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Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.
Then Laban H3837 replied H6030 to Jacob H3290, “The daughters H1323 are my daughters H1323, the [fn]children H1121 are my [fn]grandchildren H1121, the flocks H6629 are my flocks H6629, and everything H3605 that you see H7200 is mine. But what H4100 can I do H6213 this day H3117 to these H428 daughters H1323 of mine or H176 to their children H1121 to whom H834 they have given H3205 birth H3205?
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121—Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251—each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 undetected H983, and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547, and said H559, “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the course of those H1992 many H7227 days H3117 that the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 died H4191. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 groaned H584 because H4480 of the bondage H5656, and they cried H2199 out H2199; and their cry H7775 for H7775 help H7775 because H4480 of their bondage H5656 ascended H5927 to God H430.
For the horses H5483 of Pharaoh H6547 with his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571 went H935 into the sea H3220, and the LORD H3068 brought H7725 back H7725 the waters H4325 of the sea H3220 on them, but the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 on dry H3004 land H3004 through the midst H8432 of the sea H3220.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, “Boil H1310 the flesh H1320 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and eat H398 it there H8033 together with the bread H3899 which H834 is in the basket H5536 of the ordination H4394 offering H4394, just H834 as H834 I commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 it.'
Now Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30, the sons H1121 of Aaron H175, took H3947 their respective H376 firepans H4289, and after putting H5414 fire H784 in them, placed H7760 incense H7004 on [fn]the fire and offered H7126 [fn]strange H2114 fire H784 before H6440 the LORD H3068, which H834 He had not commanded H6680 them.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, Israel's H3478 firstborn H1060, their descendants H8435 by their families H4940, by their fathers' H1 households H1004, according to the number H4557 of names H8034, head H1538 by head H1538, every H3605 male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 to war H6635,
Now those who were to camp H2583 in front H6440 of the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, in front H6440 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, were Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, performing H8104 the duties H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the obligation H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]layman H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
So this is what Moses H4872, Aaron H175, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 to the Levites H3881; according to everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872 regarding the Levites H3881, so H3651 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 to them.
So the LORD H3068 said H559 to Aaron H175, “You, your sons H1121, and your father's H1 household H1004 with you shall bear H5375 the guilt H5771 [fn]in connection with the sanctuary H4720, and you and your sons H1121 with you shall bear H5375 the guilt H5771 [fn]in connection with your priesthood H3550.
Now the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the family H4940 of the sons H1121 of Gilead H1568, the son H1121 of Machir H4353, the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519, of the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, came H7126 forward H7126 and spoke H1696 before H6440 Moses H4872 and before H6440 the leaders H5387, the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478,
“Only H7534 be H8104 careful H8104 for yourself and watch H8104 over H8104 your soul H5315 diligently H3966, so H6435 that H6435 you do not H6435 forget H7911 the things H1697 which H834 your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 and they do not H6435 depart H5493 from H5493 your heart H3824 all H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416; but make H3045 them known H3045 to your sons H1121 and your grandsons H1121.
“If H3588 your brother H251, your mother's H517 son H1121, or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323, or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish H2436, or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is like your own soul H5315, entices H5496 you secretly H5643, saying H559, ‘Let's go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods H430' (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known H3045,
“Be H8104 careful H8104 about an infestation H5061 of leprosy H6883, that you are H8104 very H3966 attentive H8104 and act H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that the Levitical H3881 priests H3548 teach H3384 you; just H834 as H834 I have commanded H6680 them, you shall be H8104 careful H8104 to act H6213.
“Now the future H314 generation H1755, your sons H1121 who H834 rise H6965 up H6965 after H4480 H310 you and the foreigner H5237 who H834 comes H935 from a distant H7350 land H776, when they see H7200 the plagues H4347 of that land H776 and the diseases H8463 with which H834 the LORD H3068 has afflicted H2470 it, will say H559,
“Blessed H835 are you, Israel H3478;
Who H4310 is like H3644 you, a people H5971 saved H3467 by the LORD H3068,
The shield H4043 of your help H5828,
And He who is the sword H2719 of your majesty H1346!
So your enemies H340 will cringe H3584 before you,
And you will trample H1869 on their high H1116 places H1116.”
Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 sent H7971 two H8147 men H376 as spies H7270 secretly H2791 from Shittim H7851, saying H559, “Go H1980, view H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and entered H935 the house H1004 of a prostitute H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343, and rested H7901 there H8033.
So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 exactly H3651 as Joshua H3091 commanded H6680, and took H5375 up H5375 twelve H8147 H6240 stones H68 from the middle H8432 of the Jordan H3383, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, according to the number H4557 of the tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they carried H5674 them over H5674 with them to the encampment H4411 and put H5117 them down H5117 there H8033.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 the LORD H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 acted H4603 unfaithfully H4603 H4604 regarding the things H2764 designated H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764, for Achan H5912, the son H1121 of Carmi H3756, the son H1121 of Zabdi H2067, the son H1121 of Zerah H2226, from the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063, took H3947 some H4480 of the designated H2764 things H2764; therefore the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 burned H2734 against the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Now when Israel H3478 had finished H3615 killing H2026 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai H5857 in the field H7704 in the wilderness H4057 where H834 they pursued H7291 them, and all H3605 of them had fallen H5307 by the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 until H5704 they were destroyed H8552, then all H3605 Israel H3478 returned H7725 to Ai H5857 and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, in the hill H2022 country H2022, the lowland H8219, and on all H3605 the coast H2348 of the Great H1419 Sea H3220 toward H413 H4136 Lebanon H3844, the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, heard H8085 about it,
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when Adoni-zedek H139 king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 that Joshua H3091 had captured H3920 Ai H5857, and had [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763 it (just H834 as he had done H6213 to Jericho H3405 and its king H4428, so H3651 he had done H6213 to Ai H5857 and its king H4428), and that the inhabitants H3427 of Gibeon H1391 had made H7999 peace H7999 with Israel H3478 and were [fn]within H7130 their land H7130,
Then the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 word to Joshua H3091 at the camp H4264 at Gilgal H1537, saying H559, “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your servants H5650; come H5927 up H5927 to us quickly H4120 and save H3467 us and help H5826 us, for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that live H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 have assembled H6908 against H413 us.”
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221, and they took possession H3423 of their land H776 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the sunrise H4217 H8121, from the Valley H5158 of the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Hermon H2768, and all H3605 the Arabah H6160 to the east H4217:
Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the Valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,
Now these H428 are the territories which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inherited H5157 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 to them as H5157 inheritances H5157,
Then the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 approached H5066 Joshua H3091 in Gilgal H1537, and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 said H559 to him, “You know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 on account H182 of [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea H6947.
