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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 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”—
Then Adam H121 [fn]knew H3045 his wife H802 again H5750; and she [fn]gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121 and named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Seth H8352, for she said, “God H430 [fn]has set H7896 for me another H312 [fn]seed H2233 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Abel H1893, for Cain H7014 killed H2026 him.”
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.
“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.'
And Esau H6215 saw H7200 that Isaac H3327 had blessed H1288 Jacob H3290 and sent H7971 him away H7971 to Paddan-aram H6307 to take H3947 for himself a wife H802 from there H8033, and that when he blessed H1288 him he commanded H6680 him, saying H559, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667,”
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.”
Now it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121, Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251, each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the unsuspecting H983 city H5892 and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then 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.
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.
And the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile H2975, with her young H5291 women H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile H2975; and she saw H7200 the [fn]ark H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her maidservant H519, and she took H3947 it to her.
And Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “When you go H1980 to return H7725 to Egypt H4714, see H7200 to it that all H3605 the miraculous H4159 wonders H4159 which H834 I have put H7760 in your hand H3027, that you do H6213 them before H6440 Pharaoh H6547; but as for Me, I will [fn]harden H2388 his heart H3820 with strength H2388 so that he will not let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.
Now Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Stretch H5186 out H5186 your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, that there may be H1961 hail H1259 on all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on man H120 and on beast H929 and on every H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704, throughout the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Stretch H5186 out H5186 your hand H3027 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for the locusts H697, that they may come H5927 up H5927 on the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and eat H398 every H3605 plant H6212 of the land H776, all H3605 that the hail H1259 has left H7604 remaining H7604.”
And Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Remember H2142 this H2088 day H3117 in which H834 you went H3318 out H3318 from Egypt H4714, from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery H5650; for by a strong H2392 hand H3027 Yahweh H3068 brought H3318 you out H3318 from this H2088 place. And nothing H3808 leavened H2557 shall be eaten H398.
Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Elim H362, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, which H834 is between H996 Elim H362 and Sinai H5514, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the second H8145 month H2320 after their departure H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
“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 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872, “Go H1980! Go H5927 up H5927 from here H2088, you and the people H5971 whom H834 you have brought H5927 up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, to the land H776 of which H834 I swore H7650 to Abraham H85, to Isaac H3327, and to Jacob H3290, saying H559, ‘To your seed H2233 I will give H5414 it.'
Now Moses H4872 used to take H3947 the tent H168 and pitch H5186 it outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264, a good H7368 distance H7368 from the camp H4264, and he called H7121 it the tent H168 of meeting H4150. And everyone H3605 who sought H1245 Yahweh H3068 would go H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which H834 was outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264.
“You shall keep H8104 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682. For seven H7651 days H3117 you shall eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread H4682, which I commanded H6680 you, at the appointed H4150 time H4150 in the month H2320 of Abib H24, for in the month H2320 of Abib H24 you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714.
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.
‘Also if H518 you bring H7126 near H7126 a grain offering H4503 of early H1061 ripened H1061 things H1061 to Yahweh H3068, you shall bring H7126 near H7126 fresh H24 heads H24 of H24 grain H24 roasted H7033 in the fire H784, grits H1643 of new H3759 growth H3759, for the grain offering H4503 of your early H1061 ripened H1061 things H1061.
Then Moses H4872 spoke H1696 to Aaron H175 and to his remaining H3498 sons H1121, Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385, “Take H3947 the remaining H3498 grain offering H4503 from the offerings H801 to Yahweh H3068 by H801 fire H801 and eat H398 it unleavened H4682 beside H681 the altar H4196, for it is most H6944 holy H6944.
‘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.
“If H518, on the other hand, the priest H3548 comes H935 in H935 and looks H7200 again, and the mark H5061 has not indeed H2009 spread H6581 in the house H1004 after H310 the house H1004 has been replastered H2902, then the priest H3548 shall pronounce H2891 the house H1004 clean H2891 because H3588 the mark H5061 has [fn]not H7495 reappeared H7495.
‘Now if H3588 a woman H802 has H2100 a discharge H2101 of her blood H1818 many H7227 days H3117, not at the period H6256 of her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079, or H176 if H3588 she has H2100 a discharge H2100 beyond H5921 [fn]that period H5079, all H3605 the days H3117 of her unclean H2932 discharge H2101 she shall continue H1961 as though [fn]in her menstrual H5079 impurity H5079; she is unclean H2931.
‘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.
‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father's H1 daughter H1323, or H176 his mother's H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister's H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.
‘And the priest H3548 who is the highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been ordained H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 as a Nazirite H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 for which H834 he dedicated H5144 himself as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 to Yahweh H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
Now it happened on the day H3117 that Moses H4872 had finished H3615 setting H6965 up H6965 the tabernacle H4908, that he anointed H4886 it and set H6942 it apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 with all H3605 its furnishings H3627 and the altar H4196 and all H3605 its utensils H3627; he anointed H4886 them and set H6942 them apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942.
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.
But two H8147 men H376 had remained H7604 in the camp H4264; the name H8034 of one H259 was Eldad H419 and the name H8034 of the [fn]other H8145 Medad H4312. And the Spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon them (now they were among those who had been registered H3789, but had not gone H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168), and they prophesied H5012 in the camp H4264.
Now there went H5265 forth H5265 a wind H7307 from Yahweh H3068, and it brought H1468 quail H7958 from the sea H3220, and let them fall H5203 beside H5921 the camp H4264, about a day's H3117 journey H1870 on this H3541 side H3541 and a day's H3117 journey H1870 on the other H3541 side H3541, all H5439 around H5439 the camp H4264 and [fn]about two [fn]cubits H520 over the surface H6440 of the ground H776.
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 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Aaron H175, “Now behold H2009, I Myself H589 have given H5414 you the responsibility H4931 of My [fn]contributions H8641, even all H3605 the holy H6944 gifts of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 I have given H5414 them to you as a portion H4888 and to your sons H1121 as a perpetual H5769 statute H2706.
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.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 had H1961 an exceedingly H3966 large H6099 number H6099 of livestock H4735. And they saw H7200 the land H776 of Jazer H3270 and the land H776 of Gilead H1568, that [fn]it was indeed H2009 a place H4725 suitable H4725 for livestock H4735,
So Moses H4872 gave H5414 to them, to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and to the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Joseph's H3130 son H1121 Manasseh H4519, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567 and the kingdom H4467 of Og H5747, the king H4428 of Bashan H1316, the land H776 with its cities H5892 with their [fn]territories H1367, the cities H5892 of the surrounding H5439 land H776.
