeness H1823, so that they will have dominion H7287 over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220 and over the birds H5775 of the [fn]sky H8064 and over the cattle H929 and over all H3605 the earth H776 and over every H3605 creeping H7431 thing H7431 that creeps H7430 on the earth H776.”
Then they heard H8085 the sound H6963 of Yahweh H3068 God H430 walking H1980 in the garden H1588 in the [fn]cool H7307 of the day H3117, and the man H120 and his wife H802 hid H2244 themselves from the presence H6440 of Yahweh H3068 God H430 in the midst H8432 of the trees H6086 of the garden H1588.
Now it happened 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, 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 was dried H2717 up H2717.
And Terah H8646 took H3947 Abram H87 his son H1121, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and Sarai H8297 his daughter-in-law H3618, his son H1121 Abram's H87 wife H802; and they went H3318 out H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 in order to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they came H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.
Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, but the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]called H7121 them by the same H8034 names H8034 by which H834 his father H1 had called H7121 them.
So Esau H6215 bore H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 in his heart H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”
So it happened that when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the report H8088 of Jacob H3290 his sister's H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and he embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he recounted H5608 to Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.
And in the days H3117 of the wheat H2406 harvest H7105, Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrakes 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.”
Then Esau H6215 took H3947 his wives H802 and his sons H1121 and his daughters H1323 and all H3605 [fn]his household H1004, and his livestock H4735 and all H3605 his cattle H929 and all H3605 his acquired H7075 goods H7075, which H834 he had accumulated H7408 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and he went H1980 to a land H776 away from his brother H251 Jacob H3290.
Joseph H3130, when seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age H1121, was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251 while he was still a youth H5288, along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, his father's H1 wives H802. And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back an evil H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father H1.
Now Joseph H3130 was beautiful H3303 in form H8389 and beautiful H3303 in appearance H4758.
Thus it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, which was Pharaoh's H6547 birthday H3205 H3117, that he made H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650; and he lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the head H7218 of the chief H8269 baker H644 among H8432 his servants H5650.
But Joseph H3130 saw H7200 that his father H1 set H7896 his right H3225 hand H3027 on Ephraim's H669 head H7218, and it was displeasing H7489 in his sight H5869; so he took H8551 hold H8551 of his father's H1 hand H3027 to remove H5493 it from Ephraim's H669 head H7218 to Manasseh's H4519 head H7218.
Now it happened H1961 at midnight H2677 H3915 that Yahweh H3068 struck H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, from the firstborn H1060 of Pharaoh H6547 who sat H3427 on his throne H3678 to the firstborn H1060 of the captive H7628 who H834 was in the [fn]dungeon H1004 H953, and all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of cattle H929.
Then the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 was told H5046 that the people H5971 had fled H1272, and the heart H3824 of Pharaoh H6547 and his servants H5650 was H2015 changed H2015 toward H413 the people H5971, and they said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 we have done H6213, that we have let H7971 Israel H3478 go H7971 from serving H5647 us?”
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2009, I will rain H4305 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for you; and the people H5971 shall go H3318 out H3318 and gather H3950 a day's H3117 portion H1697 every day H3117, that I may test H5254 them, whether or H518 not they will walk H1980 in My [fn]law H8451.
“If H3588 a man H376 lets a field H7704 or H176 vineyard H3754 be grazed H1197 bare and lets H7971 his animal H1165 loose H7971 so that it grazes H1197 in another H312 man's field H7704, he shall make H7999 restitution H7999 from the best H4315 of his own field H7704 and the best H4315 of his own vineyard H3754.
Then Moses H4872 came H935 and recounted H5608 to the people H5971 all H3605 the words H1697 of Yahweh H3068 and all H3605 the judgments H4941; and all H3605 the people H5971 answered H6030 with one H259 voice H6963 and said H559, “All H3605 the words H1697 which H834 Yahweh H3068 has spoken H1696 we will do H6213!”
“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 Moses H4872 entreated H2470 [fn]the favor H2470 H6440 of Yahweh H3068 his God H430 and said H559, “O Yahweh H3068, why H4100 does Your anger H639 burn H2734 against Your people H5971 whom H834 You have brought H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 with great H1419 power H3581 and with a strong H2389 hand H3027?
Then [fn]God said H559, “Behold H2009, I am going to cut H3772 a covenant H1285. Before H5048 all H3605 your people H5971 I will do H6213 wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 have not been created H1254 in all H3605 the earth H776 nor H3808 among any H3605 of the nations H1471; and all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]among H7130 whom H834 you live will see H7200 the working H4639 of Yahweh H3068, for it is a fearful H3372 thing H3372 that I am going to do H6213 with you.
These H428 are the things H6485 numbered H6485 for the [fn]tabernacle H4908, the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, as they were [fn]numbered 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.
‘But if H518 his [fn]means H3027 are H5381 insufficient H3808 H5381 for two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 pigeons H3123, then for his offering H7133 for that which H834 he has sinned H2398, he shall bring H935 the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 for a sin H2403 offering H2403; he shall not place H7760 oil H8081 on it or put H5414 frankincense H3828 on it, for it is a sin H2403 offering H2403.
Then Moses H4872 called H7121 to Mishael H4332 and Elzaphan H469, the sons H1121 of Aaron's H175 uncle H1730 Uzziel H5816, and said H559 to them, “Come H7126 near H7126, carry H5375 your [fn]relatives H251 away H5375 from the front H6440 of the sanctuary H6944 to the outside H4480 H2351 of the camp H4264.”
‘When H3588 a woman H802 [fn]gives H2232 birth H2232 and bears H3205 a male H2145 child, then she shall be H2930 unclean H2930 for seven H7651 days H3117, as in the days H3117 of [fn]her menstruation H5079 H1738 she shall be H2930 unclean H2930.
“Then he shall slaughter H7819 the goat H5795 of the sin H2403 offering H2403 which H834 is for the people H5971 and bring H935 its blood H1818 inside H413 H4480 H1004 the veil H6532 and do H6213 with its blood H1818 as he did H6213 with the blood H1818 of the bull H6499. And he shall sprinkle H5137 it on the mercy H3727 seat H3727 and in front H6440 of the mercy H3727 seat H3727.
‘And any H376 man H376 from the house H1004 of Israel H3478, or from the sojourners H1616 who sojourn H1481 among H8432 them, who H834 eats H398 any H3605 blood H1818, I will set H5414 My face H6440 against that person H5315 who eats H398 blood H1818 and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.
‘And the priest H3548 who is the highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been ordained H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘When you reap H7114 the harvest H7105 of your land H776, moreover, you shall not reap H7114 to the very corners H6285 of your field H7704 nor H3808 gather H3950 the gleaning H3951 of your harvest H7105; you are to leave H5800 them for the afflicted H6041 and the sojourner H1616. I am Yahweh H3068 your God H430.'”
‘On exactly H389 the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320, when you have gathered H622 in H622 the produce H8393 of the land H776, you shall celebrate H2287 the feast H2282 of Yahweh H3068 for seven H7651 days H3117, with a [fn]rest H7677 on the first H7223 day H3117 and a [fn]rest H7677 on the eighth H8066 day H3117.
‘Now if H3588 the [fn]means H3027 of a sojourner H1616 or of a foreign H8453 resident H8453 with you becomes H5381 sufficient H5381, and a brother H251 of yours becomes H4134 so poor H4134 with H5973 regard H5973 to H5973 him as to sell H4376 himself to a sojourner H1616 who resides H8453 with you or H176 to the descendants H6133 of a sojourner's H1616 family H4940,
‘Again, if H518 a man H376 sets H6942 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 to Yahweh H3068 a portion of the fields H7704 of his own possession H272, then your valuation H6187 shall be [fn]proportionate H6310 to the seed H2233 needed for it: a [fn]homer H2563 of barley H8184 seed H2233 at [fn]fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver H3701.
Now those who were to camp H2583 before H6440 the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, before H6440 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, are Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, keeping H8104 the responsibility H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the responsibility H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]outsider H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
“And the assignment H6486 of Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 is the oil H8081 for the light H3974 and the fragrant H5561 incense H7004 and the continual H8548 grain offering H4503 and the anointing H4888 oil H8081—the assignment H6486 of all H3605 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and of all H3605 that is in it, with the sanctuary H6944 and its furnishings H3627.”
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 as a Nazirite H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 for which H834 he dedicated H5144 himself as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 to Yahweh H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
“This H2088 is the law H8451 of the Nazirite H5139 who H834 vows H5087 his offering H7133 to Yahweh H3068 according H5921 to his Nazirite H5145 vow, in H4480 H905 addition H4480 H905 to H4480 H905 what H834 else [fn]he can afford H5381; according to his vow H5087 which H834 he takes H5087, so H3651 he shall do H6213 according H5921 to the law H8451 of his Nazirite H5145 vow.”
Yahweh 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 take H3947 them to the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and let them take H3320 their stand H3320 there H8033 with you.
Then the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad H6765, the son H1121 of Hepher H2660, the son H1121 of Gilead H1568, the son H1121 of Machir H4353, the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519, of the families H4940 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph H3130, came H7126 near H7126; and these H428 are the names H8034 of his daughters H1323: Mahlah H4244, Noah H5270 and Hoglah H2295 and Milcah H4435 and Tirzah H8656.
They journeyed H5265 from Rameses H7486 in the first H7223 month H2320, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320; on the [fn]next H4283 day H4283 after H4480 the Passover H6453 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 started H3318 out [fn]with a high H7311 hand H3027 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the Egyptians H4714,
Then Aaron H175 the priest H3548 went H5927 up H5927 to Mount H2022 Hor H2023 at the [fn]command H6310 of Yahweh H3068, and he died H4191 there H8033 in the fortieth H705 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had come H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on the first H259 day in the fifth H2549 month H2320.
And the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the family H4940 of the sons H1121 of Gilead H1568, the son H1121 of Machir H4353, the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519, of the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, came H7126 near H7126 and spoke H1696 before H6440 Moses H4872 and before H6440 the leaders H5387, the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478,
“Then we set H5265 out H5265 from Horeb H2722 and went H1980 through all H3605 that great H1419 and fearsome H3372 wilderness H4057 which H834 you saw H7200 on the way H1870 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of the Amorites H567, just H834 as Yahweh H3068 our God H430 had commanded H6680 us; and we came H935 to Kadesh-barnea H6947.
“Then you said H559 to me, ‘We have sinned H2398 against Yahweh H3068; we will indeed go H5927 up H5927 and fight H3898, just H3605 H834 as Yahweh H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us.' And every H376 man H376 of you girded H2296 on his weapons H3627 of war H4421 and regarded H1951 it as H1951 easy H1951 to go H5927 up H5927 into the hill H2022 country H2022.
“When H3588 you [fn]become H3205 the father H3205 of children H1121 and children's H1121 children H1121 and remain H3462 long H3462 in the land H776 and act H7843 corruptly H7843 and make H6213 [fn]a graven H6459 image H6459 in the form H8544 of anything H3605 and do H6213 that which H7451 is H7451 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 so as to provoke H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707,
“Indeed H3588, ask H7592 now H4994 concerning the former H7223 days H3117 which H834 were before H6440 you, since H4480 the day H3117 that God H430 created H1254 [fn]man H120 on the earth H776, and inquire from one end H7097 of the heavens H8064 to the other H7097 H8064. Has anything been done H1961 like this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697, or H176 has anything been heard H8085 like H3644 it?
“And Yahweh H3068 heard H8085 the voice H6963 of your words H1697 when you spoke H1696 to me, and Yahweh H3068 said H559 to me, ‘I have heard H8085 the voice 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.
“However H7534, you may sacrifice H2076 and eat H398 meat H1320 within any H3605 of your gates H8179, [fn]whatever H3605 you desire H185, according to the blessing H1293 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 which H834 He has given H5414 you; the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 may eat H398 of it, as of the gazelle H6643 and the deer H354.
“Be H8104 careful H8104 to listen H8085 to all H3605 these H428 words H1697 which H834 I command H6680 you, so H4616 that it may be well H3190 with you and your sons H1121 after H310 you forever H5704 H5769, for you will be doing H6213 what H2896 is H2896 good H2896 and right H3477 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430.
“If H3588 there is a needy H34 one H34 among you, one H259 of your brothers H251, in any H259 of your gates H8179 of the towns in your land H776 which H834 Yahweh 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 needy H34 brother H251;
“It shall not seem H7185 hard H7185 in your sight H5869 when you [fn]let H7971 him go H7971 to be free H2670 from you, for he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with [fn]double H4932 the service H7939 of a hired H7916 man H7916; so Yahweh H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do H6213.
“Three H7969 times H6471 in a year H8141 all H3605 your males H2138 shall appear H7200 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 He chooses H977, at the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682 and at the Feast H2282 of Weeks H7620 and at the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521, and they shall not appear H7200 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 empty-handed H7387.
“If H3588 there is found H4672 in your midst H7130, in any H259 of your gates H8179 of the towns which H834 Yahweh 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 Yahweh H3068 your God H430, by trespassing H5674 against His covenant H1285,
“Now this H2088 shall be the legal judgment H4941 for the priests H3548 taken from the people H5971, from those who offer H2076 a sacrifice H2077, either H518 an ox H7794 or H518 a sheep H7716: they shall give H5414 to the priest H3548 the shoulder H2220 and the two H3895 cheeks H3895 and the stomach H6896.
“If H3588 brothers H251 live H3427 together H3162 and one H259 of them dies H4191 and has H369 no H369 son H1121, then the wife H802 of the one H4191 who H4191 died H4191 shall not be married outside H2351 the family to a strange H2114 man H376. Her husband's H2993 brother H2993 shall go H935 in H935 to her and take H3947 her to himself as wife H802 and perform H2992 the duty H2992 of H2992 a H2992 husband's H2992 brother H2992 to her.
“If H3588 two men H376, a man H376 and his brother H251, are struggling H5327 together H3162, and the wife H802 of one H259 comes H7126 near H7126 to deliver H5337 her husband H376 from the hand H3027 of the one who is striking H5221 him, and she puts H7971 out H7971 her hand H3027 and seizes H2388 his genitals H4016,
“Now it will be, if H518 you diligently H8085 listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh 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, Yahweh H3068 your God H430 will set H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776.
“But it will be H1961, if H518 you do not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430, to keep H8104 and to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 with which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 will come H935 upon you and overtake H5381 you:
“So all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 shall come H935 on you and pursue H7291 you and overtake H5381 you until H5704 you are destroyed H8045, because H3588 you would not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 to keep H8104 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 He commanded H6680 you.
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 shall go H935 with this H2088 people H5971 into the land H776 which H834 Yahweh H3068 has sworn H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 them, and you shall give H5157 it to them as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157.
Then Yahweh 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, that I may commission H6680 him.” So Moses H4872 and Joshua H3091 went H1980 and presented H3320 themselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Thus H3651 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 and carried H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the lodging H4411 place H4411 and laid H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 Yahweh H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, in the hill H2022 country H2022 and in the [fn]Shephelah H8219 and on all H3605 the coast H2348 of the Great H1419 Sea H3220 toward H413 H4136 Lebanon H3844, the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite H2983, heard H8085 of it,
So the sun H8121 stood H1826 still H1826, and the moon H3394 stopped H5975,
Until H5704 the nation H1471 avenged H5358 themselves of their enemies H340.
Is it not written H3789 in the book H5612 of Jashar H3477? And the sun H8121 stood H5975 in the middle H2677 of the sky H8064 and did not hasten H213 to go H935 down for about H935 a whole H8549 day H3117.
Then Yahweh 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 will give H5414 all H3605 of them over, slain H2491, before H6440 Israel H3478; 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 struck H5221 down H5221, and whose land H776 they possessed H3423 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the east toward the sunrise H4217 H8121, from the valley H5158 of the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Hermon H2768, and all H3605 the Arabah H6160 to the east H4217:
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 struck H5221 down H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,
Now these H428 are the territories which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inherited H5157 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 to them for H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157,
Then the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 drew H5066 near H5066 to Joshua H3091 in Gilgal H1537, and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 said H559 to him, “You know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 concerning H182 [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea H6947.
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 distributed H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
Now to the one half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 a possession in Bashan H1316, but to the other half H2677 Joshua H3091 gave H5414 a possession among H5973 their brothers H251 westward H3220 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383. So when H3588 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 them away H7971 to their tents H168, he blessed H1288 them,
And they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 by the Jordan H3383, a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758.
Now they buried H6912 the bones H6106 of Joseph H3130, which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 brought H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714, at Shechem H7927, in the portion H2513 of the field H7704 which H834 Jacob H3290 had bought H7069 from the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 for one hundred H3967 [fn]qesitah H7192; and they became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Joseph's H3130 sons H1121.
Now the sons H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, went H5927 up H5927 from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people H5971.
Naphtali H5321 did not dispossess H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 to Yahweh H3068, and Yahweh H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a savior H3467 for them, Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjamite H1145, a left-handed H334 H3225 H3027 man H376. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 tribute H4503 by his hand H3027 to Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124.
Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh 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 [fn]preserve H5127 it from the Midianites H4080.