Then the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 spoke H1696 to Joshua H3091, saying H559, “Why H4069 have you given H5414 me only one H259 lot H1486 and one H259 portion H2256 as an inheritance H5159, though I am a numerous H7227 people H5971 whom H834 the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 up H5704 to H5704 this H3541 point H3541?”
Then the men H376 arose H6965 and went H1980, and Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 those who went H1980 to write H3789 a description of the land H776, saying H559, “Go H1980 and walk H1980 through the land H776 and write H3789 a description of it, and return H7725 to me; then I will cast H7993 lots H1486 for you here H6311 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887.”
These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 the LORD H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land H776.
When they came H935 to the region H1552 of the Jordan H3383 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033 by the Jordan H3383, [fn]a large H1419 altar H4196 in appearance H4758.
So when Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712, that is, the heads H7218 of the [fn]families H505 of Israel H3478 who H834 were with him, heard H8085 the words H1697 which H834 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, and the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696, it pleased H3190 H5869 them.
Then Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 returned H7725 from the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and from the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, from the land H776 of Gilead H1568 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667, to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to them.
“Now behold H2009, today H3117 I am going H1980 the way H1870 of all H3605 the earth H776, and you know H3045 in all H3605 your hearts H3824 and in all H3605 your souls H5315 that not one H259 word H1697 of all H3605 the good H2896 words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 spoke H1696 concerning H5921 you has failed H5307; they all H3605 have [fn]been fulfilled H935 for you, not [fn]one H259 of them has failed H5307.
Now they buried H6912 the bones H6106 of Joseph H3130, which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 brought H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714, at Shechem H7927, in the plot H2513 of land H7704 which H834 Jacob H3290 had bought H7069 from the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 for a hundred H3967 [fn]pieces H7192 of H7192 money H7192; and they became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Joseph's H3130 sons H1121.
Now the [fn]descendants H1121 of the Kenite H7017, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, went H5927 up H5927 from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad H6166; and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people H5971.
Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053, or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.
Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068. So the LORD H3068 strengthened H2388 Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124 against H5921 Israel H3478, because H5921 H3588 they had done H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.
But when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 out H2199 to the LORD H3068, the LORD H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a deliverer H3467 for them, Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjaminite H1145, a left-handed H334 H3225 H3027 man H376. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 tribute H4503 by [fn]him to Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124.
When the people H376 of the city H5892 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242, behold H2009, the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 had been torn H5422 down H5422, and the Asherah H842 which H834 had been beside H5921 it had been cut H3772 down H3772, and the second H8145 bull H6499 had been offered H5927 on the altar H4196 which had been built H1129.
Now Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 were in Karkor H7174, and their [fn]armies H4264 with them, about fifteen H2568 H6240 thousand H505 men, all H3605 who were left H3498 of the entire H3605 [fn]army H4264 of the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924; for the fallen H5307 were 120,000 H3967 H6242 H505 [fn]swordsmen H376 H8025 H2719.
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and they served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth H6252, the gods H430 of Aram H758, the gods H430 of Sidon H6721, the gods H430 of Moab H4124, the gods H430 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and the gods H430 of the Philistines H6430; so they abandoned H5800 the LORD H3068 and did not serve H5647 Him.
Now the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829; and they said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 without H3808 calling H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 H784 your house H1004 down H8313 on you!”
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”
And he said H559 to them,
When he came H935 to Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were like flax H6593 that has burned H1197 with fire H784, and his restraints H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands H3027.
So the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 and came H935 to Laish H3919, and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, in the way H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 ruler H3423 humiliating H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
Then the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 [fn]said H559 to their kinsmen H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, and a carved H6459 image H6459 and a cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541? Now H6258 then, consider H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”
While they were [fn]celebrating H3190 H3820, behold H2009, the men H376 of the city H5892, certain H376 [fn]worthless H1100 men H1121, surrounded H5437 the house H1004, pushing H1849 one another at the door H1817; and they spoke H559 to the owner H1167 of the house H1004, the old H2205 man H376, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the man H376 who H834 entered H935 your house H1004 that we may [fn]have H3045 relations H3045 with him.”
Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H6965 out H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and inquired H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 first H8462 for us to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462.”
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 in the assembly H6951?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a solemn H1419 oath H7621 concerning anyone who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
Now He fatally H5221 struck H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of the LORD H3068. He struck H5221 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men H376 among the people H5971, and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347.
Now when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gathered H6908 at Mizpah H4709, the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 against H413 Israel H3478. And when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 about it, they were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Philistines H6430.
Now the Philistines H6430 assembled H622 to fight H3898 with Israel H3478, thirty H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393 and six H8337 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and people H5971 like the sand H2344 which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193 in abundance H7230; and they came H5927 up H5927 and camped H2583 in Michmash H4363, east H6926 of Beth-aven H1007.
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was in Gibeah H1390, sitting H3427 under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him.
“Now H6258 then, my lord H113, as the LORD H3068 lives H2416, and as your soul H5315 lives H2416, since H834 the LORD H3068 has restrained H4513 you from [fn]shedding H935 blood H1818, and from [fn]avenging H3467 yourself by your own hand H3027, now H6258 then, may your enemies H340 and those who seek H1245 evil H7451 against H413 my lord H113, be like Nabal H5037.
Now David H1732 and his men H376 went H5927 up H5927 and attacked H6584 the Geshurites H1651, the Girzites H1630, and the Amalekites H6003; for they were the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 from ancient H5769 times H5769, as you come H935 to Shur H7793 even as far H5704 as the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 that the Philistines H6430 gathered H6908 their armed camps H4264 for war H6635, to fight H3898 against Israel H3478. And Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that you will go H3318 out H3318 with me in the camp H4264, you and your men H376.”
And Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul H7586, “Why H4100 have you disturbed H7264 me by bringing H5927 me up H5927?” Saul H7586 replied H559, “I am H6887 very H3966 distressed H6887, for the Philistines H6430 are waging H3898 war H3898 against me, and God H430 has abandoned H5493 me and no H3808 longer H5750 answers H6030 me, either H1571 through H3027 prophets H5030 or H1571 in dreams H2472; therefore I have called H7121 you, so that you may let H3045 me know H3045 what H4100 I should do H6213.”
Now when the people H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191, they abandoned H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; then the Philistines H6430 came H935 and settled H3427 in them.
And behold H2009, the servants H5650 of David H1732 and Joab H3097 came H935 from a raid H1416 and brought H935 a large H7227 amount H7227 of plunder H7998 with them; but Abner H74 was not with David H1732 in Hebron H2275, since H3588 he had let H7971 him go H7971, and he had gone H1980 in peace H7965.