“Then we set H5265 out H5265 from Horeb H2722 and went H1980 through all H3605 that great H1419 and 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 all H3605 of you came H7126 near to me and said H559, ‘Let us send H7971 men H376 before H6440 us, that they may search H2658 out H2658 the land H776 for us and bring H7725 back H7725 to us word H1697 of the way H1870 by which H834 we should go H5927 up H5927 and the cities H5892 which H834 we shall enter H935.'
“So we passed H5674 beyond H5674 H4480 our brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165, away H4480 from the Arabah H6160 road H1870, away H4480 from Elath H359 and from Ezion-geber H6100. And we turned H6437 and passed H5674 through H5674 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Moab H4124.
“So now H6258, O Israel H3478, listen H8085 to the statutes H2706 and the judgments H4941 which H834 I am teaching H3925 you to do H6213, so H4616 that you may live H2421 and go H935 in H935 and take H3423 possession H3423 of the land H776 which H834 Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of your fathers H1, is giving H5414 you.
“Only H7534 keep H8104 yourself and keep H8104 your soul H5315 very H3966 carefully H3966, lest H6435 you forget H7911 the things H1697 which H834 your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 and lest H6435 they depart H5493 from your heart H3824 all H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416. But make H3045 them known H3045 to your sons H1121 and to your grandsons H1121.
‘You shall remember H2142 that you were a slave H5650 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and Yahweh H3068 your God H430 brought H3318 you out H3318 of there H8033 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 and with an outstretched H5186 arm H2220; therefore H5921 H3651 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 commanded H6680 you to observe H6213 the sabbath H7676 day H3117.
“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.
“When H3588 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are entering H935 to possess H3423 it, and He clears H5394 away H5394 many H7227 nations H1471 before H4480 H6440 you, the Hittites H2850 and the Girgashites H1622 and the Amorites H567 and the Canaanites H3669 and the Perizzites H6522 and the Hivites H2340 and the Jebusites H2983, seven H7651 nations H1471 more numerous H7227 and stronger H6099 than H4480 you,
“Do not say H559 in your heart H3824 when Yahweh H3068 your God H430 has driven H1920 them out H1920 before H4480 H6440 you, saying H559, ‘Because of my righteousness H6666 Yahweh H3068 has brought H935 me in H935 to possess H3423 this H2088 land H776,' but it is because of the wickedness H7564 of these H428 nations H1471 that Yahweh H3068 is dispossessing H3423 them before H4480 H6440 you.
“However H7534, you may sacrifice H2076 and eat H398 meat H1320 within any H3605 of your gates H8179, [fn]whatever H3605 you desire H185, according to the blessing H1293 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 which H834 He has given H5414 you; the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 may eat H398 of it, as of the gazelle H6643 and the deer H354.
“If H3588 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;
“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,
“If H3588 you happen H7122 to H7122 come H7122 upon H7122 a bird's H6833 nest H7064 along the way H1870, in any H3605 tree H6086 or H176 on the ground H776, with young H667 ones H667 or H176 eggs H1000, and the mother H517 sitting H7257 on the young H667 or H176 on the eggs H1000, you shall not take H3947 the mother H517 with the young H1121;
“When H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a new H2319 wife H802, he shall not go H3318 out H3318 with the army H6635 nor H3808 be charged H5674 with any H3605 duty H1697; he shall be free H5355 at home H1004 one H259 year H8141 and shall give H8055 gladness H8055 to his wife H802 whom H834 he has taken H3947.
“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.
“Yahweh H3068 will send H7971 upon you the curse H3994, confusion H4103, and rebuke H4045, in all H3605 [fn]that you send H4916 forth H4916 your hand H3027 to do H6213, until H5704 you are destroyed H8045 and until H5704 you perish H6 quickly H4118, on H4480 H6440 account H4480 H6440 of H4480 H6440 the evil H7455 of your deeds H4611, because H834 you have forsaken H5800 Me.
“So it will be, when H3588 all H3605 of these H428 things H1697 have come H935 upon you, the blessing H1293 and the curse H7045 which H834 I have set H5414 before H6440 you, and you cause these things to return H7725 to your heart H3824 in all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 has banished H5080 you,
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.
Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 sent H7971 two H8147 men H376 as spies H7270 secretly H2791 from Shittim H7851, saying H559, “Go H1980, see H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and came H935 into the house H1004 of a harlot H802 H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343 and [fn]lodged H7901 there H8033.
Thus H3651 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 and carried H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the lodging H4411 place H4411 and laid H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 Yahweh H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Then it happened H1961 that on the seventh H7637 day H3117 they rose H7925 early H7925 at the [fn]breaking H7837 H5927 of dawn H7837 and marched H5437 around H5437 the city H5892 in the same H2088 manner H4941 seven H7651 times H6471; only H7534 on that day H3117 they marched H5437 around H5437 the city H5892 seven H7651 times H6471.
Then Joshua H3091 made them swear H7650 an oath at that time H6256, saying H559, “Cursed H779 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 is the man H376 who H834 rises H6965 up H6965 and builds H1129 this H2088 city H5892 Jericho H3405; with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he shall lay H3245 its foundation H3245, and with the loss of his youngest H6810 son H6810 he shall set H5324 up its gates H1817.”
Now Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not fear H3372 or be dismayed H2865. Take H3947 all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 with you and arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Ai H5857; see H7200, I have given H5414 into your hand H3027 the king H4428 of Ai H5857, his people H5971, his city H5892, and his land H776.
Now it happened H1961 that when Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 that Joshua H3091 had captured H3920 Ai H5857 and had devoted H2763 it to destruction H2763 (just H834 as he had done H6213 to Jericho H3405 and its king H4428, so H3651 he had done H6213 to Ai H5857 and its king H4428), and that the inhabitants H3427 of Gibeon H1391 had made H7999 peace H7999 with Israel H3478 and were [fn]within H7130 their land H7130,
Then the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 word to Joshua H3091 to the camp H4264 at Gilgal H1537, saying H559, “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your slaves H5650; come H5927 up H5927 to us quickly H4120 and save H3467 us and help H5826 us, for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that live H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 have assembled H6908 against H413 us.”