Now it happened H1961 on the same H1931 night H3915 that Yahweh H3068 said H559 to him, “Take H3947 your father's H1 bull H6499 [fn]and a second H8145 bull H6499 seven H7651 years H8141 old, and pull H2040 down H2040 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 which H834 belongs to your father H1, and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah H842 that is beside H5921 it,
Then the men H376 of the city H5892 arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242, and behold H2009, the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 was torn H5422 down H5422, and the Asherah H842 which H834 was beside H5921 it was cut H3772 down H3772, and the second H8145 bull H6499 was offered H5927 on the altar H4196 which had been built H1129.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him rose H7925 early H7925 and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.
“So now H6258, if H518 you have dealt H6213 in [fn]truth H571 and integrity H8549 and made H4427 Abimelech H40 king H4427, and if H518 you have dealt H6213 well H2896 with Jerubbaal H3378 and his house H1004 and [fn]have dealt H6213 with him according to the bountiful H1576 works H1576 of his hands H3027—
Then it happened H1961 on the [fn]fourth H7637 day H3117 that they said H559 to Samson's H8123 wife H802, “Entice H6601 your husband H376, so that he will tell H5046 us the riddle H2420, or H6435 we will burn H8313 you and your father's H1 house H1004 with fire H784. Have you invited H7121 us to impoverish H3423 us? Is this not so?”
Then the Spirit H7307 of Yahweh H3068 [fn]came H6743 upon him mightily H6743, and he went H3381 down H3381 to Ashkelon H831 and struck H5221 down H5221 thirty H7970 of them and took H3947 their spoil H2488 and gave H5414 the changes H2487 of clothes to those who told H5046 the riddle H2420. And his anger H639 burned H2734, and he went H5927 up H5927 to his father's H1 house H1004.
In those H1992 days H3117 there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 of Israel H3478; and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 was seeking H1245 an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live H3427 in, for until H5704 that day H3117 the land among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 had not fallen H5307 to them as an inheritance H5159.
Then her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, and behold H2009, the woman H802, his concubine H6370, was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
So they said H559, “Behold H2009, there is a feast H2282 of Yahweh H3068 from year H3117 to year H3117 in Shiloh H7887, which H834 is on the north H6828 side H6828 of Bethel H1008, on [fn]the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the highway H4546 that goes H5927 up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem H7927, and on the south H5045 side H5045 of Lebonah H3829.”
Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas's H6372 wife H802, was with child H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205. And she heard H8085 the report H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 was taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, so she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, for her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.
And Saul H7586 chose H977 for himself 3,000 H7969 H505 men of Israel H3478, of which 2,000 H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Bethel H1008, while 1,000 H505 were with Jonathan H3083 at Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144. But he sent H7971 away H7971 the rest H3499 of the people H5971, each H376 to his tent H168.
Then Saul H7586 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “I did [fn]obey H8085 the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 and went H1980 on the way H1870 on which H834 Yahweh H3068 sent H7971 me and have brought H935 back Agag H90 the king H4428 of Amalek H6002 and have devoted H2763 the Amalekites H6002 to destruction H2763.
Then Saul H7586 became H2734 very H3966 angry H2734, for this H2088 saying H1697 was [fn]displeasing H7489 in his eyes H5869; and he said H559, “They have ascribed H5414 to David H1732 ten H7233 thousands H7233, but to me they have ascribed H5414 thousands H505. Now what more H5750 can he have but the kingdom H4410?”
Then David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead H4191, so he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be Yahweh H3068, who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037 and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil H7451. Yahweh H3068 has also returned H7725 the evil 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 David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David H1732, who had also remained H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor H1308, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.
Then the men H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191. So they forsook H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; and the Philistines H6430 came H935 and lived H3427 in them.
Now Jonathan H3083, Saul's H7586 son H1121, had a son H1121 crippled H5223 in his feet H7272. He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the report H8052 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 came H935 from Jezreel H3157, and his nurse H539 took H5375 him up H5375 and fled H5127. And it happened H1961 that in her hurry H2648 to flee H5127, he fell H5307 and became H6452 lame H6452. And his name H8034 was [fn]Mephibosheth H4648.
Then it was told H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “Yahweh 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 up H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 into the city H5892 of David H1732 with gladness H8057.
Now it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when [fn]kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel H3478, and they destroyed H7843 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 at Jerusalem H3389.
“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nourished H2421;
And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.
It would eat H398 his morsel H6595 of bread and drink H8354 of his cup H3563 and lie H7901 in his bosom H2436,
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.
“Now a visitor H1982 came H935 to the rich H6223 man H376,
And he [fn]was unwilling H2550 to take H3947 from his own flock H6629 or his own herd H1241,
To prepare H6213 for the traveler H732 who had come H935 to him;
Rather 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.”
So 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 desolate 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 H3332 down H3332 the ark H727 of God H430, and Abiathar H54 came H5927 up H5927 until H5704 all H3605 the people H5971 had finished H8552 passing H5674 from the city H5892.
Now it happened H1961 after H310 they went H1980 away, that they came H5927 up H5927 out of the well H875 and went H1980 and informed H5046 King H4428 David H1732; and they said H559 to David H1732, “Arise H6965 and cross H5674 over H5674 the water H4325 quickly H4120 for thus H3602 Ahithophel H302 has counseled H3289 against H5921 you.”
Now H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his counsel H6098 was not [fn]followed H6213. So he [fn]saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and arose H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and strangled H2614 himself; thus he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in the grave H6913 of his father H1.
Then Absalom H53 happened to meet H7122 the servants H5650 of David H1732. Now Absalom H53 was riding H7392 on his mule H6505, and the mule H6505 went H935 under H8478 the thick H7730 branches H7730 of a great H1419 oak H424. And his head H7218 caught H2388 fast H2388 in the oak H424, so he was [fn]left H5414 hanging H5414 between H996 heaven H8064 and earth H776, while the mule H6505 that was under H8478 him passed H5674 onward.
Now Israel H3478 had fled H5127, each H376 to his tent H168.
Now Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]son H1121 of Saul H7586 had come H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; and he had not H3808 done H6213 anything for his feet H7272, nor H3808 done H6213 anything for his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899, from the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.
And there was a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 for three H7969 years H8141, year H8141 after H310 year H8141; and David H1732 sought H1245 the presence H6440 of Yahweh H3068. And Yahweh H3068 said H559, “It is for Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house H1004, because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to H4191 death H4191.”
And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it 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 beasts H2416 of the field H7704 by night H3915.
Now after H310 him was Shammah H8048 the son H1121 of Agee H89 a Hararite H2043. And the Philistines H6430 were gathered H622 [fn]into a troop H2416 where H8033 there H8033 was a portion H2513 of the field H7704 full H4392 of lentils H5742; and the people H5971 fled H5127 from before the Philistines H6430.
Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel H6909, mighty H7227 in deeds H6467, struck H5221 down H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and struck H5221 down H5221 a lion H738 in the midst H8432 of a pit H877 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.
Then David's H1732 heart H3820 struck H5221 him after H310 H3651 he had counted H5608 the people H5971. So David H1732 said H559 to Yahweh H3068, “I have sinned H2398 greatly H3966 in what H834 I have done H6213. But now H6258, O Yahweh H3068, please H4994 [fn]take H5674 away H5674 the iniquity H5771 of Your slave H5650, for I have acted H5528 very H3966 foolishly H5528.”
And Adonijah H138 sacrificed H2076 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and fatlings H4806 by the [fn]stone H68 of Zoheleth H2120, which H834 is beside H681 En-rogel H5883; and he invited H7121 all H3605 his brothers H251, the king's H4428 sons H1121, and all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063, the king's H4428 servants H5650.
So Bathsheba H1339 went H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010 to speak H1696 to him for Adonijah H138. And the king H4428 arose H6965 to meet H7122 her, bowed H2331 before her, and sat H3427 on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set H7760 for the king's H4428 mother H517, and she sat H3427 on his right H3225.
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 time H3117, because H3588 you carried H5375 the ark H727 of Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 before H6440 my father H1 David H1732, and because H3588 you were afflicted H6031 in everything H3605 with which H834 my father H1 was afflicted H6031.”
But it happened H1961 at the end H7093 of three H7969 years H8141, that two H8147 of the slaves H5650 of Shimei H8096 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah H4601, king H4428 of Gath H1661. And they told H5046 Shimei H8096, saying H559, “Behold H2009, your slaves H5650 are in Gath H1661.”
[fn]Then Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Solomon H8010, when H3588 he heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 him king H4428 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 his father H1, for Hiram H2438 had H1961 [fn]always H3605 H3117 been H1961 one H157 who H157 loved H157 David H1732.
Now it happened H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon's H8010 reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478, in the month H2320 of Ziv H2099 which H1931 is the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
Thus all H3605 the work H4399 that King H4428 Solomon H8010 did H6213 in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the things H6944 set H6944 apart H6944 as H6944 holy H6944 by his father H1 David H1732, the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to Yahweh H3068 [fn]toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
Thus King H4428 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 to the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 all H3605 her desire H2656 which H834 she asked H7592, besides H4480 H905 what H834 he gave H5414 her according to [fn]his royal H4428 bounty H3027. Then she turned H6437 and went H1980 to her own land H776, she and her servants H5650.
Now an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and recounted H5608 to him all H3605 the work H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they recounted H5608 to their father H1.
Then the prophet H5030, who H834 brought H7725 him back H7725 from the way H1870, heard H8085 it and said H559, “It is the man H376 of God H430, who H834 rebelled H4784 against the [fn]command H6310 of Yahweh H3068; therefore Yahweh H3068 has given H5414 him to the lion H738, which has mauled H7665 him and put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191, according to the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 to him.”
After H310 this H2088 event H1697 Jeroboam H3379 did not return H7725 from his evil H7451 way H1870, but he returned H7725 and made H6213 priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 from among [fn]all H7098 the people H5971; any who delighted H2655 to be so, he ordained H4390 H3027. So [fn]they became priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116.
Now Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 became H4427 king H4427 in Judah H3063. Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 Yahweh H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Then the prophet H5030 came H5066 near H5066 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said H559 to him, “Go H1980, strengthen H2388 yourself and know H3045 and see H7200 what H834 you have to do H6213; for at the turn H8666 of the year H8141 the king H4428 of Aram H758 will come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 you.”
Now it happened that when Jezebel H348 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 had been stoned H5619 and was dead H4191, Jezebel H348 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Arise H6965, take H3423 possession H3423 of the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158, which H834 he refused H3985 to give H5414 you for money H3701; for Naboth H5022 is not alive H2416, but dead H4191.”
Now the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030, as if from one H259 mouth H6310, are good H2896 towards the king H4428. Please H4994 let your word H1697 be like the word H1697 of one H259 of them, and speak H1696 that which is good H2896.”
Then he came H935 to the king H4428, and the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Micaiah H4321, shall we go H1980 to Ramoth-gilead H7433 to battle H4421, or H518 shall we refrain H2308?” And he said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927 and succeed H6743, and Yahweh H3068 will give H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king H4428.”
Now a certain man H376 drew H4900 his bow H7198 at random H8537 and struck H5221 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 [fn]in a joint H1694 of the armor H8302. So he said H559 to the driver H7395 of H7395 his chariot H7395, “Turn H2015 [fn]around H3027 and take H3318 me out H3318 of the [fn]fight H4264, for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded H2470.”
Then the king sent H7971 to him a commander H8269 of fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. And he went H5927 up H5927 to him, and behold H2009, he was sitting H3427 on the top H7218 of the hill H2022. And he said H1696 to him, “O man H376 of God H430, the king H4428 says H1696, ‘Come H3381 down H3381.'”
So he again H7725 sent H7971 the commander H8269 of a third H7992 fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. Then the third H7992 commander H8269 of fifty H2572 went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 and bowed H3766 down H3766 on his knees H1290 before H5048 Elijah H452, and he begged H2603 him and said H1696 to him, “O man H376 of God H430, please H4994 let my life H5315 and the lives H5315 of these H428 fifty H2572 servants H5650 of yours be H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869.
Now Elisha H477 said H559 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, “What H4100 do I have to do with you? Go H1980 to the prophets H5030 of your father H1 and to the prophets H5030 of your mother H517.” And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to him, “No H408, for Yahweh H3068 has called H7121 these H428 three H7969 kings H4428 together to give H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Moab H4124.”
Now there came H1961 a day H3117 when Elisha H477 passed H5674 over H5674 to Shunem H7766, where H8033 there was a [fn]prominent H1419 woman H802, and she prevailed H2388 upon him to eat H398 [fn]food H3899. Now it happened, as often H1767 as he passed H5674 by H5674, that he turned H5493 in H5493 there H8033 to eat H398 [fn]food H3899.
Now a man H376 came H935 from Baal-shalishah H1190, and brought H935 the man H376 of God H430 bread H3899 of the first H1061 fruits H1061, twenty H6242 loaves H3899 of barley H8184 and fresh H3759 ears H3759 of grain H3759 in his sack H6861. And he said H559, “Give H5414 them to the people H5971 that they may eat H398.”
Now Naaman H5283, commander H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Aram H758, was a great H1419 man H376 [fn]with his master H113, and [fn]highly H5375 H6440 respected H5375 H6440, because H3588 by him Yahweh H3068 had given H5414 salvation H8668 to Aram H758. The man H376 was also a mighty H1368 man H1368 of valor H2428, but he was a leper H6879.
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his camp H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him, and said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, but in Israel H3478; so now H6258 please H4994 take H3947 a blessing H1293 from your servant H5650.”
Then Gehazi H1522, the young H5288 man H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430, said H559 to himself, “Behold H2009, my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean H761, [fn]by not receiving H3947 from his hands H3027 what H834 he brought H935. As Yahweh H3068 lives H2416, I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 to take H5493 away H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is not the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 behind H310 him?”
Then they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “We are not doing H6213 right H3651. This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of good H1309 news H1309, but we are keeping H2814 silent H2814; if we wait H2442 until H5704 morning H1242 light H216, punishment H5771 will [fn]overtake H4672 us. So now H6258, come H1980, let us go H935 and tell H5046 the king's H4428 household H1004.”
Then [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “[fn]Get H631 ready H631.” And they made H631 his chariot H7393 ready H631. [fn]Joram H3088 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Ahaziah H274 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3318 out H3318, each H376 in his chariot H7393, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Jehu H3058 and found H4672 him in the [fn]property H2513 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158.
Now it happened H1961 that as soon as he had finished H3615 offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers H7991, “Come H935 in H935, strike H5221 them down H5221; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out H3318.” And they struck H5221 them down H5221 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out H7993 and went H1980 to the [fn]inner H5892 room H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168.
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141 Jehoiada H3077 sent H7971 for and took H3947 the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967 of the Carites H3746 and of the [fn]guard H7323, and brought H935 them to him in H935 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068. Then he cut H3772 a covenant H1285 with them and had H7650 them H7650 swear H7650 in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068, and showed H7200 them the king's H4428 son H1121.
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 commanded H6680, saying H559, “Take H1980 there H8033 one H259 of the priests H3548 whom H834 you took H1540 away H1540 into [fn]exile H1540 and let [fn]him go H1980 and live H3427 there H8033; and let him instruct H3384 them the custom H4941 of the god H430 of the land H776.”
Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661 and Rab-saris H7249 and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a heavy H3515 military H2428 force H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the highway H4546 of the [fn]fuller's H3526 field H7704.
Then Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518, and Shebnah H7644 and Joah H3098, said H559 to Rabshakeh H7262, “Speak H1696 now H4994 to your servants H5650 in Aramaic H762, for we [fn]understand H8085 it; and do not speak H1696 with us in [fn]Judean H3066 in the hearing H241 of the people H5971 who H834 are on the wall H2346.”
‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have [fn]reproached H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I [fn]cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 cypresses H1265.
And I [fn]entered H935 its farthest H7093 lodging H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
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 (now she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her.
Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548 and the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order and the [fn]doorkeepers H8104 H5592, to bring H3318 out H3318 of the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal H1168, for [fn]Asherah H842, and for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064; and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron H6939, and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel H1008.
Moreover H1571, the mediums H178 and the spiritists H3049 and the teraphim H8655 and the idols H1544 and all H3605 the detestable H8251 things H8251 that were seen H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389, Josiah H2977 purged H1197 in order that he might [fn]establish H6965 the words H1697 of the law H8451 which were written H3789 in the book H5612 that Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
Now on the seventh H7651 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876, a servant H5650 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now it happened 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, lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of 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 profaned H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so that he is not recorded H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
But Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 offered H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 on the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the altar H4196 of incense H7004, for all H3605 the work H4399 of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel H3478, according to all H3605 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 had commanded H6680.
From the Gadites H1425, mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor H2428 separated H914 themselves H914 to David H1732 in the stronghold H4679 in the wilderness H4057, men H376 of war H6635 who had gone out for military duty H4421, who could [fn]handle H6186 large H6793 shield H6793 and spear H7420, and whose faces H6440 were like the faces H6440 of lions H738, and they were as swift H4116 as the gazelles H6643 on the mountains H2022.