Now the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but even those who are blind H5787 and those who limp H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493,” [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Now when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 David H1732 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, all H3605 the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 to seek H1245 out H1245 David H1732; and when David H1732 heard H8085 about it, he went H3381 down H3381 to the stronghold H4686.
Now when the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 repulsive H887 to David H1732, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 messengers and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, twenty H6242 thousand H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with a thousand H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376.
Now behold H2009, Zadok H6659 also H1571 came, and all H3605 the Levites H3881 with him, carrying H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430. And they set H3322 down H3322 the ark H727 of God H430, and Abiathar H54 came H5927 up H5927 until H5704 all H3605 the people H5971 had finished H8552 crossing H5674 over H5674 from the city H5892.
But it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of three H7969 years H8141, that two H8147 of Shimei's H8096 servants H5650 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah H4601, king H4428 of Gath H1661. And others told H5046 Shimei H8096, saying H559, “Behold H2009, your servants H5650 are in Gath H1661.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon's H8010 reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478, in the month H2320 of Ziv H2099, that is, the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 person H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and turn H5414 them over H5414 to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, distant H7350 or H176 near H7138;
And King H4428 Solomon H8010 granted H5414 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 everything H3605 she desired H2656, whatever H834 she requested H7592, besides H4480 H905 what H834 he gave H5414 her in proportion to [fn]his royal H4428 bounty H3027. Then she [fn]departed H6437 and went H1980 to her own land H776 [fn]together with her servants H5650.
Now an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and told H5608 him all H3605 the deeds H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they reported H5608 to their father H1.
Now the servants H5650 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 said H559 to him, “Their gods H430 are gods H430 of the mountains H2022; for H5921 that H5921 H3651 reason H5921 H3651 they were stronger H2388 than H4480 we. But let us fight H3898 them in the plain H4334, and we will certainly H518 H3808 be stronger H2388 than H4480 they.
Then the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 are [fn]unanimously H259 H6310 favorable H2896 to the king H4428. Please H4994 let your word H1697 be like the word H1697 of one H259 of them, and speak H1696 favorably H2896.”
When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 in front H6440 of him, he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 a man to cut H5493 off H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 not behind H310 him?”
Then it came H1961 about H1961, as soon as he had finished H3615 [fn]offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, that Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers H7991, “Go H935 in H935, [fn]kill H5221 them; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out H3318.” So they [fn]killed H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out H7993, and went H1980 to the [fn]sanctuary H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168.
So the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 acted H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the Sabbath H7676, along H5973 with H5973 those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the Sabbath H7676, and they came H935 to Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548.
Instead, Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 [fn]took H3947 a chest H727 and drilled H5344 a hole H2356 in its lid H1817 and put H5414 it beside H681 the altar H4196, on the right H3225 side H3225 as one H376 comes H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and the priests H3548 who guarded H8104 the threshold H5592 put H5414 in it all H3605 the money H3701 that was brought H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Now this came H1961 about H1961 because H3588 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 their God H430, who had brought H5927 them up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, from under H8478 the hand H3027 of Pharaoh H6547, king H4428 of Egypt H4714; and they had [fn]feared H3372 other H312 gods H430.
‘Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were [fn]powerless H7116 H3027,
They were shattered H2865 and put H954 to H954 shame H954.
They were like the vegetation H6212 of the field H7704 and the green H3419 grass H1877,
Like grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 that is scorched H7711 before H6440 it has grown H7054.
Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
But Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 [fn]offered H6999 on the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the altar H4196 of incense H7004, for all H3605 the work H4399 of the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel H3478, in accordance with everything H3605 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 had commanded H6680.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who remained H2388 faithful H2388 to him in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.
When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves repulsive H887 to David H1732, Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 [fn]a thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia H763, Aram-maacah H758 H4601, and Zobah H6678.
Moreover, David H1732 and the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 set H914 apart H914 for the service H5656 some of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, Heman H1968, and Jeduthun H3038, who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres H3658, harps H5035, and cymbals H4700; and the number H4557 of [fn]those H376 who performed H4399 this service H5656 was:
Now this is the number H4557 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and of hundreds H3967, and their officers H7860 who served H8334 the king H4428 in all H3605 the affairs H1697 of the divisions H4256 which came H935 in H935 and went H3318 out H3318 month H2320 by month H2320 throughout H3605 the months H2320 of the year H8141, each H259 division H4256 numbering twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505:
Now according to the ordinance H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their duties H4931 of praise H1984 and ministering H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for this H3651 is what H3651 David H1732, the man H376 of God H430, had commanded H4687.
Now the rest H7605 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, in the prophecy H5016 of Ahijah H281 the Shilonite H7888, and in the visions H2378 of [fn]Iddo H3260 the seer H2374 concerning H5921 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028?
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 enrollment H3187? And there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 continually H3605 H3117.
Then the messenger H4397 who H834 went H1980 to summon H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 to him saying H559, “Behold H2009, the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 are [fn]unanimously H259 H6310 favorable H2896 to the king H4428. So please H4994 let your word H1697 be like one H259 of them, and speak H1696 favorably H2896.”
They rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389: Put H539 your trust H539 in the LORD H3068 your God H430 and you will endure H539. Put H539 your trust H539 in His prophets H5030, and succeed H6743.”
Then the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 made H4427 [fn]Ahaziah H274, his youngest H6996 son H1121, king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478, for the band H1416 of H1416 men H1416 who came H935 with the Arabs H6163 to the camp H4264 had killed H2026 all H3605 the older H7223 sons. So Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427.
The Levites H3881 and all H3605 Judah H3063 did H6213 according to all H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the Sabbath H7676, with those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the Sabbath H7676, for Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 did not dismiss H6362 any of the divisions H4256.
When they left H1980 him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his own servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and they murdered H2026 him on his bed H4296. So he died H4191, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but they did not bury H6912 him in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.
The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 led H7617 away H7617 captive H7617 two H3967 hundred H3967 thousand H505 of their relatives H251, women H802, sons H1121, and daughters H1323; and they also H1571 [fn]took H962 a great H7227 deal H7227 of spoils H7998 from them, and brought H935 the spoils H7998 to Samaria H8111.
Then the Levites H3881 arose H6965: Mahath H4287 the son H1121 of Amasai H6022 and Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Azariah H5838, from the sons H1121 of the Kohathites H6956; and from the sons H1121 of Merari H4847, Kish H7027 the son H1121 of Abdi H5660 and Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jehallelel H3094; and from the Gershonites H1649, Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Zimmah H2155 and Eden H5731 the son H1121 of Joah H3098;
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, broke H7665 the memorial H4676 stones H4676 in H7665 pieces H7665, cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 [fn]they had destroyed H3615 them all H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
Then the heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 rose H6965 up H6965, everyone H3605 whose spirit H7307 God H430 had stirred H5782 to go H5927 up H5927 to rebuild H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.
Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.
Now these H428 were the ones who came H5927 up H5927 from Tel-melah H8528, Tel-harsha H8521, Cherub H3743, [fn]Addan H135, and Immer H564, but they were H3201 not able H3201 to [fn]provide H5046 evidence H5046 of their fathers' H1 households H1004 and their [fn]descendants H2233, whether H518 they were of Israel H3478:
Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389, in the second H8145 month H2320, Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087, and the rest H7605 of their brothers H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881, and all H3605 who came H935 from the captivity H7628 to Jerusalem H3389, began H2490 the work and appointed H5975 the Levites H3881 who were twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 to oversee H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Now when the builders H1129 had laid H3245 the foundation H3245 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068, [fn]the priests H3548 stood H5975 in H3847 their apparel H3847 with trumpets H2689, and the Levites H3881, the sons H1121 of Asaph H623, with cymbals H4700, to praise H1984 the LORD H3068 according H5921 to the [fn]directions H3027 of King H4428 David H1732 of Israel H3478.
At that time H2166 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and their colleagues H3675 came H858 to them and spoke H560 to them as H3652 follows H3652: “Who H4479 issued H7761 you a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 [fn]temple H1005 and to finish H3635 this H1836 structure H846?”
The exiles H1121 H1473 who had come H935 from the captivity H7628 offered H7126 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to the God H430 of Israel H3478: twelve H8147 H6240 bulls H6499 for all H3605 Israel H3478, ninety-six H8673 H8337 rams H352, seventy-seven H7657 H7651 lambs H3532, twelve H8147 H6240 male H6842 goats H6842 for a sin H2403 offering H2403, all H3605 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 to the LORD H3068.
Now when these H428 things H428 had been completed H3615, the officials H8269 approached H5066 me, saying H559, “The people H5971 of Israel H3478 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 have not separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776, as to their abominations H8441, those of the Canaanites H3669, the Hittites H2850, the Perizzites H6522, the Jebusites H2983, the Ammonites H5984, the Moabites H4125, the Egyptians H4713, and the Amorites H567.
Then Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548 arose H6965 with his brothers H251 the priests H3548 and built H1129 the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; they consecrated H6942 it and installed H5975 its doors H1817. They consecrated H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.
[fn]Now when H834 Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, the Arabs H6163, the Ammonites H5984, and the Ashdodites H796 heard H8085 that the [fn]repair H724 of the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 went H5927 [fn]on, and that the breaches H6555 began H2490 to be H5640 closed H5640, they were H2734 very H3966 angry H2734.
Furthermore H1571, since H4480 the day H3117 that I was appointed H6680 to be their governor H6346 in the land H776 of Judah H3063, from the twentieth H6242 year H8141 to the thirty-second H7970 H8147 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141, neither H3808 I nor H3808 my kinsmen H251 have eaten H398 the governor's H6346 food H3899 allowance.
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 from the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
Now the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, some H4480 of the people H5971, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 Israel H3478 lived H3427 in their cities H5892.
And when the seventh H7637 month H2320 came H5060, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were in their cities H5892.
Then Nehemiah H5166, who H1931 was the [fn]governor H8660, and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe H5608, and the Levites H3881 who taught H995 the people H5971 said H559 to all H3605 the people H5971, “This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 to the LORD H3068 your God H430; do not mourn H56 or weep H1058.” For all H3605 the people H5971 were weeping H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the Law H8451.
Then the Levites H3881, Jeshua H3091, Kadmiel H6934, Bani H1137, Hashabneiah H2813, Sherebiah H8274, Hodiah H1941, Shebaniah H7645, and Pethahiah H6611 said H559, “Arise H6965, bless H1288 the LORD H3068 your God H430 forever H4480 H5769 and ever H5704 H5769!
May Your glorious H3519 name H8034 be blessed H1288
And exalted H7311 above H5921 all H3605 blessing H1293 and praise H8416!
Now the rest H7605 of the people H5971, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers H7778, the singers H7891, the temple H5411 servants H5411, and all H3605 those who had separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776 to the Law H8451 of God H430, their wives H802, their sons H1121, and their daughters H1323, all H3605 those who had H3045 knowledge H3045 and understanding H995,
Likewise we cast H5307 lots H1486 for the supply H7133 of wood H6086 among the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, and the people H5971 so that they could bring H935 it to the house H1004 of our God H430, according to our fathers' H1 households H1004, at set H2163 times H6256 annually H8141, to burn H1197 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God H430, as it is written H3789 in the Law H8451;
Now the leaders H8269 of the people H5971 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but the rest H7605 of the people H5971 cast H5307 lots H1486 to bring H935 one H259 out of ten H6235 to live H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, the holy H6944 city H5892, while nine-tenths H8672 H3027 remained in the other cities H5892.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the provinces H4082 who H834 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 each H376 lived H3427 on his own property H272 in their cities H5892—the [fn]Israelites H3478, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple H5411 servants H5411, and the [fn]descendants H1121 of Solomon's H8010 servants H5650.
Then the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king's H4428 satraps H323, to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082 and to the officials H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its language H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king's H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.
Then Esther's H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.
Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in a royal H4438 robe H3830 of violet H8504 and white H2353, with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple H713; and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 shouted H6670 and rejoiced H8055.
Now the rest H7605 of the Jews H3064 who H834 were in the king's H4428 provinces H4082 assembled H6950, to defend H5975 their lives H5315 and [fn]rid H5117 themselves H5117 of their enemies H340, and to kill H2026 seventy-five H2568 H7657 thousand H505 of those who hated H8130 them; but they did not lay H7971 their hands H3027 on the plunder H961.
Now when Job's H347 three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 about all H3605 this H2088 adversity H7451 that had come H935 upon H935 him, they came H935, each H376 one H376 from his own place H4725—Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747, and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284; and they made H3259 an H3259 appointment H3259 together H3162 to come H935 to sympathize H5110 with him and comfort H5162 him.
It came H1961 about H1961 after H310 the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 these H428 words H1697 to Job H347, that the LORD H3068 said H559 to Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, “My wrath H639 is kindled H2734 against you and against your two H8147 friends H7453, because H3588 you have not spoken H1696 of Me what H3559 is H3559 trustworthy H3559, as My servant H5650 Job H347 has.