Now Joshua H3091 captured H3920 Makkedah H4719 on that day H3117 and struck H5221 it and its king H4428 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; he [fn]devoted H2763 [fn]it to destruction H2763 and every H3605 [fn]person H5315 who H834 was in it. He left H7604 no H3808 survivor H8300. Thus he did H6213 to the king H4428 of Makkedah H4719 just H834 as he had done H6213 to the king H4428 of Jericho H3405.
Thus Joshua H3091 struck H5221 all H3605 the land H776—the hill H2022 country H2022 and the [fn]Negev H5045 and the [fn]Shephelah H8219 and the slopes H794—as well as all H3605 their kings H4428. He left H7604 no H3808 survivor H8300 remaining H7604, but he devoted H2763 to destruction H2763 all H3605 who H5397 breathed H5397, just H834 as Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, had commanded H6680.
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:
Then the men H376 arose H6965 and went H1980, and Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 those who went H1980 to write H3789 the description of the land H776, saying H559, “Go H1980 and walk H1980 through the land H776 and write H3789 a description of it, and return H7725 to me; then I will cast H7993 lots H1486 for you here H6311 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 in Shiloh H7887.”
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 distributed H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
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.
“Now behold H2009, today H3117 I am going H1980 the way H1870 of all H3605 the earth H776, and you know H3045 in all H3605 your hearts H3824 and in all H3605 your souls H5315 that not one H259 word H1697 of all H3605 the good H2896 words H1697 which H834 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 spoke H1696 concerning H5921 you has failed H5307; all H3605 have come H935 to pass H935 for you; not one word H259 of them has failed H5307.
Now the sons H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, went H5927 up H5927 from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people H5971.
But Manasseh H4519 did not take H3423 possession H3423 of Beth-shean H1052 and its towns H1323 or Taanach H8590 and its towns H1323 or the inhabitants H3427 of Dor H1756 and its towns H1323 or the inhabitants H3427 of Ibleam H2991 and its towns H1323 or the inhabitants H3427 of Megiddo H4023 and its towns H1323; so the Canaanites H3669 persisted H2974 to live H3427 in that land H776.
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 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.
So Gideon H1439 went H935 in H935 and prepared H6213 a young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 and unleavened H4682 bread H4682 from an [fn]ephah H374 of flour H7058; he put H7760 the meat H1320 in a basket H5536 [fn]and the broth H4839 in a pot H6517 and brought H3318 them out H3318 to him under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 and presented H5066 them.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him rose H7925 early H7925 and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.
Now 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.”
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”
And he said H559 to them,
And Delilah H1807 saw H7200 that he had told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820, so she sent H7971 and called H7121 the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430, saying H559, “Come H5927 up H5927 once H6471 more H6471, for he has told H5046 me all H3605 that is in his heart H3820.” Then the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up H5927 to her and brought H5927 up H5927 the silver H3701 in their hands H3027.
Then the five H2568 men H376 went H1980 forth and came H935 to Laish H3919 and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, after the [fn]manner H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and secure H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 conqueror H3423 dishonoring H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
And the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 answered H6030 and said H559 to their relatives H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image H4541? So now H6258, know H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”
Now they took H3947 what H834 Micah H4318 had made H6213 and the priest H3548 who H834 had H1961 belonged H1961 to him, and they came H935 to Laish H3919, to a people H5971 quiet H8252 and secure H982, and struck H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and they burned H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784.
They were making their hearts H3820 merry H3190, and behold H2009, the men H376 of the city H5892, certain H376 [fn]vile H1100 fellows H1121, surrounded H5437 the house H1004, pounding H1849 the door H1817; and they spoke H559 to the owner H1167 of the house H1004, the old H2205 man H376, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the man H376 who H834 came H935 into your house H1004 that we may [fn]know H3045 him.”
Then her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, and behold H2009, the woman H802, his concubine H6370, was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
Now Boaz H1162 went H5927 up H5927 to the gate H8179 and sat H3427 down H3427 there H8033, and behold H2009, the kinsman redeemer H1350 of whom H834 Boaz H1162 spoke H1696 was passing H5674 by H5674, so he said H559, “Turn H5493 aside H5493, [fn]my fellow H6423 H492, sit H3427 down H3427 here H6311.” And he turned H5493 aside H5493 and sat H3427 down H3427.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the right H1353 of redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to establish H6965 any H3605 matter H1697: a man H376 removed H8025 his sandal H5275 and gave H5414 it to another H7453; and this H2088 was the manner of attestation H8584 in Israel H3478.
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 the men H376 of Kiriath-jearim H7157 came H935 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068 up H5927 and brought H935 it into the house H1004 of Abinadab H41 on the hill H1389 and set H6942 apart H6942 Eleazar H499 his son H1121 as H6942 holy H6942 in order to keep H8104 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068.
Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, 30,000 H7970 H505 chariots H7393 and 6,000 H8337 H505 horsemen H6571 and people H5971 like the sand H2344 which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193 in abundance H7230; and they came H5927 up H5927 and camped H2583 in Michmash H4363, east H6926 of Beth-aven H1007.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980 and let us cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H5676 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then Saul H7586 said H559, “Let us go H3381 down H3381 after H310 the Philistines H6430 by night H3915 and take H962 spoil H962 among them until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, and let us not leave H7604 a man H376 of them.” And they said H559, “Do H6213 whatever H3605 seems good H2896 in your eyes H5869.” So the priest H3548 said H559, “Let us draw H7126 near H7126 to God H430 here H1988.”
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.”
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was sitting H3427 in Gibeah H1390, under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 around H5921 him.
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 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 answered H6030 and said H559 to Ahimelech H288 the Hittite H2850 and to Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870, Joab's H3097 brother H251, saying H559, “Who H4310 will go H3381 down H3381 with me to Saul H7586 in the camp H4264?” And Abishai H52 said H559, “I will go H3381 down H3381 with you.”
Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself and put H3847 on H3847 other H312 clothes H899, and he went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Divine H7080 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me whom H834 I shall say H559 to you.”
Then Saul H7586 quickly H4116 fell H5307 full H4393 length H6967 upon the ground H776 and was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372 because H4480 of the words H1697 of Samuel H8050; also H1571 there was no H3808 strength H3581 in him, for he had eaten H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899 all H3605 day H3117 and all H3605 night H3915.