Then the Arameans H758 saw H7200 that they had been [fn]defeated H5062 by Israel H3478. So they sent H7971 messengers H4397 and brought H3318 out H3318 the Arameans H758 who H834 were beyond H4480 H5676 the [fn]River H5104, and Shophach H7780 the commander H8269 of the army H6635 of Hadadezer H1909 [fn]led H6440 them.
The sons H1121 of Amram H6019 were Aaron H175 and Moses H4872. And Aaron H175 was separated H914 in order to sanctify H6942 him as most H6944 holy H6944, he and his sons H1121 forever H5704 H5769, to offer H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 before H6440 Yahweh H3068, to minister H8334 to Him and to bless H1288 in His name H8034 forever H5704 H5769.
These H1992 also H1571 cast H5307 lots H1486 alongside H5980 their [fn]relatives H251 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 in the presence H6440 of David H1732 the king H4428, Zadok H6659, Ahimelech H288, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the priests H3548 and of the Levites H3881—the head H7218 of fathers' H1 households alongside H5980 those of his younger H6996 brother H251.
Now this is the total count H4557 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and of hundreds H3967, and their officers H7860 who ministered H8334 to the king H4428 in each H3605 matter H1697 of the divisions H4256 which came H935 in H935 and went H3318 out H3318 month H2320 by month H2320 throughout all H3605 the months H2320 of the year H8141, each H259 division H4256 numbering 24,000 H6242 H702 H505:
And David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the commanders H8269 of Israel H3478, the commanders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that ministered H8334 to the king H4428, and the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the commanders H8269 over all H3605 the property H7399 and livestock H4735 belonging to the king H4428 and his sons H1121, with the officials H5631 and the mighty H1368 men H1368, even all H3605 the mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor H2428.
Then Solomon H8010 began H2490 to build H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 on Mount H2022 Moriah H4179, where H834 Yahweh had appeared H7200 to his father H1 David H1732, at the place H4725 that David H1732 had prepared H3559 on the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of [fn]Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983.
And he made H6213 the [fn]room H1004 of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944: its length H753 across H5921 H6440 the width H7341 of the house H1004 was twenty H6242 cubits H520, and its width H7341 was twenty H6242 cubits H520; and he covered H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091, amounting to [fn]600 H8337 H3967 talents H3603.
Thus all H3605 the work H4399 that Solomon H8010 did H6213 for the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the [fn]things set H6944 apart H6944 as H6944 holy H6944 by his father H1 David H1732, even the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and all H3605 the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of God H430.
“Also H1571 concerning H413 the foreigner H5237 who H834 is not of Your people H5971 Israel H3478, if he comes H935 from a far H7350 country H776 for Your great H1419 name's H8034 sake H4616 and Your strong H2389 hand H3027 and Your outstretched H5186 arm H2220, so if they come H935 and pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004,
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 are holy H6944 where H834 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068 has entered H935.”
And according to the judgment H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he caused the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 to stand H5975 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their responsibilities H4931 to praise H1984 and minister H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for David H1732 the man H376 of God H430 had so H3651 commanded H4687.
Now the rest H7605 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010, from first H7223 to last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]chronicles H1697 of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, and in the prophecy H5016 of Ahijah H281 the Shilonite H7888, and in the visions H2378 of [fn]Iddo H3260 the seer H2374 concerning H5921 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028?
So Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, and took H3947 the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 and the treasures H214 of the king's H4428 house H1004. He took H3947 everything H3605; he even took H3947 the shields H4043 of gold H2091 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213.
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from first H7223 to last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 record H3187? Now there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 all H3605 their days H3117.
Now 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 strengthened H2388 himself and took H5674 away H5674 the detestable 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 renewed H2318 the altar H4196 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 was in front H6440 of the porch H197 of Yahweh H3068.
Now the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030, as if from one H259 mouth H6310, are good H2896 to the king H4428. So please H4994 let your word H1697 be like one H259 of them and speak H1696 that which is good H2896.”
Then a letter H4385 came H935 to him from Elijah H452 the prophet H5030 saying H559, “Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of your father H1 David H1732, ‘Because H8478 H834 you have not walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of Jehoshaphat H3092 your father H1 and the ways H1870 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063,
Now the downfall H8395 of Ahaziah H274 was from God H430, in that [fn]he went H935 to Joram H3141. And when he came H935, he went H3318 out H3318 with Jehoram H3088 against H413 Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi H5250, whom H834 Yahweh H3068 had anointed H4886 to cut H3772 off H3772 the house H1004 of Ahab H256.
Now the Spirit H7307 of God H430 clothed H3847 Zechariah H2148 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548; and he stood H5975 above H4480 H5921 the people H5971 and said H559 to them, “Thus H3541 says H559 God H430, ‘Why H4100 do you trespass H5674 against the commandments H4687 of Yahweh H3068 and do not succeed H6743? Because H3588 you have forsaken H5800 Yahweh H3068, He has also forsaken H5800 you.'”
Now it happened H1961 at the turn H8622 of the year H8141 that the military H2428 force H2428 of the Arameans H758 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 him; and they came H935 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, destroyed H7843 all H3605 the officials H8269 of the people H5971 from among the people H5971, and sent H7971 all H3605 their spoil H7998 to the king H4428 of Damascus H1834.
When they had gone H1980 from him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and killed H2026 him on his bed H4296. So he died H4191, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but they did not bury H6912 him in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.
Then the Levites H3881 arose H6965:
Mahath H4287, the son H1121 of Amasai H6022 and Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Azariah H5838, from the sons H1121 of the Kohathites H6956;
and from the sons H1121 of Merari H4847, Kish H7027 the son H1121 of Abdi H5660 and Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jehallelel H3094;
and from the Gershonites H1649, Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Zimmah H2155 and Eden H5731 the son H1121 of Joah H3098;
He then caused the Levites H3881 to stand H5975 in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 with cymbals H4700, with harps H5035, and with 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 Yahweh H3068 by the hand H3027 of His prophets H5030.
Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had cleansed H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, and Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the recorder H2142, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 his God H430.
And Josiah H2977 contributed H7311 to the lay H1121 people H5971, to all H3605 who were H4672 present H4672, flocks H6629 of lambs H3532 and young H1121 H5795 goats H1121 H5795, all H3605 for the Passover H6453 offerings H6453, numbering H4557 30,000 H7970 H505 plus 3,000 H7969 H505 bulls H1241; these H428 were from the king's H4428 possessions H7399.
‘Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of heaven H8064, has given H5414 me all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776, and He has appointed H6485 me to build H1129 Him a house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, which H834 is in Judah H3063. Whoever H4310 there is among you of all H3605 His people H5971, may Yahweh H3068 his God H430 be with him, and let him go H5927 up H5927!'”
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to complete H3615 the word H1697 of [fn]Yahweh H3068 from the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—Yahweh H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he had H5674 a proclamation H6963 pass H5674 throughout all H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559:
‘Whoever H4310 there is among you of all H3605 His people H5971, may his God H430 be with him! Let him go H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389 which H834 is in Judah H3063 and rebuild H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478; He is the God H430 who H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.
‘So everyone H3605 who remains H7604, at whatever H3605 H834 place H4725 he may sojourn H1481, let the men H376 of [fn]that place H4725 support H5375 him with silver H3701 and gold H2091, with goods H7399 and cattle H929, together H5973 with H5973 a freewill H5071 offering H5071 for the house H1004 of God H430 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.'”
Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389 in the second H8145 month H2320, Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597 and Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087 and the rest H7605 of their brothers H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, and all H3605 who came H935 from the captivity H7628 to Jerusalem H3389, began H2490 the work and appointed H5975 the Levites H3881 from twenty H6242 years H8141 and older H4605 to direct H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
Then the king H4430 sent H7972 an edict H6600 to Rehum H7348 the commander H1169 H2942, to Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613, and to the rest H7606 of their colleagues H3675 who H1768 live H3488 in Samaria H8115 and in the rest H7606 of the provinces beyond H5675 the River H5103: “Peace H8001. And now H3706—
Then H116 as soon H4481 H1768 as the copy H6573 of King H4430 Artaxerxes' H783 document H5407 was read H7123 before H6925 Rehum H7348 and Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613 and their colleagues H3675, they went H236 in haste H924 to Jerusalem H3390 to the Jews H3062 and stopped H989 them by force H153 and military H2429.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the [fn]River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them thus H3652, “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 house H1005 and to complete H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
“Let it be H3046 known H3046 to the king H4430 that we have gone H236 to the province H4083 of Judah H3061, to the house H1005 of the great H7229 God H426, and it H1932 is being built H1124 with huge H1560 stones H69, and timber H636 is being put H7761 within the walls H3797; and that H1791 work H5673 is going H5648 on with all H629 diligence H629 and is succeeding H6744 in their hands H3028.
“Thus H3660 they responded H8421 with a word H6600 to us, saying H560,
‘We are the servants H5649 of the God H426 of heaven H8065 and earth H772, and are rebuilding H1124 the house H1005 that was built H1124 many H7690 years H8140 ago H6928, which a great H7229 king H4430 of Israel H3479 built H1124 and completed H3635.
‘But because H4481 H1768 our fathers H2 had provoked H7265 the God H426 of heaven H8065 to H7265 wrath H7265, He gave H3052 them into the hand H3028 of Nebuchadnezzar H5020 king H4430 of Babylon H895, the Chaldean H3779, who destroyed H5642 this H1836 house H1005 and took H1541 the people H5972 away H1541 into exile H5972 in Babylon H895.
‘Also H638 the gold H1722 and silver H3702 utensils H3984 of the house H1005 of God H426, which H1768 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 had taken H5312 from the temple H1965 [fn]in Jerusalem H3390 and brought H2987 them to the temple H1965 of Babylon H895, these H1994 King H4430 Cyrus H3567 took H5312 out H5312 from the temple H1965 of Babylon H895, and they were given H3052 to one whose name H8036 was Sheshbazzar H8340, whom H1768 he had appointed H7761 governor H6347.
“So now H3705 if H2006 it seems H2869 good H2869 to the king H4430, let a search H1240 be made H1240 in the king's H4430 treasure H1596 house H1005, which H1768 is there H8536 in Babylon H895, if H2006 it be that a decree H2942 was issued H7761 by King H4430 Cyrus H3567 to rebuild H1124 that H1791 house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390; and let the king H4430 send H7972 to us his will H7470 concerning H5922 this H1836 matter.”
“In the first H2298 year H8140 of King H4430 Cyrus H3567, Cyrus H3567 the king H4430 issued H7761 a decree H2942:
‘Concerning the house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390, let that house H1005, the place H870 where H1768 sacrifices H1685 are offered H1684, be rebuilt H1124 and let its foundations H787 be [fn]retained H5446, its height H7314 being [fn]60 H8361 cubits H521 and its width H6613 60 H8361 cubits H521;
‘And also H638 let the gold H1722 and silver H3702 articles H3984 of the house H1005 of God H426, which H1768 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 took H5312 out H5312 from the temple H1965 in Jerusalem H3390 and brought H2987 to Babylon H895, be returned H8421 and [fn]brought H1981 to their places H870 in the temple H1965 in Jerusalem H3390; and you shall deposit H5182 them in the house H1005 of God H426.'
“Moreover, I issue H7761 a decree H2942 concerning what H4101 H1768 you shall do H5648 for those H479 elders H7868 of Judah H3062 in the rebuilding H1124 of that H1791 house H1005 of God H426: the full H629 cost H5313 is to be given H3052 to those H479 people H1400 from the royal H4430 treasury H5232 out of the tribute H4061 of the provinces beyond H5675 the River H5103, and that without H3809 negligence H989.
“Whatever H4101 is needed H2819, both young H1123 bulls H8450, rams H1798, and lambs H563 for a burnt H5928 offering H5928 to the God H426 of heaven H8065, and wheat H2591, salt H4416, wine H2562, and anointing H4887 oil H4887, according to what the priests H3549 in Jerusalem H3390 say H3983, it is to be given H3052 to them daily H3118 without H3809 negligence H7960,
“May the God H426 who H1768 has caused His name H8036 to dwell H7932 there H8536 overthrow H4049 any H3606 king H4430 or people H5972 who H1768 [fn]stretches H7972 out his hand H3028 to change H8133 it, so as to destroy H2255 that H1791 house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390. I, Darius H1868, have issued H7761 this decree H2942, let it be done H5648 with all H629 diligence H629!”
and all H3606 the silver H3702 and gold H1722 which H1768 you find H7912 in the whole H3606 province H4083 of Babylon H895, along H5973 with H5973 the freewill H5069 offering H5069 of the people H5972 and of the priests H3549, who offered H5069 willingly H5069 for the house H1005 of their God H426 which H1768 is in Jerusalem H3390;
with this H1836 money H3702, therefore H6903 H1836, you shall with all H629 diligence H629 buy H7066 bulls H8450, rams H1798, and lambs H563, with their grain offerings H4504 and their drink H5261 offerings H5261, and bring H7127 them near H727 to the altar H4056 of the house H1005 of your God H426 which H1768 is in Jerusalem H3390.
“So I, even I, King H4430 Artaxerxes H783, issue H7761 a decree H2942 to all H3606 the treasurers H1490 who H1768 are in the provinces beyond H5675 the [fn]River H5103, that whatever H3606 H1768 Ezra H5831 the priest H3549, the scribe H5613 of the law H1882 of the God H426 of heaven H8065, may ask H7593 of you, it shall be done H5648 with all H629 diligence H629,
“And you, Ezra H5831, according to the wisdom H2452 of your God H426 which H1768 is in your hand H3028, appoint H4483 magistrates H8200 and judges H1782 that they may judge H1934 H1778 all H3606 the people H5972 who H1768 are in the province beyond H5675 the River H5103, even all H3606 those who know H3046 the laws H1882 of your God H426; and to anyone H1768 who H1768 does H3046 not H3809 know H3046 the laws, you shall make H3046 them known H3046.
“Whoever H3605 will not do H5648 the law H1882 of your God H426 and the law H1882 of the king H4430, let judgment H1780 be done H5648 to him with all H629 diligence H629, whether H2006 for death H4193 or H2006 for [fn]banishment H8332 or H2006 for confiscation H6065 of goods H5232 or for imprisonment H613.”
Then we set H5265 out H5265 from the river H5104 Ahava H163 on the twelfth H8147 H6240 of the first H7223 month H2320 to go H1980 to Jerusalem H3389; and the hand H3027 of our God H430 was upon H5921 us, and He delivered H5337 us from the hand H3709 of the enemy H340 and the ambushes H693 by the way H1870.
Now while Ezra H5830 was praying H6419 and making H3034 confession H3034, weeping H1058 and prostrating H5307 himself before H6440 the house H1004 of God H430, a very H3966 large H7227 assembly H6951, men H376, women H802, and children H3206, gathered H6908 to him from Israel H3478; for the people H5971 wept H1058 bitterly H7235 H1059.
So all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 gathered H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 within the three H7969 days H3117. It was the ninth H8671 month H2320 on the twentieth H6242 of the month H2320, and all H3605 the people H5971 sat H3427 in the open H7339 square H7339 before the house H1004 of God H430, trembling H7460 because H5921 of this matter H1697 and the heavy rain H1653.
But the exiles H1121 H1473 did H6213 so H3651. And [fn]Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 separated H914 out H914 men H376 who were heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households for each of their father's H1 households H1004, all H3605 of them by name H8034. So they [fn]convened H3427 on the first H259 day H3117 of the tenth H6224 month H2320 to investigate H1875 the matter H1697.
Shallum H7968 the son H1121 of Col-hozeh H3626, the official H8269 of the district H6418 of Mizpah H4709, repaired H2388 the Spring H5869 Gate H8179. He built H1129 it, covered H2926 it and made its doors H1817 stand H5975 with its bolts H4514 and its bars H1280, and the wall H2346 of the Pool H1295 of Shelah H7975 at the king's H4428 garden H1588 as far H5704 as the steps H4609 that descend H3381 from the city H5892 of David H1732.
Now it happened H834 when it was heard H8085 by Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163, and the rest H3499 of our enemies H340 that I had rebuilt H1129 the wall H2346, and that no H3808 breach H6556 remained H3498 in it, although H1571 at that time H6256 I had not made the doors H1817 to stand H5975 in the gates H8179,
Now I entered H935 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806, son H1121 of Mehetabel H4105, who H1931 was [fn]confined H6113 at home, and he said H559, “Let us meet H3259 together H3259 in the house H1004 of God H430, within H8432 the temple H1964, and let us close H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964, for they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you, and they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you at night H3915.”
So the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, some H4480 of the people H5971, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 Israel H3478 lived H3427 in their cities H5892.
Then the seventh H7637 month H2320 came H5060, and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were in their cities H5892.
Then Nehemiah H5166, who H1931 was the [fn]governor H8660, and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe H5608, and the Levites H3881, who provided H995 the people H5971 with understanding H995, said H559 to all H3605 the people H5971, “This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 to Yahweh H3068 your God H430; do not mourn H56 or weep H1058.” For all H3605 the people H5971 were weeping H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the law H8451.