Like sheep H6629 they sink H7743 down H7743 to [fn]Sheol H7585;
Death H4194 will be their shepherd H7462;
And the upright H3477 will rule H7287 over them in the morning H1242,
And their form H6736 shall be for [fn]Sheol H7585 to consume H1086
[fn]So H4480 that H4480 they have no H4480 lofty H2073 home H2073.
For I have taken H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820, even to [fn]examine H952 [fn]it all H3605, that righteous H6662 people H6662, wise H2450 people H2450, and their deeds H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. People H120 do not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 [fn]awaits H6440 them.
The Bride
“I was asleep H3463 but my heart H3820 was awake H5782.
A voice H6963! My beloved H1730 was knocking H1849:
‘Open H6605 to me, my sister H269, my darling H7474,
My dove H3123, my perfect H8535 one H8535!
For my head H7218 is [fn]drenched H4390 with dew H2919,
My locks H6977 with the dew H7447 drops H7447 of the night H3915.'
[fn]But there will be no H3808 more gloom H4155 for her who H834 was in anguish H4164. In earlier H7223 times H6256 He treated H7043 the land H776 of Zebulun H2074 and the land H776 of Naphtali H5321 with H7043 contempt H7043, but later H314 on He will make H3513 it glorious H3513, by the way H1870 of the sea H3220, on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan H3383, Galilee H1551 of the [fn]Gentiles H1471.
Now on that day H3117 the remnant H7605 of Israel H3478, and those of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 who H6413 have escaped H6413, will no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 rely H8172 on the one who struck H5221 them, but will truly H571 rely H8172 on the LORD H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.
Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559: “My people H5971, you who dwell H3427 in Zion H6726, do not fear H3372 the Assyrian H804 [fn]who strikes H5221 you with the rod H7626, and lifts H5375 up H5375 his staff H4294 against H5921 you the way H1870 Egypt H4714 did.
They will swoop H5774 down H5774 on the slopes H3802 of the Philistines H6430 on the west H3220;
Together H3162 they will plunder H962 the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924;
[fn]They will possess H4916 H3027 Edom H123 and Moab H4124,
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 will be [fn]subject H4928 to them.
“Sheol H7585 below H4480 H8478 is H7264 excited H7264 about you, to meet H7122 you when you come H935;
It stirs H5782 the [fn]spirits H7496 of H7496 the H7496 dead H7496 for you, all H3605 the [fn]leaders H6260 of the earth H776;
It raises H6965 all H3605 the kings H4428 of the nations H1471 from their thrones H3678.
For the fields H7709 of Heshbon H2809 have [fn]withered H535, the vines H1612 of Sibmah H7643 as well;
The lords H1167 of the nations H1471 have trampled H1986 down H1986 its choice H8291 clusters H8291
Which reached H5060 as far H5704 as Jazer H3270 and wandered H8582 to the deserts H4057;
Its [fn]tendrils H7976 spread H5203 themselves out H5203 and passed H5674 over H5674 the sea H3220.
Which sends H7971 messengers H6735 by the sea H3220,
Even in papyrus H1573 vessels H3627 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Go H1980, swift H7031 messengers H4397, to a nation H1471 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
To a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
A harsh H7186 vision H2380 has been shown H5046 to me;
The treacherous H898 one still deals H898 treacherously H898, and the destroyer H7703 still destroys H7703.
Go H5927 up H5927, Elam H5867, lay H6696 siege H6696, Media H4074;
I have put H7673 an H7673 end H7673 to H7673 all H3605 [fn]the groaning H603 she has caused.
From the ends H3671 of the earth H776 we hear H8085 songs H2158: “Glory H6643 to the Righteous H6662 One H6662,”
But I say H559, “[fn]I am finished H7334! I am finished H7334! Woe H188 to me!
The treacherous H898 deal H898 treacherously H898,
And the treacherous H898 deal H898 very H899 treacherously H898.”
Your dead H4191 will live H2421;
[fn]Their corpses H5038 will rise H6965.
You who lie H7931 in H7931 the dust H6083, awake H6974 and shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442,
For your dew H2919 is as the dew H2919 of the [fn]dawn H219,
And the earth H776 will [fn]give H5307 birth H5307 to the [fn]departed H7496 spirits H7496.
Then you will be brought H8213 low H8213;
From the earth H776 you will speak H1696,
And from the dust H6083 where you are prostrate H7817
Your words H565 will come.
Your voice H6963 will also be like that of a [fn]spirit H178 from the ground H776,
And your speech H565 will whisper H6850 from the dust H6083.
It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is eating H398;
But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,
But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889
And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.
So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The entire H3605 vision H2380 will be to you like the words H1697 of a sealed H2856 [fn]book H5612, which H834, when they give H5414 it to the one who [fn]is literate H3045 H5612, saying H559, “Please H4994 read H7121 this H2088,” he will say H559, “I cannot H3201 H3808, because H3588 it is sealed H2856.”
Woe H1945 to those who go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833
And rely H8172 on horses H5483,
And trust H982 in chariots H7393 because H3588 they are many H7227
And in horsemen H6571 because H3588 they are H6105 very H3966 strong H6105,
But they do not look H8159 to the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068!
Now the Egyptians H4714 are human H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So the LORD H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And any helper H5826 will stumble H3782,
And one who is helped H5826 will fall H5307.
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
Woe H1945 to you, destroyer H7703,
While you were not destroyed H7703;
And he who is treacherous H898, while others did not deal H898 treacherously H898 with him.
As soon as you finish H8552 destroying H7703, you will be destroyed H7703;
As soon as you cease H3615 to deal H898 treacherously H898, others will deal H898 treacherously H898 with you.
Look H2372 at H2372 Zion H6726, the city H7151 of our appointed H4150 feasts H4150;
Your eyes H5869 will see H7200 Jerusalem H3389, an undisturbed H7600 settlement H5116,
A tent H168 which will not be folded H6813;
Its stakes H3489 will never H1077 H5331 be pulled H5265 up H5265,
Nor H1077 any H3605 of its ropes H2256 be torn H5423 apart H5423.
Shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442, you heavens H8064, for the LORD H3068 has done H6213 it!
Shout H7321 joyfully H7321, you lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776;
Break H6476 into a shout H7440 of jubilation H7440, you mountains H2022,
Forest H3293, and every H3605 tree H6086 in it;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“The [fn]products H3018 of Egypt H4714 and the merchandise H5504 of [fn]Cush H3568
And the Sabeans H5436, men H376 of stature H4060,
Will come H5674 over H5674 to you and will be yours;
They will walk H1980 behind H310 you, they will come H5674 over H5674 in chains H2131
And will bow H2331 down H2331 to you;
They will plead H6419 with you:
‘[fn]God H410 certainly H389 is [fn]with you, and there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 else H5750,
“I will feed H398 your oppressors H3238 with their own flesh H1320,
And they will become H7937 drunk H7937 with their own blood H1818 as with sweet H6071 wine H6071;
And [fn]humanity H1320 will know H3045 that I, the LORD H3068, am your Savior H3467
And your Redeemer H1350, the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290.”