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 the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but the blind H5787 and lame H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493”; [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Then 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.
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.
Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 odious H887 to David H1732. So the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, 20,000 H6242 H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with 1,000 H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with 12,000 H8147 H6240 H505 men H376.
“Now 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.
But David H1732 went H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of the Mount of Olives H2132, and wept H1058 as he went H5927, and his head H7218 was covered H2645 and he was walking H1980 barefoot H3182. And all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him each H376 covered H2645 his head H7218 and went H5927 up H5927 weeping H1058 as they went H5927.
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.
And Ahimaaz H290 called H7121 and said H559 to the king H4428, “Peace H7965!” And he prostrated H2331 himself before the king H4428 with his [fn]face H639 to the ground H776. And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 is Yahweh H3068 your God H430, who H834 has delivered H5462 up H5462 the men H376 who H834 lifted H5375 their hands H3027 against my lord H113 the king H4428.”
And 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.
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 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.”
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.”
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.
So Solomon H8010 celebrated H6213 the feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from [fn]Lebo-hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 Yahweh H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, even fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.
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 it happened H1961 when all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 that Jeroboam H3379 had returned H7725, that they sent H7971 and called H7121 him to the congregation H5712 and made H4427 him king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478. None H3808 but the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 followed H310 the house H1004 of David H1732.
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.
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 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.
So he went H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202, while he was plowing H2790 with twelve H8147 H6240 pairs H6776 of oxen before H6440 him, and he with the twelfth H8147 H6240. And Elijah H452 passed H5674 over H5674 to him and threw H7993 his mantle H155 on him.
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.”
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 the attendant H8334 of the man H376 of God H430 arose H6965 early H7925 and went H3318 out H3318, and behold H2009, a military H2428 force H2428 with horses H5483 and chariots H7393 was all H5437 around H5437 the city H5892. And his young H5288 man H5288 said H559 to him, “Alas H162, my master H113! [fn]What H351 shall we do H6213?”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 to take H5493 away H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is not the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 behind H310 him?”
Now Elisha H477 spoke H1696 to the woman H802 whose H834 son H1121 he had restored H2421 to H2421 life H2421, saying H559, “Arise H6965 and go H1980 [fn]with your household H1004, and sojourn H1481 wherever H834 you can sojourn H1481; for Yahweh H3068 has called H7121 for a famine H7458, and it will even H1571 come H935 on the land H776 for seven H7651 years H8141.”
Then he went H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]blessed H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, as my heart H3824 is with your heart H3824?” And Jehonadab H3082 [fn]answered H559, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give H5414 me your hand H3027.” And he gave H5414 him his hand H3027, and he took H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Now 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 Elisha H477 [fn]became H2470 sick H2470 with the illness H2483 of which H834 he was to die H4191. So Joash H3060 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H3381 down H3381 to him and wept H1058 over H5921 [fn]him and said H559, “My father H1, my father H1, the chariots H7393 of Israel H3478 and its horsemen H6571!”
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and his might H1369, how H834 he fought H3898 and how H834 he restored H7725 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574 to Judah H3063 in Israel H3478, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?
In the days H3117 of Pekah H6492 king H4428 of Israel H3478, [fn]Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came H935 and took H3947 Ijon H5859 and Abel-beth-maacah H62 and Janoah H3239 and Kedesh H6943 and Hazor H2674 and Gilead H1568 and Galilee H1552, all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali H5321; and he took H1540 them away H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Assyria H804.
And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 men from Babylon H894 and from Cuthah H3575 and from [fn]Avva H5755 and from Hamath H2574 and Sepharvaim H5617, and settled H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So they possessed H3423 Samaria H8111 and lived H3427 in its cities H5892.
To this H2088 day H3117 they are acting H6213 according to the earlier H7223 customs H4941: they are not H369 fearing H3372 Yahweh H3068; they are not H369 acting H6213 according to their statutes H2708 or their judgments H4941 or the law H8451, or the commandment H4687 which H834 Yahweh H3068 commanded H6680 the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290, whom H834 He named H7760 H8034 Israel H3478;
‘Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 concerning H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804, “He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 or shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043 or H3808 throw H8210 up H8210 a siege H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 and all H3605 his might H1369, and how H834 he made H6213 the pool H1295 and the conduit H8585 and brought H935 water H4325 into the city H5892, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?
Moreover H1571, 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.
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.
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.
Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Kore H6981, the son H1121 of [fn]Ebiasaph H43, the son H1121 of Korah H7141, and his relatives H251 of his father's H1 house H1004, the Korahites H7145, were over H5921 the work H4399 of the service H5656, keepers H8104 of the thresholds H5592 of the tent H168; and their fathers H1 had been over H5921 the camp H4264 of Yahweh H3068, keepers H8104 of the entrance H3996.
Now it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that Joab H3097 led H5090 out H5090 the force H2428 of the military H6635 and brought H7843 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 to ruin H7843, and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 at Jerusalem H3389. And Joab H3097 struck H5221 Rabbah H7237 and [fn]tore H2040 it down H2040.
These H428 were the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 according to their fathers' H1 households H1004, even the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of those of them who were [fn]counted H6485, in the number H4557 of names H8034 by their [fn]census H1538, doing H6213 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068, from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605.
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.
“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,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to You toward H1870 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
“So now H6258, arise H6965, O Yahweh H3068 God H430, to Your resting H5117 place H5117, You and the ark H727 of Your strength H5797; let Your priests H3548, O Yahweh H3068 God H430, be clothed H3847 with salvation H8668 and let Your holy H2623 ones H2623 be glad H8055 in what H2896 is H2896 good H2896.
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.
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 a return for what H834 she had brought H935 to the king H4428. Then she turned H2015 around H2015 and went H1980 to her own land H776 together with her servants H5650.
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.
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.
And they rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out H3318, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, O Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, establish H539 your faith H539 in Yahweh H3068 your God H430 and you will be established H539. Establish H539 your faith H539 in His prophets H5030 and succeed H6743.”
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.
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 when all H3605 this H2088 was completed H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, shattered H7665 the pillars H4676, cut H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 in H1438 pieces H1438, and tore H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 the destruction was completed H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
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.