And the Levites H3881, Jeshua H3091, Kadmiel H6934, Bani H1137, Hashabneiah H2813, Sherebiah H8274, Hodiah H1941, Shebaniah H7645, and Pethahiah H6611, said H559, “Rise H6965 up H6965, bless H1288 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 from everlasting H4480 H5769 to everlasting H5769!
O may Your glorious H3519 name H8034 be blessed H1288
And exalted H7311 above H5921 all H3605 blessing H1293 and praise H8416!
“You alone H905 are Yahweh H3068.
You have made H6213 the heavens H8064,
The heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 with all H3605 their host H6635,
The earth H776 and all H3605 that is on it,
The seas H3220 and all H3605 that is in them.
You give H2421 life H2421 to all H3605 of them
And the heavenly H8064 host H6635 bows H2331 down H2331 to You.
But You, in Your abundant H7227 compassion H7356,
Did not forsake H5800 them in the wilderness H4057;
The pillar H5982 of cloud H6051 did not depart H5493 H4480 H5921 from them by day H3119,
To lead 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 the rest H7605 of the people H5971—the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 those who had separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776 to the law H8451 of God H430, their wives H802, their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323—all H3605 those who had H3045 knowledge H3045 and understanding H995,
and their [fn]relatives H251 who did H6213 the work H4399 of the [fn]house H1004, 822 H8083 H3967 H6242 H8147;
and Adaiah H5718 the son H1121 of Jeroham H3395, the son H1121 of Pelaliah H6421, the son H1121 of Amzi H557, the son H1121 of Zechariah H2148, the son H1121 of Pashhur H6583, the son H1121 of Malchijah H4441,
Now the overseer H6496 of the Levites H3881 in Jerusalem H3389 was Uzzi H5813 the son H1121 of Bani H1137, the son H1121 of Hashabiah H2811, the son H1121 of Mattaniah H4983, the son H1121 of Mica H4316, from the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, who were the singers H7891 [fn]over the work H4399 of the house H1004 of God H430.
The heads H7218 of the Levites H3881 were Hashabiah H2811, Sherebiah H8274, and Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Kadmiel H6934, with their brothers H251 opposite H5048 them, to praise H1984 and give H3034 thanks H3034, by the commandment H4687 of David H1732 the man H376 of God H430, watch H4929 by H5980 watch H4929.
And when these H428 days H3117 were fulfilled H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a feast H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the court H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king's H4428 palace H1055.
On the seventh H7637 day H3117, when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was merry H2895 with wine H3196, he said H559 for Mehuman H4104, Biztha H968, Harbona H2726, Bigtha H903, Abagtha H5, Zethar H2242, and Carkas H3752, the seven H7651 eunuchs H5631 who attended H8334 to the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325,
Now it happened H1961 that when the word H1697 and law 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 hand H3027 of Hegai H1896, that Esther H635 was taken H3947 to the king's H4428 [fn]house H1004 into the hand H3027 of Hegai H1896, who kept H8104 charge of 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 princes H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its tongue H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king's H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.
Now it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, that Esther H635 put H3847 on H3847 her royal H4438 robes H3847 and stood H5975 in the inner H6442 court H2691 of the king's H4428 house H1004 in front H5227 of the king's H4428 [fn]rooms H1004, and the king H4428 was sitting H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 in the [fn]throne H4438 room H1004, opposite H5227 the entrance H6607 to his house H1004.
Then Haman H2001 went H3318 out H3318 that day H3117 glad H8056 and merry H2896 of heart H3820; but when Haman H2001 saw H7200 Mordecai H4782 in the king's H4428 gate H8179 and that he did not stand H6965 up H6965 or [fn]tremble H2111 before H4480 him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with wrath H2534 against H5921 Mordecai H4782.
Now in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Adar H143), on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 [fn]day H3117 when H834 the king's H4428 word H1697 and law H1881 had reached the point for them to be done H6213, on the day H3117 when H834 the enemies H340 of the Jews H3064 hoped H7663 to gain H7980 power H7980 over H7980 them, it was turned H2015 around so that the Jews H3064 themselves H1992 gained H7980 power H7980 over H7980 those who hated H8130 them.
Now the rest H7605 of the Jews H3064 who H834 were in the king's H4428 provinces H4082 assembled H6950, to make a stand H5975 for their lives H5315 and obtain rest H5117 for themselves H5117 from their enemies H340, and to kill H2026 75,000 H2568 H7657 H505 of those who hated H8130 them; but they did not send H7971 forth H7971 their hand H3027 for the plunder H961.
These H428 things H428 I remember H2142 and I pour H8210 out H8210 my soul H5315 within H5921 me.
For I used to go H5674 along H5674 with the throng H5519 and [fn]lead H1718 them in procession H1718 to the house H1004 of God H430,
With the sound H6963 of a shout H7440 of joy H7440 and thanksgiving H8426, a multitude H1995 keeping H2287 festival H2287.
For I have given H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820 and explain H952 [fn]it that righteous H6662 men H6662, wise H2450 men H2450, and their service H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. Man H120 does not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 may be before H6440 him.
And many H7227 peoples H5971 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980, let us go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of Yahweh H3068,
To the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
That He may instruct H3384 us [fn]from H4480 His ways H1870
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For from Zion H6726 the [fn]law H8451 will go H3318 forth H3318
Now it will be H1961 that instead H8478 of H8478 [fn]sweet H1314 perfume H1314 there will be the smell of rot H4716;
Instead H8478 of H8478 a belt H2290, a rope H5364;
Instead H8478 of H8478 well-set H4748 hair H4748, a plucked-out H7144 scalp H7144;
Instead H8478 of H8478 fine H6614 clothes H6614, a donning H4228 of sackcloth H8242;
For the vineyard H3754 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 is the house H1004 of Israel H3478
And the men H376 of Judah H3063 His delightful H8191 plant H5194.
Thus He hoped H6960 for justice H4941, but behold H2009, bloodshed H4939;
For righteousness H6666, but behold H2009, a cry H6818 of H6818 distress H6818.
Therefore H3651, as a tongue H3956 of fire H784 consumes H398 stubble H7179
And dry H2842 grass H2842 collapses H7503 into the flame H3852,
So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716 and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 as dust H80;
For they have rejected H3988 the law H8451 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
And the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 they have spurned H5006.
Now it happened H1961 in the days H3117 of Ahaz H271, the son H1121 of Jotham H3147, the son H1121 of Uzziah H5818, king H4428 of Judah H3063, that Rezin H7526 the king H4428 of Aram H758 and Pekah H6492 the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425, king H4428 of Israel H3478, went H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389 to wage war H4421 against H5921 it, but could H3201 not [fn]conquer H3898 H5921 it.
Now therefore H3651, behold H2009, the Lord H136 is about to bring H5927 on them the mighty H6099 and abundant H7227 waters H4325 of the [fn]River H5104—
The king H4428 of Assyria H804 and all H3605 his glory H3519;
And it will rise H5927 up H5927 over H5921 all H3605 its channels H650 and go H1980 over H5921 all H3605 its banks H1415.
[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164; in earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He shall make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965,
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
Now it will be in that day H3117, that the remnant H7605 of Israel H3478 and those of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 who H6413 have escaped H6413, will never H3808 again H3254 rely H8172 on the one who struck H5221 them, but will truly H571 rely H8172 on Yahweh H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.
Then it will be H1961 in that day H3117, that the Lord H136
Will again H3254 acquire H7069 the second H8145 time H8145 with His hand H3027
The remnant H7605 of His people H5971, who H834 will remain H7604,
From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, [fn]Ethiopia H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,
For before H6440 the harvest H7105, as soon as the bud H6525 [fn]blossoms H8552
And the flower H5328 becomes H1961 a ripening H1580 grape H1155,
Then He will cut H3772 off H3772 the sprigs H2150 with pruning H4211 knives H4211
And remove H5493 and cut H8456 away H8456 the spreading H5189 branches H5189.
They will be left H5800 together H3162 for mountain H2022 birds H5861 of H5861 prey H5861,
And for the beasts H929 of the earth H776;
And the birds H5861 of H5861 prey H5861 will spend H6972 the H6972 summer H6972 feeding on them,
And all H3605 the beasts H929 of the earth H776 will spend H2778 harvest H2778 time H2778 on them.
At that time H6256 a gift H7862 of H7862 homage H7862 will be brought H2986 to Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
[fn]From a people H5971 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
Even from a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
A powerful H6978 and oppressive H4001 nation H1471,
Whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 divide H958—
To the place H4725 of the name H8034 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, even Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The princes H8269 of [fn]Zoan H6814 are merely H389 ignorant H191 fools H191;
The counsel H6098 of Pharaoh's H6547 wisest H2450 counselors H3289 has become H1197 [fn]senseless H1197.
How H349 can you men say H559 to Pharaoh H6547,
“I am a son H1121 of the wise H2450, a son H1121 of the kings H4428 of old H6924”?
Then it will be that he who flees H5127 the sound H6963 of panic H6343 will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And he who [fn]climbs H5927 out of the pit H6354 will be caught H3920 in the pitfall H6341;
For the windows H699 [fn]above H4480 H4791 are opened H6605, and the foundations H4144 of the earth H776 quake H7493.
For behold H2009, Yahweh H3068 is about to come H3318 out H3318 from His place H4725
To visit H6485 the iniquity H5771 of the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776;
And the earth H776 will reveal H1540 her bloodshed H1818
And will no H3808 longer H5750 cover H3680 those H2026 of hers who were killed H2026.
And these H428 also H1571 reel H7686 with wine H3196 and stagger H8582 from strong H7941 drink H7941:
The priest H3548 and the prophet H5030 reel H7686 with strong H7941 drink H7941;
They are swallowed H1104 up by wine H3196, they stagger H8582 from strong H7941 drink H7941;
So the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 to them will be,
“[fn]Order H6673 on order H6673, order H6673 on order H6673,
Line H6957 on line H6957, line H6957 on line H6957,
A little H2191 here H8033, a little H2191 there H8033,”
That they may go H1980 and stumble H3782 backward H268, be broken H7665, snared H3369, and taken H3920 captive H3920.
Because H3588 you have said H559, “We have cut H3772 a covenant H1285 with death H4194,
And with Sheol H7585 we have made H6213 a [fn]pact H2374.
The overflowing H7857 [fn]scourge H7752 will not reach H935 us when H3588 it passes H5674 by H5674,
For we have made H7760 falsehood H3577 our refuge H4268 and we have hidden H5641 ourselves with lying H8267.”
You turn H2016 things around H2016!
Shall the potter H3335 be considered H2803 [fn]as equal with the clay H2563,
That what H4639 is made H4639 would say H559 to its maker H6213, “He did not make H6213 me”;
Or what H3336 is formed H3335 say H559 to him who formed H3335 it, “He has no H3808 understanding H995”?
His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
Which reaches H2673 to the neck H6677,
To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and H5130 forth H5130 in a [fn]sieve H5299 of worthlessness H7723,
And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which staggers H8582 one to ruin H8582.
You will have H1961 [fn]songs H7892 as in the night H3915 when you set H6942 yourself apart H6942 as holy H6942 for the festival H2282,
And gladness H8057 of heart H3824 as when one marches H1980 to the sound of the flute H2485,
To go H935 to the mountain H2022 of Yahweh H3068, to the Rock H6697 of Israel H3478.
Woe H1945 to those who go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833
And rely H8172 on horses H5483,
And trust H982 in chariots H7393 because H3588 they are many H7227
And in horsemen H6571 because H3588 they are H6105 very H3966 mighty H6105,
But they do not regard H8159 at the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 seek H1875 Yahweh H3068!
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 to me,
“As the lion H738 or the young H3715 lion H3715 growls H1897 over H5921 its prey H2964,
Against H5921 which H834 a multitude H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called H7121 out H7121,
And it will not be dismayed H2865 at their voice H6963 nor H3808 afflicted H6031 at their noise H1995,
So H3651 will Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 come H3381 down H3381 to wage H6633 war H6633 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on its hill H1389.”
“Through H3027 your servants H5650 you have [fn]reproached H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, ‘With my many H7230 chariots H7393 I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 cypresses H1265.
And I will go H935 to its [fn]highest H4791 peak H7093, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
In those H1992 days H3117 Hezekiah H2396 became H2470 ill H2470 to the point H4191 of death H4191. And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 came H935 to him and said H559 to him, “Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, ‘Set H6680 your house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, for you shall die H4191 and not live H2421.'”
He says H559, “It is too H4480 [fn]small H7043 a H7043 thing H7043 that You should be My Servant H5650
To raise H6965 up H6965 the tribes H7626 of Jacob H3290 and to cause H7725 the preserved H5336 ones of Israel H3478 to return H7725;
I will also give H5414 You as 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.”
That you have forgotten H7911 Yahweh H3068 your Maker H6213,
Who stretched H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064
And laid H3245 the foundations H3245 of the earth H776,
That you tremble H6342 in H6342 dread H6342 continually H8548 all H3605 day H3117 long because H4480 H6440 of the wrath H2534 of the one who brings distress H6693,
As he makes H3559 ready H3559 to bring H7843 ruin H7843?
But where H346 is the wrath H2534 of the one who brings distress H6693?
“For you will go H3318 out H3318 with gladness H8057
And be led H2986 forth H2986 with peace H7965;
The mountains H2022 and the hills H1389 will break H6476 forth H6476 into shouts H7440 of H7440 joy H7440 before H6440 you,
And all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 will clap H4222 their hands H3709.
“As for Me, this H2088 is My covenant H1285 with them,” says H559 Yahweh H3068: “My Spirit H7307 which H834 is upon you, and My words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in your mouth H6310, shall not depart H4185 from your mouth H6310, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your seed H2233, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your seed's H2233 seed H2233,” says H559 Yahweh H3068, “from now H6258 and forever H5704 H5769.”
“Surely H3588 the coastlands H339 will hope H6960 in Me;
And the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 will come first H7223,
To bring H935 your sons H1121 from afar H7350,
Their silver H3701 and their gold H2091 with them,
For the name H8034 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430,
And for the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 because H3588 He has [fn]adorned H6286 you with beautiful H6286 glory H6286.
Yahweh H3068 has sworn H7650 by His right H3225 hand H3225 and by His strong H5797 arm H2220,
“I will never H518 again H5750 give H5414 your grain H1715 as food H3978 for your enemies H340;
Nor H518 will [fn]foreigners H1121 H5236 drink H8354 your new H8492 wine H8492 for which H834 you have labored H3021.”
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“As the new H8492 wine H8492 is found H4672 in the cluster H811,
And one says H559, ‘Do not make H7843 it a ruin H7843, for there is [fn]benefit H1293 in it,'
So H3651 I will act H6213 on behalf H4616 of My slaves H5650
In order not to make H7843 [fn]all H3605 of them a ruin H7843.
“The priests H3548 did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is Yahweh H3068?'
And those who handle H8610 the law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]shepherds H7462 also transgressed H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that did not profit H3276.
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to me in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the king H4428, “Have you seen H7200 what H834 faithless H4878 Israel H3478 did H6213? She went H1980 up on every H3605 high H1364 hill H2022 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086, and she was a harlot H2181 there H8033.
‘[fn]Return H7725, faithless H4878 Israel H3478,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068;
‘I will not [fn]look H5307 upon you in H5307 anger H5307.
For I am One H2623 of H2623 lovingkindness H2623,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068;
For I heard H8085 a sound H6963 as of a woman in H2342 labor H2342 pains H2342,
The distress H6869 as of one H1069 giving H1069 birth H1069 to H1069 her H1069 first H1069 child H1069,
The sound H6963 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 gasping H3306 for H3306 breath H3306,
Stretching H6566 out H6566 her [fn]hands H3709, saying,
“Ah H4994, woe H188 is me, for my soul faints H5888 before murderers H2026.”
Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will strike H5221 them down H5221;
A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will devastate H7703 them;
A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.
Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963
Because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are H7231 many H7231;
Their acts H4878 of faithlessness H4878 are H6105 mighty H6105.
“Therefore H3651, behold H2009, days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “when it will no H3808 longer H5750 be called H559 Topheth H8612 or the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom H2011, but the valley H1516 of the Slaughter H2028; for they will bury H6912 in Topheth H8612 [fn]because H4480 there H369 is H369 no H369 other place H4725.
“For the mountains H2022 I will take H5375 up H5375 a weeping H1065 and wailing H5092,
And for the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 a funeral lamentation H7015,
Because H3588 they are turned H5327 into ruin H5327 so H4480 H1097 that no H1097 one H376 passes H5674 through H5674,
And the lowing H6963 of the cattle H4735 is not heard H8085;
Both H4480 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the beasts H929 have fled H5074; they are gone H1980.
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56
And the plants H6212 of every H3605 field H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?
Because of the evil H7451 of those who inhabit H3427 it,
Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been swept H5595 away H5595,
Because H3588 men have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our latter H319 ending H319.”
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, “Do not enter H935 the house H1004 of the funeral H4798 meal H4798, or go H1980 to lament H5594 or to console H5110 them; for I have withdrawn H622 My peace H7965 from this H2088 people H5971,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “My lovingkindness H2617 and compassion H7356.