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 one H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 no H369 one H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 redeem H6304?
Or H518 do I have H369 no H369 power H3581 to rescue H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606,
I turn H7760 rivers H5104 into H7760 a wilderness H4057;
“Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,
Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;
For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,
And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in the same H3644 way H3651.
“No H3605 H3808 weapon H3627 that is formed H3335 against H5921 you will succeed H6743;
And you will condemn H7561 every H3605 tongue H3956 that [fn]accuses H6965 you in judgment H4941.
This H2088 is the heritage H5159 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068,
And their vindication H6666 is from Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
And the dogs H3611 are [fn]greedy H5315 H5794, they [fn]are never H3808 satisfied H3045 H7654.
And they are shepherds H7462 who have H3045 no H3808 understanding H995;
They have all H3605 turned H6437 to their own way H1870,
Each H376 one H376 to his unjust H1215 gain H1215, [fn]without H4480 exception H7097.
Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:
“Behold H2009, My servants H5650 will eat H398, but you will be hungry H7456.
Behold H2009, My servants H5650 will drink H8354, but you will be H6770 thirsty H6770.
Behold H2009, My servants H5650 will rejoice H8055, but you will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
“Because H834 the one who [fn]is blessed H1288 on the earth H776
Will [fn]be blessed H1288 by the God H430 of truth H543;
And the one who swears H7650 an oath on the earth H776
Will swear H7650 by the God H430 of truth H543;
Because H3588 the former H7223 troubles H6869 are forgotten H7911,
And because H3588 they are hidden H5641 from My sight H5869!
“Those who sanctify H6942 and purify H2891 themselves to go to the gardens H1593,
[fn]Following H310 one H259 in the center H8432,
Who eat H398 pig's H2386 flesh H1320, detestable H8263 things H8263, and mice H5909,
Will come H5486 to H5486 an H5486 end H5486 altogether H3162,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“The priests H3548 did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068?'
And those who handle H8610 the Law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]rulers H7462 also revolted H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that were of no H3808 benefit H3276.
And you, desolate H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?
Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,
Although H3588 you adorn H5710 yourself with jewelry H5716 of gold H2091,
Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with makeup H6320,
In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.
Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will kill H5221 them,
A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will destroy H7703 them,
A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.
Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out H3318 of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963,
Righteous H6662 are You, LORD H3068, when H3588 I plead H7378 my case H7378 with You;
Nevertheless H389 I would discuss H1696 matters H4941 of H4941 justice H4941 with You:
Why H4069 has the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 prospered H6743?
Why are H7951 all H3605 those who deal H898 in treachery H899 at H7951 ease H7951?
But I said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068! Behold H2009, the prophets H5030 are telling H559 them, ‘You will not see H7200 a sword H2719, nor H3808 will you have H1961 famine H7458; on H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, I will give H5414 you lasting H571 peace H7965 in this H2088 place H4725.'”
LORD H3068, the hope H4723 of Israel H3478,
All H3605 who abandon H5800 You will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
Those who turn H5493 [fn]away H5493 on earth H776 will be written H3789 down H3789,
Because H3588 they have forsaken H5800 the fountain H4726 of living H2416 water H4325, that is the LORD H3068.
Therefore H3651, give H5414 their children H1121 over H5414 to famine H7458
And turn H5064 them over H5064 to the [fn]power H3027 of the sword H2719;
And let their wives H802 become H1961 childless H7909 and widowed H490.
Let their men H376 also be slaughtered H2026 to death H4194,
Their young H970 men H970 struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 by the sword H2719 in battle H4421.
“Also among the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen H7200 a horrible H8186 thing H8186:
The committing H5003 of H5003 adultery H5003 and walking H1980 in deceit H8267;
And they strengthen H2388 the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489,
So that no H1115 one H376 has turned H7725 back H7725 from his wickedness H7451.
‘A clamor H7588 has come H935 to the end H7097 of the earth H776,
Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has a controversy H7379 with the nations H1471.
He is entering H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with [fn]humanity H1320;
As for the wicked H7563, He has turned H5414 them over H5414 to the sword H2719,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.”
Now these H428 are the words H1697 of the letter H5612 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 sent H7971 from Jerusalem H3389 to the rest H3499 of the elders H2205 of the exile H1473, the priests H3548, the prophets H5030, and all H3605 the people H5971 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1473 from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon H894.
‘Therefore H3651 all H3605 who devour H398 you will be devoured H398;
And all H3605 your adversaries H6862, every H3605 one H3605 of them, will go H1980 into captivity H7628;
And those who plunder H8155 you will become H1961 plunder H4933,
And all H3605 who plunder H962 you I will turn H5414 into plunder H957.
“Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son H1121?
Is he a delightful H8191 child H3206?
Indeed H3588, as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,
I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;
Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]heart H4578 yearns H1993 for him;
I will certainly H7355 have H7355 mercy H7355 on H7355 him,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Now all H3605 the commanders H8269 of the forces H2428 that were in the field H7704, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 over the land H776, and that he had put H6485 him in H6485 charge H6485 of the men H376, women H802, and [fn]children H2945, those of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 who H834 had not been exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
Then all H3605 the men H376 who were H3045 aware H3045 that their wives H802 were burning H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 to other H312 gods H430, along with all H3605 the women H802 who were standing H5975 by, as a large H1419 assembly H6951, [fn]including all H3605 the people H5971 who were living H3427 in Pathros H6624 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, responded H6030 to Jeremiah H3414, saying H559,
“Behold H2009, waters H4325 are going to rise H5927 from the north H6828
And become H1961 an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
And overflow H7857 the land H776 and everything H4393 that is in H4393 it,
The city H5892 and those who live H3427 in it;
And the people H120 will cry H2199 out H2199,
And every H3605 inhabitant H3427 of the land H776 will wail H3213.
“Wail H3213, Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!
Cry H6817 out H6817, daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,
Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242 and mourn H5594,
And move H7751 about H7751 inside the walls H1448;
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his leaders H8269.
“In those H1992 days H3117 and at that time H6256,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will come H935, they and the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 as H3162 well H3162; they will go H1980 along weeping H1058 as they go H1980, and it will be the LORD H3068 their God H430 whom they will seek H1245.
Now the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 belonged to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]sea H3220, which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 and carried H5375 all H3605 their bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.