Afterwards H310 H3651, he built H1129 the outer H2435 wall H2346 of the city H5892 of David H1732 on the west H4628 side H4628 of Gihon H1521, in the valley H5158, even to the entrance H935 of the Fish H1709 Gate H8179; and he encircled H5437 the Ophel H6077 with it and made H1361 it very H3966 high H1361. Then he put H7760 military H2428 commanders H8269 in all H3605 the fortified H1219 cities H5892 of Judah H3063.
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.
So Hilkiah H2518 and those whom H834 the king H4428 [fn]had told went H1980 to Huldah H2468 the prophetess H5031, the wife H802 of Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of [fn]Tokhath H8445, the son H1121 of Hasrah H2641, keeper H8104 of the wardrobe H899 (now she lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 in the Second H4932 Quarter); and they spoke H1696 to her regarding this H2088.
‘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.
let it be H3046 known H3046 to the king H4430 that the Jews H3062 who H1768 came H5559 up H5559 from you have come H858 to us at Jerusalem H3390; they are rebuilding H1124 the rebellious H4779 and evil H873 city H7149 and are completing H3635 the walls H7792 and repairing H2338 the foundations H787.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the [fn]River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them thus H3652, “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 house H1005 and to complete H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
“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.
“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!”
Then Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548 arose H6965 with his brothers H251 the priests H3548 and built H1129 the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; they set H6942 it apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 and made its doors H1817 stand H5975. And they set H6942 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.
Then my God H430 put H5414 it into my heart H3820, and I gathered H6908 the nobles H2715, the officials H5461, and the people H5971 to be recorded H3187 by H3187 genealogies H3187. Then I found H4672 the book H5612 of the genealogy H3188 of those who came H5927 up H5927 first H7223, and in it I found H4672 written H3789:
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 away H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
“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.
“You found H4672 his heart H3824 faithful H539 before H6440 You,
And cut H3772 a covenant H1285 with him
To give H5414 him the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669,
Of the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567,
Of the Perizzite H6522, the Jebusite H2983, and the Girgashite H1622—
To give H5414 it to his seed H2233.
And You have established H6965 Your promise H1697,
For You are righteous H6662.
“You gave H5414 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger H7458,
You brought H3318 forth H3318 water H4325 from a rock H5553 for them for their thirst H6772,
And You said H559 to them to enter H935 in order to possess H3423
The land H776 which H834 You [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to give H5414 them.
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.
“So now H6258, our God H430, the great H1419, the mighty H1368, and the awesome H3372 God H410, who keeps H8104 covenant H1285 and lovingkindness H2617,
Do not let all H3605 the hardship H8513 seem H4591 insignificant H4591 before H6440 You,
Which H834 has found H4672 us, our kings H4428, our princes H8269, our priests H3548, our prophets H5030, our fathers H1, and all H3605 Your people H5971,
From the days H3117 of the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 to this H2088 day H3117.
And when these H428 days H3117 were fulfilled H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a feast H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the court H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king's H4428 palace H1055.
Now it happened H1961 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.
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were called H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 to the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the princes H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Ethiopia H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their tongue H3956 as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their tongue H3956.
Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in royal H4438 robes H3830 of [fn]blue H8504 and fine H2353 white H2353, with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple H713; and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 cried H6670 aloud and was glad H8055.
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 the choir director. According to [fn]Shushan Eduth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David. For teaching. [fn]When he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
O God H430, You have rejected H2186 us. You have [fn]broken H6555 us;
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
On this H3651 account H3651, the anger H639 of Yahweh H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them down H5221.
And the mountains H2022 trembled H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
For all H3605 this H2088 His anger H639 is H7725 not turned H7725 back H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now 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.
“By the power H3581 of my hand H3027 and by my wisdom H2451 I did H6213 this,
For I have H995 understanding H995;
And I removed H5493 the boundaries H1367 of the peoples H5971
And plundered H8154 their treasures H6264,
And like a mighty H3524 man H47 I brought H3381 down H3381 [fn]their inhabitants H3427,
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 the fields H7709 of Heshbon H2809 have languished H535, the vines H1612 of Sibmah H7643 as well;
The lords H1167 of the nations H1471 have trampled H1986 down H1986 its choice H8291 clusters H8291
Which reached H5060 as far H5704 as Jazer H3270 and wandered H8582 to the deserts H4057;
Its tendrils H7976 spread H5203 themselves out H5203 and passed H5674 over H5674 the sea H3220.
For behold H2009, Yahweh H3068 is about to come H3318 out H3318 from His place H4725
To visit H6485 the iniquity H5771 of the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776;
And the earth H776 will reveal H1540 her bloodshed H1818
And will no H3808 longer H5750 cover H3680 those H2026 of hers who were killed H2026.
In that day H3117 Yahweh H3068 will [fn]punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175,
With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and [fn]mighty H2389 sword H2719,
Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent H5175;
And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea H3220.
Therefore H3651 through this H2088, Jacob's H3290 iniquity H5771 will be atoned H3722 for;
And this H2088 will be the whole H3605 fruit H6529 of the turning H5493 away H5493 of his sin H2403:
When he makes H7760 all H3605 the altar H4196 stones H68 like pulverized H5310 chalk H1615 stones H68,
When [fn]Asherim H842 and incense H2553 altars H2553 will not stand H6965.
And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty H6643,
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley H1516,
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to summer H7019,
Which H834 [fn]one sees H7200,
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand H3709,
He swallows H1104 it.
Because H3588 you have said H559, “We have 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.”
Then you will be brought H8213 low H8213;
From the earth H776 you will speak H1696,
And from the dust H6083 where you are prostrate H7817
Your words H565 will come.
Your voice H6963 will also be like that of a [fn]spirit H178 from the ground H776,
And your speech H565 will whisper H6850 from the dust H6083.
Now the Egyptians H4714 are men H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So Yahweh H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And he who helps H5826 will stumble H3782,
And he who is helped H5826 will fall H5307,
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
“Because H3282 of your raging H7264 against H413 Me
And because your [fn]presumptuousness H7600 has come H5927 up H5927 to My ears H241,
Therefore I will put H7760 My hook H2397 in your nose H639
And My bridle H4964 in your lips H8193,
And I will turn H7725 you back H7725 by the way H1870 which H834 you came H935.
“Therefore H3651, thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 concerning H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804, ‘He will not come H935 to this H2088 city H5892 or shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033; and he will not come H6923 before H6923 it with a shield H4043 or H3808 throw H8210 up H8210 a siege H5550 ramp H5550 against H5921 it.