“Now when H3588 you tell H5046 this H2088 people H5971 all H3605 these H428 words H1697, they will say H559 to you, ‘For H5921 what H4100 reason H5921 H4100 has Yahweh H3068 declared H1696 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 calamity H7451 against H5921 us? And what H4100 is our iniquity H5771, or what H4100 is our sin H2403 which H834 we have committed H2398 against Yahweh H3068 our God H430?'
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 in regard H413 to [fn]Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, who became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 Josiah H2977 his father H1, who H834 went H3318 forth H3318 from this H2088 place H4725, “He will never H3808 H5750 return H7725 there H8033;
The word H1697 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 concerning H5921 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah H3063 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063 (that was the first H7224 year H8141 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894),
“Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words H1697, and you shall say H559 to them,
‘Yahweh H3068 will roar H7580 from on high H4791
And give H5414 forth His voice H6963 from His holy H6944 habitation H4583;
He will roar H7580 mightily H7580 against H5921 His [fn]pasture H5116.
He will bellow H6030 a shout H1959 like those who tread H1869 the grapes,
Against H413 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776.
“Zion H6726 will be plowed H2790 as a field H7704,
And Jerusalem H3389 will become H1961 a heap H5856 of H5856 ruins H5856,
And the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 will become [fn]the high H1116 places H1116 of a forest H3293.”'
Now it happened in the same H1931 year H8141, in the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the fourth H7243 year H8141, in the fifth H2549 month H2320, that Hananiah H2608 the son H1121 of Azzur H5809, the prophet H5030, who H834 was from Gibeon H1391, spoke H559 to me in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 in the sight H5869 of the priests H3548 and all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559,
Then Jeremiah H3414 said H559 to the house H1004 of the Rechabites H7394, “Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, ‘Because H3282 H834 you have listened H8085 to 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,
[fn]Now when H834 Jerusalem H3389 was captured H3920 [fn]in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his military H2428 force H2428 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and laid H6696 siege H6696 to it;
Now it happened in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 seed H2233 and one of the chief H7227 officers H7227 of the king H4428, along with ten H6235 men H376, came H935 to Mizpah H4709 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. And they were eating H398 bread H3899 together H3162 there H8033 in Mizpah H4709.
“The one who flees H5127 from the panic H6343
Will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And the one who climbs H5927 up H5927 out of the pit H6354
Will be caught H3920 in the pitfall H6341;
For I shall bring H935 upon her, even upon Moab H4124,
The year H8141 of their punishment H6486,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
‘So I will [fn]shatter H2865 Elam H5867 before H6440 their enemies H340
And before H6440 those who seek H1245 their lives H5315;
And I will bring H935 calamity H7451 upon them,
Even My burning H2740 anger H639,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
‘And I will send H7971 out H7971 the sword H2719 after H310 them
“Summon H8085 [fn]many H7227 against H413 Babylon H894,
All H3605 those who [fn]bend H1869 the bow H7198:
Encamp H2583 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439,
Let there be no H408 escape H6413[fn].
Repay H7999 her according to her work H6467;
According to all H3605 that she has done H6213, so do H6213 to her;
For she has become H2102 arrogant H2102 against H413 Yahweh H3068,
“Behold H2009, one will come H5927 up H5927 like a lion H738 from the [fn]thicket H1347 of the Jordan H3383 to an enduring H386 pasture H5116; for in an instant H7280 I will make them run H7323 away H4480 from it, and whoever H4310 is chosen H977 I will appoint H6485 over H413 it. For who H4310 is like H3644 Me, and who H4310 will [fn]summon H3259 Me into court? And who H4310 then H2088 is the shepherd H7462 who H834 can stand H5975 before H6440 Me?”
Now on the tenth H6218 day of the fifth H2549 month H2320, which H1931 was the nineteenth H8672 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, king H4428 of Babylon H894, Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876, who stood H5975 before H6440 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
Now it happened 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, lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and brought H3318 him out H3318 of prison H1004 H3628;
Kaph
My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832;
My [fn]inmost being H4578 is greatly H2560 disturbed H2560;
My [fn]heart H3516 is poured H8210 out H8210 on the earth H776
Because H5921 of the [fn]destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971,
When infants H5768 and nursing H3243 babies H3243 faint H5848
Now above H4480 H4605 the expanse H7549 that was over H5921 their heads H7218 there was something H1823 in the likeness H1823 of a throne H3678, like sapphire H5601 stone H68 in appearance H4758; and upon the likeness H1823 of the throne H3678, high H4480 H4605 up, was the likeness H1823 of one with the appearance H4758 of a man H120.
Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068, between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196, were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east H6924; and they were [fn]prostrating H2331 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun H8121.
Then the glory H3519 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 from the cherub H3742 on which H834 it had been H1961, to the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 of Yahweh. And He called H7121 to the man H376 clothed H3847 in linen H906 at whose H834 loins H4975 was the [fn]scribe's H5608 case H7083.
Then He said H559 to me, “The iniquity 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 bloodshed H1818, and the city H5892 is full H4390 of perversion H4297; for they say H559, ‘Yahweh H3068 has forsaken H5800 the land H776, and Yahweh H3068 does not see H7200!'
Moreover, the Spirit H7307 lifted H5375 me up H5375 and brought H935 me to the east H6931 gate H8179 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 which faced H6437 eastward H6931. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179, there were twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376, and I saw H7200 among H8432 them Jaazaniah H2970 son H1121 of Azzur H5809 and Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, officials H8269 of the people H5971.
Now it happened H1961 as I prophesied H5012, that Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 died H4191. Then I fell H5307 on my face H6440 and cried H2199 out H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 and said H559, “Alas H162, Lord H136 Yahweh H3068! Will You bring H6213 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 to complete H3617 destruction H3617?”
For thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, I will bring H935 upon Tyre H6865 from the north H6828 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, king H4428 of kings H4428, with horses H5483, chariots H7393, horsemen H6571, and an assembly H6951, a great H7227 number of people H5971.
“You were in Eden H5731, the garden H1588 of God H430;
Every H3605 precious H3368 stone H68 was your covering H4540:
The ruby H124, the topaz H6357, and the diamond H3095;
The beryl H8658, the onyx H7718, and the jasper H3471;
The [fn]lapis H5601 lazuli H5601, the turquoise H5306, and the emerald H1304;
And the gold H2091, the workmanship H4399 of your [fn]settings H8596 and [fn]sockets H5345,
Was in you.
On the day H3117 that you were created H1254
They were prepared H3559.
“I will put H5414 hooks H2397 in your jaws H3895
And make the fish H1710 of your canals H2975 of the Nile H2975 cling H1692 to your scales H7193.
And I will bring H5927 you up H5927 out of the midst H8432 of your canals H2975 of the Nile H2975,
And all H3605 the fish H1710 of your canals H2975 of the Nile H2975 will cling H1692 to your scales H7193.
“I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness H4057, you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your canals H2975 of the Nile H2975;
You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field H7704; you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered H6908.
I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the beasts H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.
‘The cedars H730 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;
The [fn]cypresses H1265 [fn]could not liken H1819 themselves with its boughs H5589,
And the plane H6196 trees H6196 were not like its branches H6288.
No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could liken H1819 itself with it in its beauty H3308.
“There H8033 also are the [fn]chiefs H5257 of the north H6828, all H3605 of them, and all H3605 the Sidonians H6722, who H834 in spite of the terror H2851 resulting from their might H1369, in H954 shame H954 went H3381 down H3381 with the slain H2491. So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with those slain H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“But as for you, son H1121 of man H120, the sons H1121 of your people H5971 who talk H1696 about you by the walls H7023 and in the doorways H6607 of the houses H1004, speak H1696 to one H2297 another H259, each H376 to his brother H251, saying H559, ‘Come H935 now H4994 and hear H8085 what H4100 the word H1697 is which comes H3318 forth H3318 from Yahweh H3068.'
‘Thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Are you the one H1931 of whom H834 I spoke H1696 in former H6931 days H3117 by the hand H3027 of My slaves H5650 the prophets H5030 of Israel H3478, who prophesied H5012 in those H1992 days H3117 for many years H8141 that I would bring H935 you against H5921 them?
“And it will be in that day H3117, that I will give H5414 Gog H1463 a burial H6913 ground H4725 there H8033 in Israel H3478, the valley H1516 of those who pass H5674 by H5674 east H6926 of the sea H3220, and it will block H2629 off H2629 those who would pass H5674 by H5674. So they will bury H6912 Gog H1463 there H8033 with all H3605 his multitude H1995, and they will call H7121 it the valley H1516 of [fn]Hamon-gog H1996.
In the twenty-fifth H6242 H2568 year H8141 of our exile H1546, at the beginning H7218 of the year H8141, on the tenth H6218 of the month H2320, in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 after H310 the city H5892 was struck H5221 down H5221, on that same H6106 day H3117 the hand H3027 of Yahweh H3068 was upon me, and He brought H935 me there H8033.
And behold H2009, there was a wall H2346 on the outside H2351 of the house H1004 of Yahweh all H5439 around H5439, and in the man's H376 hand H3027 was a measuring H4060 rod H7070 of six H8337 cubits H520, each of which was a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth H2948. So he measured H4058 the thickness H7341 of the [fn]wall H2346, one H259 rod H7070; and the height H6967, one H259 rod H7070.
The building H1146 that was in front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 at the side H6285 toward H1870 the west H3220 was [fn]seventy H7657 cubits H520 wide H7341; and the wall H7023 of the building H1146 was five H2568 cubits H520 [fn]thick H7341 all H5439 around H5439, and its length H753 was [fn]ninety H8673 cubits H520.
He measured H4058 the length H753 of the building H1146 [fn]along H413 the front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 behind H5921 H310 it, with a [fn]gallery H862 on each H6311 side H6311, one hundred H3967 cubits H520, along with the inner H6442 nave H1964 and the porches H197 of the court H2691.
Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers H3957, which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area H1508, they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to Yahweh H3068 shall eat H398 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944. There H8033 they shall lay H5117 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944, the grain offering H4503, the sin H2403 offering H2403, and the guilt H817 offering H817; for the place H4725 is holy H6918.
“And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth H2948): the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit H520, and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 round H5439 about H5439 one H259 [fn]span H2239; and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar H4196.
“But the Levitical H3881 priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Zadok H6659, who H834 kept H8104 the responsibility H4931 of My sanctuary H4720 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 from Me, shall come H7126 near H7126 to Me to minister H8334 to Me; and they shall stand H5975 before H6440 Me to bring H7126 near H7126 to Me the fat H2459 and the blood H1818,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068.
Then he brought H7725 me back H7725 to the door H6607 of the house H1004; and behold H2009, water H4325 was flowing H3318 from under H8478 the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 toward the east H6921, for the house H1004 faced H6440 east H6921. And the water H4325 was flowing H3381 down H3381 from under H8478, from the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004, from south H5045 of the altar H4196.
“Now these H428 are the names H8034 of the tribes H7626: from the northern H6828 extremity H7097, [fn]beside H413 H3027 the way H1870 of Hethlon H2855 to [fn]Lebo-hamath H935, as far as Hazar-enan H2704 at the border H1366 of Damascus H1834, toward the north H6828 [fn]beside H413 H3027 Hamath H2574, [fn]running H1961 from east H6921 to west H3220, Dan H1835, one H259 portion.
“And beside H5921 the border H1366 of Judah H3063, from the east H6921 side H6285 to the west H3220 side H6285, shall be the contribution H8641 which H834 you shall contribute H7311, 25,000 H6242 H2568 H505 [fn]cubits in width H7341, and in length H753 like one H259 of the portions H2506, from the east H6921 side H6285 to the west H3220 side H6285; and the sanctuary H4720 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
“And the remainder H3498 shall be for the prince H5387, on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088 of the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and of the city's H5892 possession H272 of land; in front H6440 of the 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 cubits of the contribution H8641 toward H5704 the east H6921 border H1366 and westward H3220 in front H6440 of the 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 toward H5921 the west H3220 border H1366, alongside H5980 the portions H2506, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and the sanctuary H4720 of the house H1004 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
“To You, O God H426 of my fathers H2, I give H3029 thanks H3029 and praise H7624,
For You have given H3052 me wisdom H2452 and might H1370;
Even now H3705 You have made H3046 known H3046 to me what H1768 we sought H1156 from You,
For You have made H3046 known H3046 to us the king's H4430 matter H4406.”
Therefore H6903 H1836, Daniel H1841 went H5954 in H5954 to Arioch H746, whom H1768 the king H4430 had appointed H4483 to destroy H7 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895; he went H236 and said H560 thus H3652 to him: “Do not destroy H7 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895! Bring H5954 me before H6925 the king H4430, and I will declare H2324 the interpretation H6591 to the king H4430.”
Then H116 Arioch H746 hurriedly H927 brought H5954 Daniel H1841 before H6925 the king H4430 and said H560 thus H3652 to him: “I have found H7912 a man H1400 among H4481 H1123 the [fn]exiles H1123 H1547 from Judah H3061 who H1768 can make H3046 the interpretation H6591 known H3046 to the king H4430!”
Nebuchadnezzar H5020 answered H6032 and said H560, “Blessed H1289 be the God H426 of Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665, who H1768 has sent H7972 His angel H4398 and saved H7804 His servants H5649 who H1768 put H7365 their trust H7365 in Him, [fn]violating H8133 the king's H4430 word H4406, and gave H3052 up their bodies H1655 so H1768 as not to serve H6399 and not to worship H5457 any H3606 god H426 except H3861 their own God H426.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the earth 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 beasts H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
Suddenly H8160 the fingers H677 of a man's H606 hand H3028 came H5312 out H5312 and began writing H3790 opposite H6903 the lampstand H5043 on the plaster H1528 of the wall H3797 of the king's H4430 palace H1965, and the king H4430 saw H2370 the [fn]back H6447 of the hand H3028 that did the writing H3790.
The queen H4433 entered H5954 the banquet H4961 [fn]hall H1005 because H6903 of the words H4406 of the king H4430 and his nobles H7261; the queen H4433 answered H6032 and said H560, “O king H4430, live H2418 forever H5957! Do not let your thoughts H7476 alarm H927 you or the [fn]splendor H2122 of your face be changed H8133.
Then H116 Daniel H1841 was brought H5954 in H5954 before H6925 the king H4430. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560 to Daniel H1841, “Are you that Daniel H1841 who H1768 is one of the [fn]exiles H1123 H1547 from Judah H3061, whom H1768 my father H2 the king H4430 brought H858 from Judah H3061?
Then H116 Daniel H1841 answered H6032 and said H560 before H6925 the king H4430, “Let your gifts H4978 remain with you or give H3052 your rewards H5023 to someone H321 else H321; however H1297, I will read H7123 the writing H3792 to the king H4430 and make H3046 the interpretation H6591 known H3046 to him.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 knew H3046 that the written H3792 document was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (now in H5954 his roof H5952 chamber H5952 he had windows H3551 open H6606 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390); and he continued kneeling H1289 on his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, praying H6739 and giving H3029 thanks H3029 before H6925 his God H426, [fn]as he had been doing H5648 previously H6928.
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“And through H5921 his insight H7922
He will cause H6743 deceit H4820 to H6743 succeed H6743 by his hand H3027;
And he will magnify H1431 himself in his heart H3824,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 many H7227 while they are [fn]at ease H7962.
He will even stand H5975 against H5921 the Prince H8269 of princes H8269,
Now while H5750 I was speaking H1696 and praying H6419, and confessing H3034 my sin H2403 and the sin H2403 of my people H5971 Israel H3478, and [fn]presenting H5307 my supplication H8467 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 my God H430 in H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 the holy H6944 mountain H2022 of my God H430,
“Now in those H1992 times H6256 many H7227 will stand H5975 against H5921 the king H4428 of the South H5045; the violent H6530 ones H1121 H6530 among your people H5971 will also lift H5375 themselves up H5375 in order to cause the vision H2377 to stand H5975, but they will [fn]fall H3782 down H3782.
“And at the time H6256 of the end H7093, the king H4428 of the South H5045 will collide H5055 with him, and the king H4428 of the North H6828 will storm H8175 against H5921 him with chariots H7393, with horsemen H6571, and with many H7227 ships H591; and he will enter H935 lands H776, overflow H7857 them, and pass H5674 through H5674.
“Now at that time H6256, Michael H4317, the great H1419 prince H8269 who stands H5975 guard over H5921 the sons H1121 of your people H5971, will stand H5975. And there will be a time H6256 of distress H6869 such H834 as never H3808 happened H1961 since H4480 there was a nation H1471 until H5704 that time H6256; and at that time H6256 your people H5971, everyone H3605 who is found H4672 written H3789 in the book H5612, will be rescued H4422.
The word H1697 of [fn]Yahweh H3068 which H834 came H1961 to Hosea H1954 the son H1121 of Beeri H882, in the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818, Jotham H3147, Ahaz H271, and Hezekiah H2396, kings H4428 of Judah H3063, and in the days H3117 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Joash H3060, king H4428 of Israel H3478.