In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her treasures H4262
That were hers since H4480 the days H3117 of old H6924,
When her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the adversary H6862
And no H369 one H369 helped H5826 her.
Jerusalem H3389 sinned H2398 greatly H2399,
Therefore H5921 H3651 she has become H1961 an [fn]object H5206 of H5206 ridicule H5206.
All H3605 who honored H3513 her despise H2151 her
Because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness H6172;
Even H1571 she herself H1931 groans H584 and turns H7725 away H268.
Zion H6726 stretches H6566 out H6566 with her hands H3027;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 her;
The LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 regarding Jacob H3290
That those around H5439 him become his adversaries H6862;
Jerusalem H3389 has become H1961 a filthy H5079 thing H5079 among H996 them.
My eyes H5869 fail H3615 because of tears H1832,
My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled H2560;
My [fn]heart H3516 is poured H8210 out H8210 on the earth H776
Because H5921 of the [fn]destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971,
When little H5768 ones H5768 and infants H3243 languish H5848
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the sixth H8345 year H8141, on the fifth H2568 day of the sixth H8345 month H2320, as I was sitting H3427 in my house H1004 with the elders H2205 of Judah H3063 sitting H3427 before H6440 me, that the hand H3027 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 fell H5307 upon me there H8033.
“Your wealth H1952, your wares H5801, your merchandise H4627,
Your seamen H4419 and your sailors H2259,
Your repairers H2388 of leaks H919, your dealers H6148 in merchandise H4627,
And all H3605 your men H376 of war H4421 who H834 are in you,
With all H3605 your contingent H6951 that is in your midst H8432,
“Behold H2009, I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714,
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his [fn]canals H2975,
That has said H559, ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.'
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her hordes H1995 around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them killed H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 inflicted H5414 their terror H2851 on the land H776 of the living H2416, and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“There H8033 also are the [fn]chiefs H5257 of the north H6828, all H3605 of them, and all H3605 the Sidonians H6722, who H834 in spite of the terror H2851 resulting from their might H1369, in H954 shame H954 went H3381 down H3381 with the slain H2491. So they lay H7901 down H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with those killed H2491 by the sword H2719 and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“But as for you, son H1121 of man H120, [fn]your fellow H1121 H5971 citizens H5971 who talk H1696 with one H2297 another H259 about you by the walls H7023 and in the doorways H6607 of the houses H1004, speak H1696 one H2297 with another H259, each H376 with his brother H251, saying H559, ‘Come H935 now H4994 and hear H8085 what H4100 the [fn]message H1697 is that comes H3318 from the LORD H3068.'
“Then those who inhabit H3427 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478 will go H3318 out H3318 and make H1197 fires H1197 with the weapons H5402 and burn H5400 them, both [fn]bucklers H4043 and shields H6793, bows H7198 and arrows H2671, war H3027 clubs H4731 and spears H7420, and for seven H7651 years H8141 they will make H1197 fires H784 of them.
Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers H3957, which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area H1508, they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to the LORD H3068 shall eat H398 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944. There H8033 they shall set H5117 the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944, the grain offering H4503, the sin H2403 offering H2403, and the guilt H817 offering H817; for the place H4725 is holy H6918.
“But the Levitical H3881 priests H3548, the sons H1121 of Zadok H6659, who H834 [fn]took H8104 responsibility H4931 for My sanctuary H4720 when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H8582 astray H8582 from Me, shall come H7126 near H7126 to Me to serve H8334 Me; and they shall stand H5975 before H6440 Me to offer H7126 Me the fat H2459 and the blood H1818,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.
‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559: “Enough H7227, you princes H5387 of Israel H3478; get H5493 rid H5493 of violence H2555 and destruction H7701, and practice H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666. Revoke H7311 your evictions H1646 of My people H5971,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.
“This sentence H6600 is by the decree H1510 of the angelic H5894 watchers H5894,
And the decision H7595 is a command H3983 of the holy H6922 ones H6922,
In order H5705 H1701 that the living H2417 may know H3046
That the Most H5943 High H5943 is ruler H7990 over the realm H4437 of mankind H606,
And He grants H5415 it to whomever H1768 H4479 He wishes H6634
And sets H6966 over H5922 it the lowliest H8215 of people H606.”
‘This H1836 is the dream H2493 that I, King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020, have seen H2370. Now you, Belteshazzar H1096, tell H560 me its interpretation H6591, since H6903 H1768 none H3606 H3809 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of my kingdom H4437 is able H3202 to make H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591; but you are able H3546, because H1768 a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods H426 is in you.'
“Then H116 Daniel H1841, whose H1768 name H8036 is Belteshazzar H1096, was appalled H8075 for a while H8160 as his thoughts H7476 alarmed H927 him. The king H4430 responded H6032 and said H560, ‘Belteshazzar H1096, do not let the dream H2493 or its interpretation H6591 alarm H927 you.' Belteshazzar H1096 replied H6032, ‘My lord H4756, if only the dream H2493 applied to those who hate H8131 you, and its interpretation H6591 to your adversaries H6146!
“At that time H2166 my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were [fn]restored H8421 to me for the honor H3367 of my kingdom H4437, and my state H1907 counselors H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out H1156; so I was reestablished H8627 in my [fn]sovereignty H4437, and surpassing H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.
The queen H4433 entered H5954 the banquet H4961 [fn]hall H1005 because H6903 of the words H4406 of the king H4430 and his nobles H7261; the queen H4433 began H6032 to H6032 speak H6032 and said H560, “O king H4430, live H2418 forever H5957! Do not let your thoughts H7476 alarm H927 you or your [fn]face H2122 be pale H8133.
“And to Him was given H3052 dominion H7985,
Honor H3367, and [fn]a kingdom H4437,
So that all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961
Might serve H6399 Him.
His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion H7985
Which H1768 will not pass H5709 away H5709;
And His kingdom H4437 is one
“Then H116 I desired H6634 to know H3321 the H3321 [fn]exact H3321 meaning H3321 of the fourth H7244 beast H2423, which H1768 was different H8133 from all H3606 [fn]the others, exceedingly H3493 dreadful H1763, with its teeth H8128 of iron H6523 and its claws H2953 of bronze H5174, and which devoured H399, crushed H1855, and trampled H7512 down H7512 the remainder H7606 with its feet H7271,
“And I will destroy H8074 her vines H1612 and fig H8384 trees H8384,
Of which H834 she said H559, ‘They are my wages H866 for H866 prostitution H866
Which H834 my lovers H157 have given H5414 me.'
And I will turn H7760 them into a forest H3293,
And the animals H2416 of the field H7704 will devour H398 them.