Get H5927 yourself up H5927 on a high H1364 mountain H2022,
O Zion H6726, bearer H1319 of H1319 good H1319 news H1319,
Raise H7311 up H7311 your voice H6963 powerfully H3581,
O Jerusalem H3389, bearer H1319 of H1319 good H1319 news H1319;
Raise H7311 it up H7311, do not fear H3372.
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been planted H5193;
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been sown H2232;
[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 has their stem H1503 taken H8327 root H8327 in the earth H776,
But He merely H1571 blows H5398 on them, and they [fn]wither H3001,
And the storm H5591 carries H5375 them away like stubble H7179.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, your Redeemer H1350, and the one who formed H3335 you from the womb H990,
“I, Yahweh H3068, am the maker H6213 of all H3605 things H3605,
Stretching H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064 by Myself H905
And spreading H7554 out H7554 the earth H776 [fn]all H4480 H854 alone H4480 H854,
Confirming H6965 the word H1697 of His servant H5650—
And the counsel H6098 of His messengers H4397 He will complete H7999—
And being the One who says H559 of Jerusalem H3389, ‘She shall be inhabited H3427!'
And of the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, ‘They shall be built H1129.'
And I will raise H6965 up H6965 her waste H2723 places H2723 again.
“Woe H1945 to the one who contends H7378 with his [fn]Maker H3335—
An earthenware H2789 vessel H2789 [fn]among H854 the vessels H2789 of earth H127!
Will the clay H2563 say H559 to the [fn]potter H3335, ‘What H4100 are you doing H6213?'
Or the thing H6467 you are making H6467 say, ‘He has H369 no H369 hands H3027'?
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, who created H1254 the heavens H8064 (He is the God H430 who formed H3335 the earth H776 and made H6213 it; He established H3559 it and did not create H1254 it [fn]a formless H8414 place H8414, but formed H3335 it to be inhabited H3427),
“I am Yahweh H3068, and there H369 is H369 none H369 else H5750.
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, the Redeemer H1350 of Israel H3478 and its Holy H6918 One H6918,
To the despised H960 One,
To the One abhorred H8581 by the nation H1471,
To the Servant H5650 of rulers H4910,
“Kings H4428 will see H7200 and arise H6965,
Princes H8269 will also bow H2331 down H2331,
Because H4616 of Yahweh H3068 who H834 is faithful H539, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 who has chosen H977 You.”
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 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068,
“Behold H2009, I will lift H5375 up H5375 My hand H3027 to the nations H1471
And make high H7311 My standard H5251 to the peoples H5971;
And they will bring H935 your sons H1121 in their bosom H2684,
And your daughters H1323 will be lifted H5375 up H5375 on their shoulders H3802.
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;
“Lift H5375 up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,
Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;
For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,
And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899,
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in like H3644 manner H3651;
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?
How H4100 lovely H4998 on the mountains H2022
Are the feet H7272 of him who proclaims H1319 good H1319 news H1319,
Who [fn]announces H8085 [fn]peace H7965
And proclaims H1319 good H1319 news H1319 of good H2896 things,
Who [fn]announces H8085 salvation H3444,
And says H559 to Zion H6726, “Your God H430 [fn]reigns H4427!”
For thus H3541 says H559 the One high H7311 and lifted H5375 up H5375
Who dwells H7931 forever H5703, whose name H8034 is Holy H6918,
“I dwell H7931 on a high H4791 and holy H6918 place,
And also with the crushed H1793 and lowly H8217 of spirit H7307
In order to revive H2421 the spirit H7307 of the lowly H8217
“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 which I choose H977, a day H3117 for a man H120 to afflict H6031 himself H5315?
Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one's head H7218 like a reed H100
And for spreading H3331 out H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?
Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to Yahweh H3068?
Because H834 he who [fn]is blessed H1288 in the earth H776
Will [fn]be blessed H1288 by the God H430 of truth H543,
And he who swears H7650 in the earth H776
Will swear H7650 by the God H430 of truth H543;
Because H3588 the former H7223 distresses H6869 are forgotten H7911,
And because H3588 they are hidden H5641 from My sight H5869!
God [fn]says H559, “If H2005 a husband H376 divorces H7971 his wife H802
And she goes H1980 from him
And belongs H1961 to another H312 man H376,
Will he still H5750 return H7725 to her?
Will not that land H776 be completely H2610 [fn]polluted H2610?
But you are a harlot H2181 with many H7227 [fn]lovers H7453;
‘Only H389 [fn]acknowledge H3045 your iniquity H5771,
That you have transgressed H6586 against Yahweh H3068 your God H430
And have scattered H6340 your ways H1870 of harlotry to the strangers H2114 under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086,
And you have not listened H8085 to My voice H6963,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
And you, O devastated H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?
Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,
Although H3588 you decorate H5710 yourself with ornaments H5716 of gold H2091,
Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with paint H6320,
In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.
“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they have done H6213?
They were H954 not even H1571 ashamed H954 at all H954;
They did not even H1571 know H3045 how to feel H3637 dishonor H3637.
Therefore H3651 they shall fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;
At the time H6256 that I punish H6485 them,
They shall be cast H3782 down H3782,” says H559 Yahweh H3068.
‘If H518 I go H3318 out H3318 to the field H7704,
Behold H2009, those [fn]slain H2491 with the sword H2719!
Or if H518 I enter H935 the city H5892,
Behold H2009, diseases H8463 of famine H7458!
For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548
Have gone around H5503 as merchants H5503 in the land H776 that they do not know H3045.'”
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,
For I have heard H8085 the bad H1681 report H1681 of many H7227,
“Terror H4032 on every H5439 side H5439!
Denounce H5046 him; yes, let us denounce H5046 him!”
[fn]All H3605 my trusted H7965 friends H582 H7965,
Keeping H8104 watch H8104 for my fall H6761, say:
“Perhaps H194 he will be [fn]deceived H6601, so that we may prevail H3201 against him
“Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words H1697, and you shall say H559 to them,
‘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.
“Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
‘Behold H2009, I will [fn]return H7725 the [fn]fortunes H7622 of the tents H168 of Jacob H3290
And have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 his dwelling H4908 places H4908;
And the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 on its ruin H8510,
And the palace H759 will sit H3427 on its just H4941 place H4941.