When Yahweh H3068 first H8462 spoke H1696 through Hosea H1954, Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Hosea H1954, “Go H1980, take H3947 for yourself a wife H802 of harlotry H2183 and have children H3206 of harlotry H2183; for the land H776 commits H2181 flagrant H2181 harlotry H2181, [fn]forsaking H4480 H310 Yahweh H3068.”
Then she conceived H2029 again H5750 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a daughter H1323. And [fn]Yahweh said H559 to him, “Name H7121 H8034 her [fn]Lo-ruhamah H3819, for I will no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 the house H1004 of Israel H3478, that I would ever H5375 forgive H5375 them.
The dweller H7934 of Samaria H8111 will fear H1481
For the [fn]calf H5697 of Beth-aven H1007.
Indeed H3588, its people H5971 will mourn H56 for it,
And its idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 [fn]will cry H1523 out H1523 over H5921 it,
Over H5921 its glory H3519, since H3588 it has gone into exile H1540 from them.
What H3499 the gnawing H1501 locust H1501 has left H3499, the swarming H697 locust H697 has consumed H398;
And what H3499 the swarming H697 locust H697 has left H3499, the creeping H3218 locust H3218 has consumed H398;
And what H3499 the creeping H3218 locust H3218 has left H3499, the stripping H2625 locust H2625 has consumed H398.
A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and thick H653 darkness H653,
A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and dense H6205 gloom H6205.
As the dawn H7837 is spread H6566 over H5921 the mountains H2022,
So there is a numerous H7227 and mighty H6099 people H5971;
There has never H3808 H4480 H5769 been H1961 anything like H3644 it,
Nor H3808 will there be again H3254 after H310 it
For the years H8141 from generation H1755 to H1755 generation H1755.
But Yahweh H3068 gives H5414 forth His voice H6963 before H6440 His military H2428 force H2428;
Surely H3588 His camp H4264 is very H3966 numerous H7227,
For mighty H6099 is he who does H6213 His word H1697.
The day H3117 of Yahweh H3068 is indeed H3588 great H1419 and very H3966 awesome H3372,
And who can endure H3557 it?
Let the priests H3548, the ministers H8334 of Yahweh H3068,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “Pity H2347 Your people H5971, O Yahweh H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a reproach H2781,
A byword H4912 among the nations H1471.
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;
The words H1697 of Amos H5986, who H834 was among the sheepherders H5349 from Tekoa H8620, which H834 he beheld H2372 in visions concerning H5921 Israel H3478 in the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and in the days H3117 of Jeroboam H3379 son H1121 of Joash H3060, king H4428 of Israel H3478, two years H8141 before H6440 the earthquake H7494.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Tyre H6865 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 they delivered H5462 up H5462 the whole H8003 community of exiles H1546 to Edom H123
And did not remember H2142 the covenant H1285 of [fn]brotherhood H251.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“Just H834 as the shepherd H7462 delivers H5337 from the lion's H738 mouth H6310 a couple H8147 of legs H3767 or H176 a piece H915 of an ear H241,
So H3651 will the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inhabiting H3427 Samaria H8111 be delivered H5337—
With the corner H6285 of a bed H4296 and the [fn]cover H1833 of a couch H6210!
“And I also H1571 withheld H4513 the rain H1653 from you
While there were still H5750 three H7969 months H2320 until harvest H7105.
Then I would send H4305 rain H4305 on one H259 city H5892,
And on another H259 city H5892 I would not send H4305 rain H4305;
One H259 portion H2513 would be rained H4305 on,
While the portion H2513 not rained H4305 on would dry H3001 up H3001.
“And though H518 they hide H2244 on the [fn]top H7218 of Carmel H3760,
From there H8033 I will search H2664 them out H2664 and take H3947 them;
And though H518 they conceal H5641 themselves from My eyes H5869 on the floor H7172 of the sea H3220,
From there H8033 I will command H6680 the serpent H5175, and it will bite H5391 them.
And many H7227 nations H1471 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980 and let us go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of Yahweh H3068
And to the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
That He may instruct H3384 us from 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,
Then the remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290
Will be among the nations H1471,
Among H7130 many H7227 peoples H5971
Like a lion H738 among the beasts H929 of the forest H3293,
Like a young H3715 lion H3715 among flocks H5739 of sheep H6629,
Which H834, if H518 it passes H5674 through H5674,
“My people H5971, remember H2142 now H4994
What H4100 Balak H1111 king H4428 of Moab H4124 counseled H3289
And what H4100 Balaam H1109 son H1121 of Beor H1160 answered H6030 him,
And from Shittim H7851 to Gilgal H1537,
So H4616 [fn]that you might know H3045 the righteous H6666 acts H6666 of Yahweh H3068.”
“So I will stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 Judah H3063
And against H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.
And I will cut H3772 off H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from this H2088 place H4725,
And the names H8034 of the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 along H5973 with H5973 the priests H3548,
In the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the king H4428, on the first H259 day H3117 of the sixth H8345 month H2320, the word H1697 of [fn]Yahweh H3068 came H1961 by the hand H3027 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5030 to Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, governor H6346 of Judah H3063, and to Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, saying H559,
Then Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, with all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971, listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 their God H430 and the words H1697 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5030, as Yahweh H3068 their God H430 had sent H7971 him. And the people H5971 feared H3372 Yahweh H3068.
On the twenty-fourth H6242 H702 day H3117 of the eleventh H6249 H6240 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Shebat H7627, in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867, the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 came H1961 to Zechariah H2148 the prophet H5030, the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296, the son H1121 of Iddo H5714, saying H559,
All H3605 the land H776 will be changed H5437 into a plain H6160 from Geba H1387 to Rimmon H7417 south H5045 of Jerusalem H3389; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise H7213 and inhabit H3427 its site H8478 from Benjamin's H1144 Gate H8179 as far H5704 as the place H4725 of the First H7223 Gate H8179 to the Corner H6438 Gate H8179, and from the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 to the king's H4428 wine H3342 presses H3342.
Now the serpent H5175 was more H4480 crafty H6175 than H4480 any H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704 which H834 Yahweh H3068 God H430 had made H6213. And he said H559 to the woman H802, “Indeed H637 H3588, has God H430 said H559, ‘[fn]You shall not eat H398 from [fn]any H3605 tree H6086 of the garden H1588'?”
Then they heard H8085 the sound H6963 of Yahweh H3068 God H430 walking H1980 in the garden H1588 in the [fn]cool H7307 of the day H3117, and the man H120 and his wife H802 hid H2244 themselves from the presence H6440 of Yahweh H3068 God H430 in the midst H8432 of the trees H6086 of the garden H1588.
Then to Adam H121 He said H559, “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife H802 and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from it';
Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;
Then Yahweh H3068 God H430 said H559, “Behold H2005, the man H120 has become H1961 like one H259 of Us [fn]to know H3045 good H2896 and evil H7451; and now H6258, lest H6435 he send H7971 forth his hand H3027 and take H3947 also H1571 from the tree H6086 of life H2416 and eat H398 and live H2421 forever H5769”—
“Before H2962 I had finished H3615 speaking H1696 in my heart H3820, behold H2009, Rebekah H7259 was coming H3318 out H3318 with her jar H3537 on her shoulder H7926, and she went H3381 down H3381 to the spring H5869 and drew H7579, and I said H559 to her, ‘Please H4994 give H8248 me a H8248 drink H8248.'
Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, but the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]called H7121 them by the same H8034 names H8034 by which H834 his father H1 had called H7121 them.
So Esau H6215 bore H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 in his heart H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”
Then their father H1 Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “If H518 it must be so H3651, then H645 do H6213 this H2088: take H3947 some H4480 of the best H2173 products H2173 of the land H776 in your [fn]bags H3627, and bring H3381 them down H3381 to the man H376 as a present H4503, a little H4592 [fn]balm H6875 and a little H4592 honey H1706, [fn]aromatic H5219 gum H5219 and [fn]myrrh H3910, pistachio H992 nuts H992 and almonds H8247.
Then the days H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near H7126, and 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 now H4994 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 and deal H6213 with me in lovingkindness H2617 and truth H571. Please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt H4714.
Then the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 was told H5046 that the people H5971 had fled H1272, and the heart H3824 of Pharaoh H6547 and his servants H5650 was H2015 changed H2015 toward H413 the people H5971, and they said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 we have done H6213, that we have let H7971 Israel H3478 go H7971 from serving H5647 us?”
“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 people H5971 saw H7200 that Moses H4872 delayed H954 to come H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022. So the people H5971 assembled H6950 about H5921 Aaron H175 and said H559 to him, “Arise H6965, make H6213 us [fn]gods H430 who H834 will go H1980 before H6440 us; as for this H2088 Moses H4872, the man H376 who H834 brought H5927 us up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, we do not know H3045 what H4100 has become H1961 of him.”
Now it happened H1961 when Moses H4872 was coming H3381 down H3381 from Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 (and the two H8147 tablets H3871 of the testimony H5715 were in Moses' H4872 hand H3027 as he was coming H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022), that Moses H4872 did not know H3045 that the skin H5785 of his face H6440 shone H7160 because of his speaking H1696 with Him.
These H428 are the things H6485 numbered H6485 for the [fn]tabernacle H4908, the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, as they were [fn]numbered 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, even the gold H2091 of the wave H8573 offering H8573, was [fn]29 H8672 H6242 talents H3603 and [fn]730 H7651 H3967 H7970 shekels H8255, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944.
So Moses H4872 took H3947 some H4480 of the anointing H4888 oil H8081 and some H4480 of the blood H1818 which H834 was on the altar H4196 and sprinkled H5137 it on Aaron H175, on his garments H899, on his sons H1121, and on the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him; and he set H6942 Aaron H175 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942, his garments H899 and his sons H1121 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, “Boil H1310 the flesh H1320 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and eat H398 it there H8033 together with the bread H3899 which H834 is in the basket H5536 of the ordination H4394 offering H4394, just H834 as I commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 it.'
‘When the days H3117 of her cleansing H2892 are fulfilled H4390, for a son H1121 or H176 for a daughter H1323, she shall bring H935 to the priest H3548 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 a one year H8141 old H1121 lamb H3532 for a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a young H1121 pigeon H3123 or H176 a turtledove H8449 for a sin H2403 offering H2403.
“Tell H1696 your brother H251 Aaron H175 that he shall not enter H935 at any H3605 time H6256 into the holy H6944 place inside H4480 H1004 the veil H6532, before H413 H6440 the [fn]mercy H3727 seat H3727 which H834 is on the ark H727, so H3808 that he will not die H4191; for I will appear H7200 in the cloud H6051 over H5921 the mercy H3727 seat H3727.
“Then he shall slaughter H7819 the goat H5795 of the sin H2403 offering H2403 which H834 is for the people H5971 and bring H935 its blood H1818 inside H413 H4480 H1004 the veil H6532 and do H6213 with its blood H1818 as he did H6213 with the blood H1818 of the bull H6499. And he shall sprinkle H5137 it on the mercy H3727 seat H3727 and in front H6440 of the mercy H3727 seat H3727.
‘Any H376 man H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the sojourners H1616 sojourning H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his seed H2233 to Molech H4432 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death H4191; the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68.
‘And the priest H3548 who is the highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been ordained H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
Now those who were to camp H2583 before H6440 the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, before H6440 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, are Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, keeping H8104 the responsibility H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the responsibility H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]outsider H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
“And the assignment H6486 of Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 is the oil H8081 for the light H3974 and the fragrant H5561 incense H7004 and the continual H8548 grain offering H4503 and the anointing H4888 oil H8081—the assignment H6486 of all H3605 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and of all H3605 that is in it, with the sanctuary H6944 and its furnishings H3627.”
Now when Moses H4872 went H935 into the tent H168 of meeting H4150 to speak H1696 with Him, he heard H8085 the voice H6963 speaking H1696 to him from above H5921 the [fn]mercy H3727 seat H3727 that was on the ark H727 of the testimony H5715, from between H996 the two H8147 cherubim H3742, so He spoke H1696 to him.
Yahweh 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 take H3947 them to the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and let them take H3320 their stand H3320 there H8033 with you.
Now it happened on the next H4283 day H4283 Moses H4872 went H935 into the tent H168 of the testimony H5715; and behold H2009, the rod H4294 of Aaron H175 for the house H1004 of Levi H3878 had sprouted H6524 and put H3318 forth H3318 buds H6525 and produced H6692 flowers H6692, and it bore H1580 ripe H1580 almonds H8247.
Then behold H2009, one H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 and brought H7126 near H7126 to his brothers H251 a Midianite H4084 woman H4084, in the sight H5869 of Moses H4872 and in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, while they were weeping H1058 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
They journeyed H5265 from Rameses H7486 in the first H7223 month H2320, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320; on the [fn]next H4283 day H4283 after H4480 the Passover H6453 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 started H3318 out [fn]with a high H7311 hand H3027 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the Egyptians H4714,
“These H428 words H1697 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to all H3605 your assembly H6951 at the mountain H2022 from the midst H8432 of the fire H784, of the cloud H6051 and of the dense H6205 gloom H6205, with a great H1419 voice H6963, and He added H3254 no H3808 more H3254. He wrote H3789 them on two H8147 tablets H3871 of stone H68 and gave H5414 them to me.
Then Yahweh 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, that I may commission H6680 him.” So Moses H4872 and Joshua H3091 went H1980 and presented H3320 themselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 acted H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 in regard to the things H2764 devoted H2764 to destruction H2764. Achan H5912, the son H1121 of Carmi H3756, the son H1121 of Zabdi H2067, the son H1121 of Zerah H2226, from the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063, took H3947 some H4480 of the devoted H2764 things H2764; therefore the anger H639 of Yahweh H3068 burned H2734 against the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 struck H5221 down H5221, and whose land H776 they possessed H3423 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the east toward the sunrise H4217 H8121, from the valley H5158 of the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Hermon H2768, and all H3605 the Arabah H6160 to the east H4217:
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 struck H5221 down H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 distributed H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
And the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648 [fn]received thirteen H7969 H6240 cities H5892 by lot H1486 from the families H4940 of the tribe H4294 of Issachar H3485 and from the tribe H4294 of Asher H836 and from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321, and from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 in Bashan H1316.
Now 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 manslayer H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Be-eshterah H1203 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054; two H8147 cities H5892.
And they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 by the Jordan H3383, a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758.
Then Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 returned H7725 from the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and from the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, from the land H776 of Gilead H1568 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667, to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to them.
Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh H3068 came H5927 up H5927 from Gilgal H1537 to Bochim H1066. And he said H559, “I brought H5927 you up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 and led H935 you into the land H776 which H834 I have sworn H7650 to your fathers H1; and I said H559, ‘I will never H3808 H5769 break H6565 My covenant H1285 with you,
Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh 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 [fn]preserve H5127 it from the Midianites H4080.
Now it happened that 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 Yahweh H3068 has given H5414 the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 into your hands H3027.”
Then Delilah H1807 said H559 to Samson H8123, “Up to now H2008 you have deceived H8524 me and told H1696 me lies H3577; tell H5046 me [fn]how H4100 you may be bound H631.” And he said H559 to her, “If H518 you weave H707 the seven H7651 locks H4253 of my head H7218 with the web H4545 [fn][and fasten H8628 it with a pin H3489, then I will become weak H2470 and be like any H259 other man H120.”
In those H1992 days H3117 there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 of Israel H3478; and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 was seeking H1245 an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live H3427 in, for until H5704 that day H3117 the land among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 had not fallen H5307 to them as an inheritance H5159.
Then her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, and behold H2009, the woman H802, his concubine H6370, was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
At mealtime H6256 H400 Boaz H1162 said H559 to her, “[fn]Come H5066 here H1988, that you may eat H398 of the bread H3899 and dip H2881 your piece H6595 of H6595 bread H6595 in the vinegar H2558.” So she sat H3427 beside H4480 H6654 the reapers H7114; and he [fn]served H6642 her roasted H7039 grain H7039, and she ate H398 and was H7646 satisfied H7646 and had H3498 some left H3498.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the right H1353 of redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to establish H6965 any H3605 matter H1697: a man H376 removed H8025 his sandal H5275 and gave H5414 it to another H7453; and this H2088 was the manner of attestation H8584 in Israel H3478.
Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas's H6372 wife H802, was with child H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205. And she heard H8085 the report H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 was taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, so she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, for her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.
Then Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David's H1732 house H1004 to keep H8104 watch H8104 over him, in order to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 in the morning H1242. But Michal H4324, David's H1732 wife H802, told H5046 him, saying H559, “If H518 you do not make H4422 an escape H4422 for your life H5315 tonight H3915, tomorrow H4279 you will be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
Now afterward H310 H3651 David H1732 arose H6965 and went H3318 out H3318 of the cave H4631 and called H7121 after H310 Saul H7586, saying H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428!” And when Saul H7586 looked H5027 behind H310 him, David H1732 bowed H6915 with his [fn]face H639 to the ground H776 and prostrated H2331 himself.