They will not pour H5258 out H5258 drink H5258 offerings H5258 of wine H3196 to the LORD H3068,
Nor will [fn]their sacrifices H2077 please H6149 Him.
Their bread will be to them like [fn]mourners' H205 bread H3899;
All H3605 who eat H398 it will be defiled H2930,
Because H3588 their bread H3899 will be for [fn]themselves H5315 alone;
I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness H4057;
I saw H7200 your forefathers H1 as the earliest H1063 fruit H1063 on the fig H8384 tree H8384 in its first H7225 season.
But they came H935 to Baal-peor H1187 and devoted H5144 themselves to [fn]shame H1322,
And they became H1961 as detestable H8251 as that which H159 they loved H157.
And mourn H5594, you priests H3548;
Wail H3213, you ministers H8334 of the altar H4196!
Come H935, spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in sackcloth H8242,
You ministers H8334 of my God H430,
For the grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262
Have been withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God H430.
Let the priests H3548, the LORD'S H3068 ministers H8334,
Weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196,
And let them say H559, “[fn]Spare H2347 Your people H5971, LORD H3068,
And do not make H5414 Your inheritance H5159 a disgrace H2781,
With the nations H1471 jeering H4912 at them.
And on that day H3117
The mountains H2022 will drip H5197 with [fn]sweet H6071 wine H6071,
And the hills H1389 will flow H1980 with milk H2461,
And all H3605 the brooks H650 of Judah H3063 will flow H1980 with water H4325;
And a spring H4599 will go H3318 out H3318 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Judah H3063, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes H2706;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“Just H834 as H834 the shepherd H7462 [fn]snatches H5337 from the lion's H738 mouth H6310 a couple H8147 of legs H3767 or H176 a piece H915 of an ear H241,
So H3651 will the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 living H3427 in Samaria H8111 be [fn]snatched H5337 away H5337—
With the corner H6285 of a bed H4296 and the [fn]cover H1833 of a couch H6210!
“All H3605 the people H376 [fn]allied H1285 with you
Will send H7971 you to the border H1366,
And the people H376 at peace H7965 with you
Will deceive H5378 you and overpower H3201 you.
They who eat your bread H3899
Will set H7760 an ambush H4204 for you.
(There H369 is H369 no H369 understanding H8394 [fn]in him.)
“On that day H3117 they will take H5375 up H5375 against H5921 you a [fn]song H4912 of H4912 mocking H4912
And [fn]utter H5091 a song H5092 of H7015 mourning H7015 and say H559,
‘We are completely H7703 destroyed H7703!
He exchanges H4171 the share H2506 of my people H5971;
How H349 He removes H4185 it from me!
To the apostate H7728 He apportions H2505 our fields H7704.'
Yet H1571 she became an exile H1473,
She went H1980 into captivity H7628;
Also H1571 her small children H5768 were smashed H7376 to H7376 pieces H7376
At the head H7218 of every H3605 street H2351;
They cast H3032 lots H1486 for her honorable H3513 men H3513,
And all H3605 her great H1419 men H1419 were bound H7576 with shackles H2131.
“Their horses H5483 are H7043 faster H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246,
And quicker H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening H6153.
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 charge H6335 along H6335,
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar H7350;
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 [fn]swooping H2363 down H2363 to devour H398.
“I will remove H5486 human H120 and animal H929 life;
I will remove H5486 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064
And the fish H1709 of the sea H3220,
And the [fn]ruins H4384 along H854 with the wicked H7563;
And I will eliminate H3772 mankind H120 from the face H6440 of the [fn]earth H127,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Therefore H3651, as I live H2416,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,
“Moab H4124 will assuredly H3588 be like Sodom H5467,
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 like Gomorrah H6017—
Ground H4476 overgrown H4476 with weeds H2738 and full of salt H4417 mines H4379,
And a permanent H5769 desolation H8077.
The remnant H7611 of My people H5971 will plunder H962 them,
And the remainder H3499 of My nation H1471 will inherit H5157 them.”
Then Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597, and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak H3087, the high H1419 priest H3548, with all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971, obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 and the words H1697 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5030, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 their God H430 had sent H7971 him. And the people H5971 [fn]showed H3372 reverence H3372 for the LORD H3068.
For the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 speak H1696 deception H205,
And the diviners H7080 see H2372 [fn]an illusion H8267
And tell H1696 deceitful H7723 dreams H2472;
They comfort H5162 in H1892 vain H1892.
Therefore H5921 H3651 the people [fn]wander H5265 like H3644 sheep H6629,
They are H6031 wretched H6031 because H3588 there H369 is H369 no H369 shepherd H7462.
Now this H2088 will be the plague H4046 with which H834 the LORD H3068 will strike H5062 all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 have gone H6633 to war H6633 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389; their flesh H1320 will rot H4743 while they stand H5975 on their feet H7272, and their eyes H5869 will rot H4743 in their sockets H2356, and their tongue H3956 will rot H4743 in their mouth H6310.
“‘A son H1121 honors H3513 his father H1, and a servant H5650 his master H113. Then if H518 I am a father H1, where H346 is My honor H3519? And if H518 I am a master H113, where H346 is My [fn]respect H4172?' says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 to you, the priests H3548 who despise H959 My name H8034! But you say H559, ‘How H4100 have we despised H959 Your name H8034?'
You have wearied H3021 the LORD H3068 with your words H1697. Yet you say H559, “How H4100 have we wearied H3021 Him?” In that you say H559, “Everyone H3605 who does H6213 evil H7451 is good H2896 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and He delights H2654 in them,” or H176, “Where H346 is the God H430 of justice H4941?”
Then H227 those who [fn]feared H3372 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to one H376 another H7453, and the LORD H3068 listened H7181 attentively H7181 and heard H8085 it, and a book H5612 of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 Him for those who [fn]fear H3372 the LORD H3068 and esteem H2803 His name H8034.
“[fn]For behold H2009, the day H3117 is coming H935, burning H1197 like a furnace H8574; and all H3605 the arrogant H2086 and every H3605 evildoer H6213 H7564 will be chaff H7179; and the day H3117 that is coming H935 will set H3857 them ablaze H3857,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, “so H834 that H834 it will leave H5800 them neither H3808 root H8328 nor H3808 branches H6057.
Woe H1945 to the inhabitants H3427 of the seacoast H3220 H2256,
The nation H1471 of the [fn]Cherethites H3774!
The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 is against H5921 you,
Canaan H3667, land H776 of the Philistines H6430;
And I will eliminate H6 you
So H4480 that H4480 there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 inhabitant H3427.
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