‘And [fn]their mighty H117 one shall be one of them,
And [fn]their ruler H4910 shall come H3318 forth H3318 from [fn]their midst H7130;
And I will bring H7126 Him near H7126, and He shall approach H5066 Me;
For who H4310 would dare to give H6148 his heart H3820 as H6148 security H6148 to approach H5066 Me?' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, “Once again H5750 they will speak H559 this H2088 word H1697 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in its cities H5892 when I [fn]return H7725 their [fn]fortunes H7622,
‘Yahweh H3068 bless H1288 you, O abode H5116 of righteousness H6664,
“So now H6258, therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, concerning H413 this H2088 city H5892 of which H834 you are saying H559, ‘It is given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 by sword H2719, by famine H7458, and by pestilence H1698.'
“Give H3034 thanks H3034 to Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635,
For Yahweh H3068 is good H2896,
For His lovingkindness H2617 endures forever H5769”;
and of those who bring H935 a thank H8426 offering H8426 into the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068. For I will [fn]return H7725 the [fn]fortunes H7622 of the land H776 as they were at first H7223,' says H559 Yahweh H3068.
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,
Then King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 and [fn]had Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 brought H3947 to him at the third H7992 entrance H3996 that is in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068; and the king H4428 said H559 to Jeremiah H3414, “I am going to ask H7592 you something H1697; do not hide H3582 anything H1697 from me.”
“Declare H5046 in Egypt H4714 and cause H8085 it to H8085 be H8085 heard H8085 in Migdol H4024;
Cause H8085 it to H8085 be H8085 heard H8085 also in Memphis H5297 and Tahpanhes H8471;
Say H559, ‘Take H3320 your stand H3320 and get H3559 yourself ready H3559,
For the sword H2719 has devoured H398 those around H5439 you.'
“Behold H2009, waters H4325 are going to rise H5927 from the north H6828
And become H1961 an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
And overflow H7857 the land H776 as well as its fullness H4393,
The city H5892 and those who inhabit H3427 it;
And the men H120 will cry H2199 out H2199,
And every H3605 inhabitant H3427 of the land H776 will wail H3213.
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“That I will cause H8085 a [fn]trumpet H8643 blast H8643 of war H4421 to H8085 be H8085 heard H8085
Against H413 Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;
And it will become H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510,
And her towns H1323 will be set H3341 on fire H784.
Then Israel H3478 will take H3423 possession H3423 of his possessors H3423,”
Therefore H3651 hear H8085 the counsel H6098 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 He has counseled H3289 against H413 Edom H123, and His purposes H4284 which H834 He has purposed H2803 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Teman H8487: surely H518 H3808 they will drag H5498 them off H5498, even the little H6810 ones H6810 of the flock H6629; surely H518 H3808 He will make H8074 their pasture H5116 desolate H8074 because H5921 of them.
“Their camels H1581 will become H1961 plunder H957,
And their many H1995 cattle H4735 for spoil H7998,
And I will scatter H2219 to all H3605 the winds H7307 those who cut H7112 the corners H6285 of their hair;
And I will bring H935 their [fn]disaster H343 from every H3605 side H5676,” 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
“For a nation H1471 has come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 her out of the north H6828; it will make H7896 her land H776 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, and there will be no H3808 inhabitant H3427 in it. Both H4480 man H120 and beast H929 have wandered H5110 off H5110; they have gone H1980 away!
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;
Beth
The Lord H136 has swallowed H1104 up; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the habitations H4999 of Jacob H3290.
In His wrath H5678 He has pulled H2040 down H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063;
He has brought H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its princes H8269.
Then He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, raise H5375 your eyes H5869 now H4994 toward H1870 the north H6828.” So I raised H5375 my eyes H5869 toward H1870 the north H6828, and behold H2009, to the north H6828 of the altar H4196 gate H8179 was this H2088 figure H5566 of jealousy H7068 at the entrance H872.
Then He brought H935 me into the inner H6442 court H2691 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068. And behold H2009, at the entrance H6607 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068, between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196, were about twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 with their backs H268 to the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 and their faces H6440 toward the east H6924; and they were [fn]prostrating H2331 themselves eastward H6924 toward the sun H8121.
Then the glory H3519 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 from the cherub H3742 on which H834 it had been H1961, to the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 of Yahweh. And He called H7121 to the man H376 clothed H3847 in linen H906 at whose H834 loins H4975 was the [fn]scribe's H5608 case H7083.
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.
“Then I passed H5674 by you and saw H7200 you, and behold H2009, [fn]you were at the time H6256 for love H1730; so I spread H6566 My skirt H3671 over H5921 you and covered H3680 your nakedness H6172. I also swore H7650 to you and entered H935 into a covenant H1285 with you so that you became H1961 Mine,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068.
“Therefore H3651 I will judge H8199 you, O house H1004 of Israel H3478, each H376 according to his way H1870,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068. “[fn]Turn H7725 back H7725 and turn H7725 away H7725 from all H3605 your transgressions H6588, so that iniquity H5771 may not become H1961 a stumbling H4383 block H4383 to you.
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.
“Because H3282 your heart H3820 is H1361 lofty H1361
And you have said H559, ‘I am a god H410;
I sit H3427 enthroned in the seat H4186 of [fn]gods H430
In the heart H3820 of the seas H3220';
Yet you are a man H120 and not God H410,
Although you make H5414 your heart H3820 like the heart H3820 of God H430—
“Moreover, I will make H5414 the canals H2975 of the Nile H2975 dry H2724
And sell H4376 the land H776 into the hands H3027 of evil H7451 men H7451.
And I will make H8074 the land H776 desolate H8074,
As well as its fullness H4393,
By the hand H3027 of strangers H2114; I, Yahweh H3068, have spoken H1696.”
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her multitude H1995 all around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them slain H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 put H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who went H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“There H8033 also are the [fn]chiefs H5257 of the north H6828, all H3605 of them, and all H3605 the Sidonians H6722, who H834 in spite of the terror H2851 resulting from their might H1369, in H954 shame H954 went H3381 down H3381 with the slain H2491. So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with those slain H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“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.
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.
From the outside H2351 to the inner H6442 gate H8179 were [fn]chambers H3957 for the singers H7891 in the inner H6442 court H2691, one of which H834 was at the [fn]side H3802 of the north H6828 gate H8179, with [fn]its front H6440 toward H1870 the south H1864, and one H259 at the [fn]side H3802 of the [fn]south gate H8179 facing H6440 toward H1870 the north H6828.
Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers H3957, which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area H1508, they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to 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 when you divide H5307 by H5307 lot H5307 the land H776 for inheritance H5159, you shall offer H7311 a contribution H8641 to Yahweh H3068, a holy H6944 portion H6944 of the land H776; the length H753 shall be the length H753 of [fn]25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 cubits, and the width H7341 shall be [fn]20,000 H6235 H505. It shall be holy H6944 within all H3605 its boundary H1366 round H5439 about H5439.
“Now these H428 are the names H8034 of the tribes H7626: from the northern H6828 extremity H7097, [fn]beside H413 H3027 the way H1870 of Hethlon H2855 to [fn]Lebo-hamath H935, as far as Hazar-enan H2704 at the border H1366 of Damascus H1834, toward the north H6828 [fn]beside H413 H3027 Hamath H2574, [fn]running H1961 from east H6921 to west H3220, Dan H1835, one H259 portion.
“And the remainder H3498 shall be for the prince H5387, on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088 of the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and of the city's H5892 possession H272 of land; in front H6440 of the 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 cubits of the contribution H8641 toward H5704 the east H6921 border H1366 and westward H3220 in front H6440 of the 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 toward H5921 the west H3220 border H1366, alongside H5980 the portions H2506, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy H6944 contribution H8641 and the sanctuary H4720 of the house H1004 shall be in the middle H8432 of it.
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 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.
“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.
“At that time H2166 my knowledge H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were returned H8421 to me for the glory H3367 of my kingdom H4437, and my high H1907 officials H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out H1156; so I was reestablished H8627 in my kingdom H4437, and extraordinary H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.
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.
“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.
“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.
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.
Though H3588 he is fruitful H6509 among H996 the [fn]reeds H260,
An east H6921 wind H6921 will come H935,
The wind H7307 of Yahweh H3068 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057;
And his fountain H4726 will become H3001 dry H3001,
And his spring H4599 will be dried H2717 up H2717;
It will plunder H8154 his treasury H214 of every H3605 desirable H2532 article H3627.
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.
“But I will remove H7368 the northern H6830 military force far H7368 from you,
And I will drive H5080 it into a parched H6723 and desolate H8077 land H776,
And its vanguard H6440 into the eastern H6931 sea H3220,
And its rear H5490 guard into the western H314 sea H3220.
And its stench H889 will rise H5927 up H5927, and its foul H6709 smell H6709 will rise H5927 up H5927,
I will gather H6908 all H3605 the nations H1471
And bring H3381 them down H3381 to the valley H6010 of [fn]Jehoshaphat H3092.
Then I will enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with them there H8033
On H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 My people H5971 and My inheritance H5159, Israel H3478,
Whom H834 they have scattered H6340 among the nations H1471;
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.
Make H8085 it heard H8085 on the citadels H759 in Ashdod H795 and on the citadels H759 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and say H559, “Gather H622 yourselves on the mountains H2022 of Samaria H8111 and see H7200 the great H7227 confusions H4103 within H8432 her and the oppressions H6217 in her midst H7130.
“And 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.
“Also I will restore H7725 the [fn]captivity H7622 of My people H5971 Israel H3478,
And they will rebuild H1129 the desolated H8074 cities H5892 and live H3427 in them;
They will also plant H5193 vineyards H3754 and drink H8354 their wine H3196
And make H6213 gardens H1593 and eat H398 their fruit H6529.
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,
“Arise H6965 and thresh H1758, daughter H1323 of Zion H6726,
For your horn H7161 I will make H7760 iron H1270,
And your hoofs H6541 I will make H7760 bronze H5154,
That you may pulverize H1854 many H7227 peoples H5971,
That you may devote H2763 to Yahweh H3068 their greedy H1215 gain H1215 unto destruction H2763
And their wealth H2428 to the Lord H136 of all H3605 the earth H776.
“Behold H2009, I am against H413 you,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635. “And I will burn H1197 up H1197 her chariots H7393 in smoke H6227, and a sword H2719 will devour H398 your young H3715 lions H3715; and I will cut H3772 off H3772 your prey H2964 from the land H776, and no H3808 longer H5750 will the voice H6963 of your messengers H4397 be heard H8085.”
“You will be filled H7646 with disgrace H7036 rather H4480 than H4480 glory H3519.
Now H1571 you yourself H859 drink H8354 and [fn]expose H6188 your own nakedness H6188.
The cup H3563 in Yahweh's H3068 right H3225 hand H3225 will come H5437 around H5437 to you,
And utter H7022 disgrace H7022 will come upon your glory H3519.
“So I will stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 Judah H3063
And against H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.
And I will cut H3772 off H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from this H2088 place H4725,
And the names H8034 of the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 along H5973 with H5973 the priests H3548,
Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091
Will be H3201 able H3201 to deliver H5337 them
On the day H3117 of the fury H5678 of Yahweh H3068;
And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398
In the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,
For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617,
Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh H3068 answered H6030 and said H559, “O Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, how H4970 long H5704 H4970 will You have H7355 no H3808 compassion H7355 for H7355 Jerusalem H3389 and the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, with which H834 You have been H2194 indignant H2194 these H2088 seventy H7657 years H8141?”
So I shepherded H7462 the flock H6629 doomed to slaughter H2028—[fn]hence H3651 the afflicted H6041 of the flock H6629. And I took H3947 for myself two H8147 staffs H4731: the one H259 I called H7121 [fn]Favor H5278, and the other H259 I called H7121 [fn]Union H2254; so I shepherded H7462 the flock H6629.
“Awake H5782, O sword H2719, against H5921 My Shepherd H7462
And against H5921 the man H1397, My Associate H5997,”
Declares H5002 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635.
“Strike H5221 the Shepherd H7462 that the sheep H6629 may be scattered H6327;
And I will turn H7725 My hand H3027 [fn]against H5921 the little H6819 ones.
All H3605 the land H776 will be changed H5437 into a plain H6160 from Geba H1387 to Rimmon H7417 south H5045 of Jerusalem H3389; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise H7213 and inhabit H3427 its site H8478 from Benjamin's H1144 Gate H8179 as far H5704 as the place H4725 of the First H7223 Gate H8179 to the Corner H6438 Gate H8179, and from the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 to the king's H4428 wine H3342 presses H3342.
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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