“So now H6258, my lord H113, as Yahweh H3068 lives H2416 and as your soul H5315 lives H2416, since H834 Yahweh H3068 has restrained H4513 you from [fn]shedding H935 blood H1818, and from saving H3467 yourself by your own hand H3027, so now H6258, let your enemies H340 and those who seek H1245 evil H7451 against H413 my lord H113, be as Nabal H5037.
Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was holding a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal's H5037 heart H3820 was merry H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 small H6996 or great H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.
Then David H1732 said H559 in his heart H3820, “Now H6258 I will be swept H5595 away H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 that I should utterly escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Saul H7586 then will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”
Then David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David H1732, who had also remained H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor H1308, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.
He also struck H5221 Moab H4124, and measured H4058 them with the line H2256, making them lie H7901 down H7901 on the ground H776; and he measured H4058 two H8147 lines H2256 to put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 and one full H4393 line H2256 to keep H2421 alive H2421. And the Moabites H4124 became H1961 servants H5650 to David H1732, bringing H5375 tribute H4503.
“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nourished H2421;
And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.
It would eat H398 his morsel H6595 of bread and drink H8354 of his cup H3563 and lie H7901 in his bosom H2436,
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.
“Now a visitor H1982 came H935 to the rich H6223 man H376,
And he [fn]was unwilling H2550 to take H3947 from his own flock H6629 or his own herd H1241,
To prepare H6213 for the traveler H732 who had come H935 to him;
Rather 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.”
So 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 desolate H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom's H53 house H1004.
Now King H4428 David H1732 had sent H7971 to Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 the priests H3548, saying H559, “Speak H1696 to the elders H2205 of Judah H3063, saying H559, ‘Why H4100 are you the last H314 to have H7725 the king H4428 return H7725 to his house H1004, while the word H1697 of all H3605 Israel H3478 has come H935 to the king H4428, even to his house H1004?
These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429 a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991, he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112, because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 slain H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471;
Then Solomon H8010 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472. And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord H136, and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings H8002, and made H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650.
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 Yahweh H3068 from the city H5892 of David H1732, which H1931 is Zion H6726.
Now it happened that when Solomon H8010 had [fn]finished H3615 praying H6419 this H2088 entire H3605 prayer H8605 and supplication H8467 to Yahweh H3068, he arose H6965 from before H6440 the altar H4196 of Yahweh H3068, from kneeling H3766 on his knees H1290 with his [fn]hands H3709 spread H6566 toward heaven H8064.
Then Rehoboam H7346 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and assembled H6950 all H3605 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144, 180,000 H3967 H8084 H505 chosen H977 men who could wage H6213 war H4421, to fight H3898 against H5973 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 to return H7725 the kingdom H4410 to Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010.
Now the rest H3499 of all H3605 the acts H1697 of Asa H609 and all H3605 his might H1369 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and the cities H5892 which H834 he built H1129, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063? But in the time H6256 of his old H2209 age H2209 he was H2470 diseased H2470 in his feet H7272.
Now it happened H1961, 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, that he took H3947 Jezebel H348 the daughter H1323 of Ethbaal H856 king H4428 of the Sidonians H6722 as a wife H802, and went H1980 and served H5647 Baal H1168 and worshiped H2331 him.
Then the king sent H7971 to him a commander H8269 of fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. And he went H5927 up H5927 to him, and behold H2009, he was sitting H3427 on the top H7218 of the hill H2022. And he said H1696 to him, “O man H376 of God H430, the king H4428 says H1696, ‘Come H3381 down H3381.'”
Now Elisha H477 said H559 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, “What H4100 do I have to do with you? Go H1980 to the prophets H5030 of your father H1 and to the prophets H5030 of your mother H517.” And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to him, “No H408, for Yahweh H3068 has called H7121 these H428 three H7969 kings H4428 together to give H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Moab H4124.”
Now there came H1961 a day H3117 when Elisha H477 passed H5674 over H5674 to Shunem H7766, where H8033 there was a [fn]prominent H1419 woman H802, and she prevailed H2388 upon him to eat H398 [fn]food H3899. Now it happened, as often H1767 as he passed H5674 by H5674, that he turned H5493 in H5493 there H8033 to eat H398 [fn]food H3899.
Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “Gird H2296 up your loins H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not answer H6030 him; and lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy's H5288 face H6440.”
Now it happened that when the king H4428 of Israel H3478 read H7121 the letter H5612, he tore H7167 his clothes H899 and said H559, “Am I God H430, to put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 and to make H2421 alive H2421, that this H2088 man is sending H7971 word to me to cure H622 a man H376 of his leprosy H6883? But know H3045 now H4994, and see H7200 how H3588 he is seeking H579 [fn]a H579 quarrel H579 against me.”
Then Gehazi H1522, the young H5288 man H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430, said H559 to himself, “Behold H2009, my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean H761, [fn]by not receiving H3947 from his hands H3027 what H834 he brought H935. As Yahweh H3068 lives H2416, I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”
Then he said H559 to him, “Did not my heart H3820 go H1980 with you, when H834 the man H376 turned H2015 from his chariot H4818 to meet H7122 you? Is it a time H6256 to receive H3947 money H3701 and to receive H3947 clothes H899 and olive H2132 groves H2132 and vineyards H3754 and sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H8198?
Now Jehu H3058 had placed H7760 for himself eighty H8084 men H376 outside H2351, and he had said H559, “The one H376 who H834 permits any of H4480 the men H376 whom H834 I cause to come H935 into your hands H3027 to escape H4422, [fn]shall give up his life H5315 in exchange H8478.”
Now King H4428 Ahaz H271 went H1980 to Damascus H1834 to meet H7122 Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804 and saw H7200 the altar H4196 which H834 was at Damascus H1834; and King H4428 Ahaz H271 sent H7971 to Urijah H223 the priest H3548 the likeness H1823 of the altar H4196 and its pattern H8403, according to all H3605 its workmanship H4639.
Then Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518, and Shebnah H7644 and Joah H3098, said H559 to Rabshakeh H7262, “Speak H1696 now H4994 to your servants H5650 in Aramaic H762, for we [fn]understand H8085 it; and do not speak H1696 with us in [fn]Judean H3066 in the hearing H241 of the people H5971 who H834 are on the wall H2346.”
Moreover H1571, Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 very H3966 much H7235 innocent H5355 blood H1818 until H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 from one H6310 end H6310 to another H6310; besides H905 H4480 his sin H2403 with which H834 he made Judah H3063 sin H2398, in doing H6213 what H7451 is evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068.
Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548 and the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order and the [fn]doorkeepers H8104 H5592, to bring H3318 out H3318 of the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal H1168, for [fn]Asherah H842, and for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064; and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron H6939, and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel H1008.
Moreover H1571, the mediums H178 and the spiritists H3049 and the teraphim H8655 and the idols H1544 and all H3605 the detestable H8251 things H8251 that were seen H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389, Josiah H2977 purged H1197 in order that he might [fn]establish H6965 the words H1697 of the law H8451 which were written H3789 in the book H5612 that Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 seed H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191, along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.
Then Jabez H3258 called H7121 on the God H430 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “Oh H518 that H518 You would bless H1288 me indeed H1288 and enlarge H7235 my border H1366, and that Your hand H3027 might be with me, and that You would keep H6213 me from harm H7451 that it may not pain H6087 me!” And God H430 brought H935 about H935 what H834 he asked H7592.
All H3605 these H428 were the sons H1121 of Asher H836, heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 houses H1004, choice H1305 and mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor H2428, heads H7218 of the princes H5387. And the number H4557 of them recorded H3187 by H3187 genealogy H3187 for the army H6635 in war H4421 was 26,000 H6242 H8337 H505 men H376.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who gave H2388 him strong H2388 support H2388 in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, according to the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.
All H3605 these H428, being men H376 of war H4421 who could draw H5737 up H5737 in battle H4634 [fn]lines H4634, came H935 to Hebron H2275 with their whole H8003 heart H3824 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478; and all H3605 the rest H7611 also H1571 of Israel H3478 were of one H259 heart H3820 to make H4427 David H1732 king H4427.
Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves odious H887 to David H1732. So Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 [fn]1,000 H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia H763, from Aram-maacah H758 H4601, and from Zobah H6678.
The sons H1121 of Amram H6019 were Aaron H175 and Moses H4872. And Aaron H175 was separated H914 in order to sanctify H6942 him as most H6944 holy H6944, he and his sons H1121 forever H5704 H5769, to offer H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 before H6440 Yahweh H3068, to minister H8334 to Him and to bless H1288 in His name H8034 forever H5704 H5769.
These H428 were their assignments H6486 for their service H5656 when they came H935 in H935 to the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 according to the legal judgment H4941 rendered to them by the hand H3027 of Aaron H175 their father H1, just H834 as Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, had commanded H6680 him.
Then David H1732 said H559 to his son H1121 Solomon H8010, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, and act H6213; do not fear H3372 nor H408 be dismayed H2865, for Yahweh H3068 God H430, my God H430, is with you. He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 forsake H5800 you until H5704 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 is completed H3615.
Then Solomon H8010 began H2490 to build H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 on Mount H2022 Moriah H4179, where H834 Yahweh had appeared H7200 to his father H1 David H1732, at the place H4725 that David H1732 had prepared H3559 on the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of [fn]Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983.
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 Jerusalem H3389, to bring H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of Yahweh H3068 from the city H5892 of David H1732, which H1931 is Zion H6726.
And according to the judgment H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he caused the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 to stand H5975 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their responsibilities H4931 to praise H1984 and minister H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for David H1732 the man H376 of God H430 had so H3651 commanded H4687.
Now the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 the report H8088 about Solomon H8010. So she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 glorious H3515 retinue H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 spices H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68. And she came H935 to Solomon H8010 and spoke H1696 with him about all H3605 that was in her heart H3824.
He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601, the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa H609, from being queen H1377 mother H1377, because H834 she had made H6213 a horrid H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah H842; and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her horrid 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 went H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Judah H3063 and built H1129 up H1129 Ramah H7414 in order to prevent H1115 H5414 anyone from going H3318 out H3318 or coming H935 in H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063.
Now the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030, as if from one H259 mouth H6310, are good H2896 to the king H4428. So please H4994 let your word H1697 be like one H259 of them and speak H1696 that which is good H2896.”
So the Levites H3881 and all H3605 Judah H3063 did H6213 according to all H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the sabbath H7676, with those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the sabbath H7676, for Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 did not dismiss H6362 any of the divisions H4256.
But when he became H2393 strong H2393, his heart H3820 was H1361 so [fn]proud H1361 that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was H4603 unfaithful H4603 to Yahweh H3068 his God H430. And he entered H935 the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.
And Hezekiah H2396 set H5975 up 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 minister H8334 and to give H3034 thanks H3034 and to praise H1984 in the gates H8179 of the camp H4264 of Yahweh H3068.
Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had cleansed H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, and Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the recorder H2142, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 his God H430.
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to complete H3615 the word H1697 of [fn]Yahweh H3068 from the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—Yahweh H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he had H5674 a proclamation H6963 pass H5674 throughout all H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559:
Then the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 arose H6965, that is of everyone H3605 whose spirit H7307 God H430 had stirred H5782 to go H5927 up H5927 to rebuild H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.
Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389 in the second H8145 month H2320, Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597 and Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087 and the rest H7605 of their brothers H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, and all H3605 who came H935 from the captivity H7628 to Jerusalem H3389, began H2490 the work and appointed H5975 the Levites H3881 from twenty H6242 years H8141 and older H4605 to direct H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
So the builders H1129 laid H3245 the foundation H3245 of the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068. Then [fn]the priests H3548 stood H5975 in H3847 their apparel H3847 with trumpets H2689, and the Levites H3881, the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, with cymbals H4700, to praise H1984 Yahweh H3068 according H5921 to the [fn]directions H3027 of King H4428 David H1732 of Israel H3478.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the [fn]River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them thus H3652, “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 house H1005 and to complete H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
“Moreover, I issue H7761 a decree H2942 concerning what H4101 H1768 you shall do H5648 for those H479 elders H7868 of Judah H3062 in the rebuilding H1124 of that H1791 house H1005 of God H426: the full H629 cost H5313 is to be given H3052 to those H479 people H1400 from the royal H4430 treasury H5232 out of the tribute H4061 of the provinces beyond H5675 the River H5103, and that without H3809 negligence H989.
Then we set H5265 out H5265 from the river H5104 Ahava H163 on the twelfth H8147 H6240 of the first H7223 month H2320 to go H1980 to Jerusalem H3389; and the hand H3027 of our God H430 was upon H5921 us, and He delivered H5337 us from the hand H3709 of the enemy H340 and the ambushes H693 by the way H1870.
So all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 gathered H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 within the three H7969 days H3117. It was the ninth H8671 month H2320 on the twentieth H6242 of the month H2320, and all H3605 the people H5971 sat H3427 in the open H7339 square H7339 before the house H1004 of God H430, trembling H7460 because H5921 of this matter H1697 and the heavy rain H1653.
And all H3605 the people H5971 gathered H622 as one H259 man H376 at the square H7339 which H834 was in front H6440 of the Water H4325 Gate H8179, and they said H559 to Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 to bring H935 the book H5612 of the law H8451 of Moses H4872 which H834 Yahweh H3068 had commanded H6680 to Israel H3478.
“They refused H3985 to listen H8085,
And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You did H6213 among H5973 them;
So they became H7185 H6203 stiff-necked H7185 H6203 and gave H5414 themselves a chief H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 [fn]in Egypt H4714.
But You are a God H433 of lavish H5547 forgiveness H5547,
Gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349,
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in lovingkindness H2617;
And You did not forsake H5800 them.
Now at the dedication H2598 of the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 they sought H1245 out H1245 the Levites H3881 from all H3605 their places H4725, to bring H935 them to Jerusalem H3389 so that they might celebrate H6213 the dedication H2598 with gladness H8057, with hymns H8426 of H8426 thanksgiving H8426 and with songs H7892 to the accompaniment of cymbals H4700, harps H5035 and lyres H3658.
Then I had the leaders H8269 of Judah H3063 come H5927 up H5927 on top H4480 H5921 of the wall H2346, and I had two H8147 great H1419 choirs H8426 of thanksgiving H8426 stand H5975, [fn]the first proceeding H8418 to the right H3225 on top H4480 H5921 of the wall H2346 toward the Dung H830 Gate H8179.
In those H1992 days H3117 I saw H7200 in Judah H3063 some who were treading H1869 wine H1660 presses H1660 on the sabbath H7676, and bringing H935 in H935 sacks H6194 of H6194 grain H6194 and loading H6006 them on donkeys H2543, as well H637 as wine H3196, grapes H6025, figs H8384 and all H3605 kinds of loads H4853, and they brought H935 them into Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117. So I testified H5749 against them on the day H3117 they sold H4376 food H6718.
Now it happened H1961 that just H834 as it grew H6751 dark H6751 at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 the sabbath H7676, I said H559 the word, and the doors H1817 were shut H5462. Then I said H559 that they should not open H6605 them until H5704 after H310 the sabbath H7676. Then I had some of my young H5288 men H5288 stand H5975 at the gates H8179 so that no H3808 load H4853 would enter H935 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117.
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were called H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 to the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the princes H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Ethiopia H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their tongue H3956 as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their tongue H3956.
Then Job's H347 three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 of all H3605 this H2088 calamity H7451 that had come H935 upon him. So they came H935 each H376 one H376 from his own place H4725, Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747, and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284; and they made H3259 an H3259 appointment H3259 together H3162 to come H935 to console H5110 him and comfort H5162 him.
Here H2009 is what H834 I have seen H7200 to be good H2896, which is [fn]beautiful H3303: to eat H398, to drink H8354, and to see H7200 good H2896 in all H3605 one's labor H5999 in which H7945 he labors H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 during the few H4557 days H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him; for this H1931 is his portion H2506.
Now it will be H1961 that instead H8478 of H8478 [fn]sweet H1314 perfume H1314 there will be the smell of rot H4716;
Instead H8478 of H8478 a belt H2290, a rope H5364;
Instead H8478 of H8478 well-set H4748 hair H4748, a plucked-out H7144 scalp H7144;
Instead H8478 of H8478 fine H6614 clothes H6614, a donning H4228 of sackcloth H8242;
He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, removed H5619 its stones H5619,
And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine H8321.
And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it
And also H1571 hewed H2672 out a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He hoped H6960 for it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,
For the vineyard H3754 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 is the house H1004 of Israel H3478
And the men H376 of Judah H3063 His delightful H8191 plant H5194.
Thus He hoped H6960 for justice H4941, but behold H2009, bloodshed H4939;
For righteousness H6666, but behold H2009, a cry H6818 of H6818 distress H6818.
But with righteousness H6664 He will judge H8199 the poor H1800,
And decide H3198 with uprightness H4334 for the afflicted H6035 of the earth H776;
And He will strike H5221 the earth H776 with the rod H7626 of His mouth H6310,
And with the breath H7307 of His lips H8193 He will put H4191 the wicked H7563 to H4191 death H4191.
Then it will be H1961 in that day H3117, that the Lord H136
Will again H3254 acquire H7069 the second H8145 time H8145 with His hand H3027
The remnant H7605 of His people H5971, who H834 will remain H7604,
From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, [fn]Ethiopia H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,
Which sends H7971 envoys H6735 by the sea H3220,
Even in papyrus H1573 vessels H3627 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Go H1980, swift H7031 messengers H4397, to a nation H1471 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
To a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
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 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.
Then He will give H5414 you rain H4306 for [fn]the seed H2233 which H834 you will sow H2232 in the ground H127, and bread H3899 from the produce H8393 of the ground H127, and it will be [fn]rich H1879 and fat H8082; on that day H3117 your livestock H4735 will graze H7462 in a roomy H7337 pasture H3733.
His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
Which reaches H2673 to the neck H6677,
To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and H5130 forth H5130 in a [fn]sieve H5299 of worthlessness H7723,
And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which staggers H8582 one to ruin H8582.
For a wicked H5036 fool H5036 speaks H1696 wicked H5039 folly H5039,
And his heart H3820 does H6213 wickedness H205:
To do H6213 ungodliness H2612 and to speak H1696 error H8442 against H413 Yahweh H3068,
In order to make H7324 the hungry H7457 person H5315 empty H7324;
He even causes the thirsty H6771 to lack H2637 a drink H4945.
He says H559, “It is too H4480 [fn]small H7043 a H7043 thing H7043 that You should be My Servant H5650
To raise H6965 up H6965 the tribes H7626 of Jacob H3290 and to cause H7725 the preserved H5336 ones of Israel H3478 to return H7725;
I will also give H5414 You as 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.”
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“In an acceptable H7522 time H6256 I have answered H6030 You,
And in a day H3117 of salvation H3444 I have helped H5826 You;
And I will guard H5341 You and give H5414 You for a covenant H1285 of the people H5971,
To establish H6965 the land H776, to make H5157 them inherit H5157 the desolate H8074 [fn]inheritance H5159;
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“Where H335 is the certificate H5612 of divorce H3748
By which H834 I have sent H7971 your mother H517 away H7971?
Or H176 to which H4310 of My creditors H5383 did I sell H4376 you?
Behold H2005, you were sold H4376 for your iniquities H5771,
And for your transgressions H6588 your mother H517 was sent H7971 away H7971.
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 man H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 none H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 ransom H6304?
Or H518 have H369 I no H369 power H3581 to deliver H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606;
I make H7760 the rivers H5104 a wilderness H4057;
That you have forgotten H7911 Yahweh H3068 your Maker H6213,
Who stretched H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064
And laid H3245 the foundations H3245 of the earth H776,
That you tremble H6342 in H6342 dread H6342 continually H8548 all H3605 day H3117 long because H4480 H6440 of the wrath H2534 of the one who brings distress H6693,
As he makes H3559 ready H3559 to bring H7843 ruin H7843?
But where H346 is the wrath H2534 of the one who brings distress H6693?
Even those I will bring H935 to My holy H6944 mountain H2022
And make H8055 them glad H8055 in My house H1004 of prayer H8605.
Their burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and their sacrifices H2077 will be acceptable H7522 on My altar H4196;
For My house H1004 will be called H7121 a house H1004 of prayer H8605 for all H3605 the peoples H5971.”
“If H518 because H4480 of the sabbath H7676, you turn H7725 your foot H7272
From doing H6213 your own desire H2656 on My holy H6944 day H3117,
And call H7121 the sabbath H7676 a delight H6027, the holy H6918 day of Yahweh H3068 honorable H3513,
And honor H3513 it, by not doing H6213 your own ways H1870,
“As for Me, this H2088 is My covenant H1285 with them,” says H559 Yahweh H3068: “My Spirit H7307 which H834 is upon you, and My words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in your mouth H6310, shall not depart H4185 from your mouth H6310, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your seed H2233, nor H3808 from the mouth H6310 of your seed's H2233 seed H2233,” says H559 Yahweh H3068, “from now H6258 and forever H5704 H5769.”
Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, who planted H5193 you, has spoken H1696 forth evil H7451 against H5921 you because H1558 of the evil H7451 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and of the house H1004 of Judah H3063, which H834 they have [fn]done H6213 to provoke H3707 Me to anger H3707 by burning H6999 incense H6999 to Baal H1168.
But I was like a gentle H441 lamb H3532 led H2986 to the slaughter H2873;
And I did not know H3045 that they had devised H2803 thoughts H4284 against H5921 me, saying,
“Let us make H7843 the tree H6086 with its [fn]fruit H3899 a ruin H7843,
And let us cut H3772 him off H3772 from the land H776 of the living H2416,
That his name H8034 be remembered H2142 no H3808 more H5750.”
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, “Do not enter H935 the house H1004 of the funeral H4798 meal H4798, or go H1980 to lament H5594 or to console H5110 them; for I have withdrawn H622 My peace H7965 from this H2088 people H5971,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “My lovingkindness H2617 and compassion H7356.
“But it will be H1961, if H518 you listen H8085 carefully H8085 to Me,” declares H5002 Yahweh 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,
“Also among the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen H7200 an appalling H8186 thing H8186:
The committing H5003 of H5003 adultery H5003 and walking H1980 in lying H8267;
And they strengthen H2388 the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489,
So that no H1115 one H376 has turned H7725 back H7725 from his evil H7451.
“Did Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 Judah H3063 put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191? Did he not fear H3372 Yahweh H3068 and entreat H2470 the favor H6440 of Yahweh H3068, and Yahweh H3068 [fn]relented H5162 of H413 the evil H7451 demise which H834 He had spoken H1696 against H5921 them? But we are committing H6213 a great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 ourselves H5315.”
“Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, ‘You have not obeyed H8085 Me in proclaiming H7121 [fn]release H1865 each H376 man H376 to his brother H251 and each H376 man H376 to his neighbor H7453. Behold H2009, I am proclaiming H7121 a [fn]release H1865 to you,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, ‘to the sword H2719, to the pestilence H1698, and to the famine H7458; and I will make H5414 you a terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776.
Then Jeremiah H3414 took H3947 another H312 scroll H4039 and gave H5414 it to Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, the scribe H5608, and he wrote H3789 on it at the dictation H6310 of Jeremiah H3414 all H3605 the words H1697 of the book H5612 which H834 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had burned H8313 in the fire H784; and many H7227 [fn]similar words H1697 were added H3254 to them.
Indeed, that day H3117 belongs to Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635,
A day H3117 of vengeance H5360, so as to avenge H5358 Himself on His adversaries H6862;
And the sword H2719 will devour H398 and be H7646 satiated H7646
And [fn]drink H7301 its fill H7301 of their blood H1818;
For there will be a sacrifice H2077 to Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
In the land H776 of the north H6828 by the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.
‘So I will [fn]shatter H2865 Elam H5867 before H6440 their enemies H340
And before H6440 those who seek H1245 their lives H5315;
And I will bring H935 calamity H7451 upon them,
Even My burning H2740 anger H639,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
‘And I will send H7971 out H7971 the sword H2719 after H310 them
Sharpen H1305 the arrows H2671, fill H4390 the quivers H7982!
Yahweh H3068 has aroused H5782 the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes H4074
Because H3588 His purpose H4209 is against H5921 Babylon H894 to destroy H7843 it;
For it is the vengeance H5360 of Yahweh H3068, vengeance H5360 for His temple H1964.
Then I looked H7200, and behold H2009, a storm H5591 wind H7307 was coming H935 from the north H6828, a great H1419 cloud H6051 with fire H784 flashing H3947 forth H3947 continually and a bright H5051 light H5051 all around H5439 it, and in its midst H8432 something like the gleam H5869 of glowing H2830 metal H2830 in the midst H8432 of the fire H784.
Now above H4480 H4605 the expanse H7549 that was over H5921 their heads H7218 there was something H1823 in the likeness H1823 of a throne H3678, like sapphire H5601 stone H68 in appearance H4758; and upon the likeness H1823 of the throne H3678, high H4480 H4605 up, was the likeness H1823 of one with the appearance H4758 of a man H120.
“Now as for you, take H3947 wheat H2406, barley H8184, beans H6321, lentils H5742, millet H1764, and spelt H3698; set H5414 them in one H259 vessel H3627 and make H6213 them into bread H3899 for yourself; you shall eat H398 it according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that you lie H7901 on your side H6654, 390 H7969 H3967 H8673 days H3117.
Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068, between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196, were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east H6924; and they were [fn]prostrating H2331 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun H8121.
For thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “How H637 much H637 more H637 H3588 when H3588 I send H7971 My four H702 calamitous H7451 judgments H8201 against H413 Jerusalem H3389: sword H2719, famine H7458, wild H7451 beasts H2416, and plague H1698 to cut H3772 off H3772 man H120 and beast H929 from it!
“But there was [fn]another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 and much H7227 plumage H5133; and behold H2009, this H2088 vine H1612 bent H3719 its roots H8328 toward H5921 him and sent H7971 out H7971 its foliage H1808 toward him from the beds H6170 where H4302 it was planted H4302, that he might water H8248 it.
Then I said H559 I would pour H8210 out H8210 My wrath H2534 on them, to [fn]spend H3615 My anger H639 against them in the midst H8432 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
“Therefore H3651, thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, ‘Because H3282 you have made H2142 your iniquity H5771 to H2142 be H2142 remembered H2142, in that your transgressions H6588 are uncovered H1540, so that in all H3605 your deeds H5949 your sins H2403 appear H7200—because H3282 you have come H2142 to H2142 remembrance H2142, you will be seized H8610 with the hand H3709.
“I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness H4057, you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your canals H2975 of the Nile H2975;
You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field H7704; you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered H6908.
I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the beasts H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.
‘Thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “On the day H3117 when it went H3381 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 I caused H56 mourning H56; I covered H3680 it with the [fn]deep H8415 over H5921 it and held H4513 back H4513 its rivers H5104. And its many H7227 waters H4325 were stopped H3607 up H3607, and I made Lebanon H3844 [fn]mourn H6937 for it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 wilted H5968 away H5968 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 it.
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her multitude H1995 all around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them slain H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 put H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who went H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
‘Thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Are you the one H1931 of whom H834 I spoke H1696 in former H6931 days H3117 by the hand H3027 of My slaves H5650 the prophets H5030 of Israel H3478, who prophesied H5012 in those H1992 days H3117 for many years H8141 that I would bring H935 you against H5921 them?
“Now as for you, son H1121 of man H120, thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, ‘Say H559 to every H3605 [fn]kind H3671 of bird H6833 and to every H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704, “Gather H6908 and come H935, assemble H622 from every H5439 side H5439 to My sacrifice H2077 which H834 I am going to sacrifice H2076 for you, as a great H1419 sacrifice H2077 on the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478, that you may eat H398 flesh H1320 and drink H8354 blood H1818.
“And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth H2948): the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit H520, and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 round H5439 about H5439 one H259 [fn]span H2239; and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar H4196.
“But the Levitical H3881 priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Zadok H6659, who H834 kept H8104 the responsibility H4931 of My sanctuary H4720 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 from Me, shall come H7126 near H7126 to Me to minister H8334 to Me; and they shall stand H5975 before H6440 Me to bring H7126 near H7126 to Me the fat H2459 and the blood H1818,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068.
Then he brought H7725 me back H7725 to the door H6607 of the house H1004; and behold H2009, water H4325 was flowing H3318 from under H8478 the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 toward the east H6921, for the house H1004 faced H6440 east H6921. And the water H4325 was flowing H3381 down H3381 from under H8478, from the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004, from south H5045 of the altar H4196.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was filled H4391 with wrath H2528, and the image H6755 of his face H600 changed H8133 toward H5922 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered H6032 and said H560 to heat H228 the furnace H861 seven H7655 times H2298 more H5922 than H5922 H1768 it was usually H2370 heated H228.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 was astounded H8429 and hurriedly H927 stood H6966 up H6966; he answered H6032 and said H560 to his high H1907 officials H1907, “Was it not three H8532 men H1400 we cast H7412 tied H3729 up H3729 into the midst H1459 of the fire H5135?” They answered H6032 and said H560 to the king H4430, “Certainly H3330, O king H4430.”
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“Then H116 I desired H6634 to know H3321 the H3321 [fn]exact H3321 meaning H3321 of the fourth H7244 beast H2423, which H1768 was different H8133 from all H3606 [fn]the others, extraordinarily H3493 fearsome H1763, with its teeth H8128 of iron H6523 and its claws H2953 of bronze H5174, and which devoured H399, crushed H1855, and trampled H7512 down H7512 the remainder H7606 with its feet H7271,
“To You, O Lord H136, belongs righteousness H6666, but to us [fn]open H6440 shame H1322, as it is this H2088 day H3117—to the men H376 of Judah H3063, the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, and all H3605 Israel H3478, those who are nearby H7138 and those who are far H7350 away in all H3605 the countries H776 to which H834 You have banished H5080 them, because of their unfaithful H4603 H4604 deeds H4604 which H834 they have committed H4603 against You.
Now while H5750 I was speaking H1696 and praying H6419, and confessing H3034 my sin H2403 and the sin H2403 of my people H5971 Israel H3478, and [fn]presenting H5307 my supplication H8467 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 my God H430 in H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 the holy H6944 mountain H2022 of my God H430,
“Seventy H7657 [fn]weeks H7620 have been determined H2852 for your people H5971 and for your holy H6944 city H5892, to [fn]finish H3615 the transgression H6588, to [fn]make H8552 an end H8552 of sin H2403, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for iniquity H5771, to bring H935 in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness H6664, to seal H2856 up H2856 vision H2377 and [fn]prophecy H5030, and to anoint H4886 the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944.
“Now in those H1992 times H6256 many H7227 will stand H5975 against H5921 the king H4428 of the South H5045; the violent H6530 ones H1121 H6530 among your people H5971 will also lift H5375 themselves up H5375 in order to cause the vision H2377 to stand H5975, but they will [fn]fall H3782 down H3782.
And now H6258 they sin H2398 more H3254 and more H3254
And make H6213 for themselves molten H4541 images H4541,
Idols H6091 made from their silver H3701 according to their understanding H8394,
All H3605 of them the work H4639 of craftsmen H2796.
They are saying H559 of them, “Let the [fn]men H120 who sacrifice H2076 kiss H5401 the calves H5695!”
Let the priests H3548, the ministers H8334 of Yahweh H3068,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “Pity H2347 Your people H5971, O Yahweh H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a reproach H2781,
A byword H4912 among the nations H1471.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Edom H123 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
While he corrupted H7843 his compassion H7356;
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Judah H3063 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the law H8451 of Yahweh H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes H2706;
Their [fn]falsehood H3577 also has led H8582 them astray H8582,
I saw H7200 the Lord H136 standing H5324 beside H5921 the altar H4196, and He said H559,
“Strike H5221 the capitals H3730 so that the thresholds H5592 will quake H7493,
And break H1214 them on the heads H7218 of them all H3605!
Then I will kill H2026 the rest H319 of them with the sword H2719;
Not one of them who H5127 can flee H5127 will flee H5127,
And not one of them who H6412 can survive H6412 will escape H4422.
“On that day H3117 they will take H5375 up H5375 against H5921 you a [fn]taunt H4912
And [fn]utter H5091 a bitter H5093 wailing H5092 and say H559,
‘We are completely H7703 devastated H7703!
He exchanges H4171 the portion H2506 of my people H5971;
How H349 He removes H4185 it from me!
To the faithless H7728 one, He apportions H2505 our fields H7704.'
I heard H8085, and my [fn]inward H990 parts H990 trembled H7264;
At the sound H6963 my lips H8193 tingled H6750.
Decay H7538 enters H935 my bones H6106,
And in H8478 my place H8478 I tremble H7264.
Because H834 I must wait H5117 quietly H5117 for the day H3117 of distress H6869,
[fn]For the people H5971 to arise H5927 who will invade H1464 us.
“I have cut H3772 off H3772 nations H1471;
Their corner H6438 towers H6438 are H8074 desolate H8074.
I have made H2717 their streets H2351 a waste H2717,
With no H1097 one H1097 passing H5674 by H5674;
Their cities H5892 are laid H6658 waste H6658,
Without H4480 H1097 a man H376, without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427.
“Therefore H3651 wait H2442 for Me,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“For the day H3117 when I rise H6965 up H6965 as a witness H5707.
Indeed H3588, My judgment H4941 is to assemble H622 nations H1471,
To gather H6908 kingdoms H4467,
To pour H8210 out H8210 on them My indignation H2195,
All H3605 My burning H2740 anger H639;
“In that day H3117 you will feel H954 no H3808 shame H954
Because H4480 of all H3605 your deeds H5949
By which H834 you have transgressed H6586 against Me;
For then H227 I will remove H5493 from your midst H7130
Your proud H1346, exulting H5947 ones H5947,
And you will never H3808 H5750 again H3254 be H1361 haughty H1361
Then it will be H1961 that any H3605 who are left H3498 of all H3605 the nations H1471 that went H935 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 will go H5927 up H5927 from year H8141 to year H8141 to worship H2331 the King H4428, Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, and to celebrate H2287 the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.
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