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Now the serpent H5175 was more H4480 crafty H6175 than H4480 any H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704 which H834 Yahweh H3068 God H430 had made H6213. And he said H559 to the woman H802, “Indeed H637 H3588, has God H430 said H559, ‘[fn]You shall not eat H398 from [fn]any H3605 tree H6086 of the garden H1588'?”
“Because H3588 you have done H6213 this H2088,
Cursed H779 are you more H4480 than H4480 any H3605 of the cattle H929,
And more H4480 than H4480 every H3605 beast H2416 of the field H7704;
On your belly H1512 you will go H1980,
Then to Adam H121 He said H559, “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife H802 and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from it';
Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;
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 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,”
But Joseph H3130 saw H7200 that his father H1 set H7896 his right H3225 hand H3027 on Ephraim's H669 head H7218, and it was displeasing H7489 in his sight H5869; so he took H8551 hold H8551 of his father's H1 hand H3027 to remove H5493 it from Ephraim's H669 head H7218 to Manasseh's H4519 head H7218.
Now it happened that when Pharaoh H6547 had let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971, God H430 did not guide H5148 them by the way H1870 of the land H776 of the Philistines H6430, even H3588 though H3588 it was near H7138; for God H430 said H559, “Lest H6435 the people H5971 change H5162 their minds H5162 when they see H7200 war H4421, and return H7725 to Egypt H4714.”
Then the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 was told H5046 that the people H5971 had fled H1272, and the heart H3824 of Pharaoh H6547 and his servants H5650 was H2015 changed H2015 toward H413 the people H5971, and they said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 we have done H6213, that we have let H7971 Israel H3478 go H7971 from serving H5647 us?”
For the horses H5483 of Pharaoh H6547 with his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571 went H935 into the sea H3220, and Yahweh H3068 brought H7725 back H7725 the waters H4325 of the sea H3220 on them, but the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 on dry H3004 land H3004 through the midst H8432 of the sea H3220.
Then the people H5971 saw H7200 that Moses H4872 delayed H954 to come H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022. So the people H5971 assembled H6950 about H5921 Aaron H175 and said H559 to him, “Arise H6965, make H6213 us [fn]gods H430 who H834 will go H1980 before H6440 us; as for this H2088 Moses H4872, the man H376 who H834 brought H5927 us up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, we do not know H3045 what H4100 has become H1961 of him.”
Then [fn]God said H559, “Behold H2009, I am going to cut H3772 a covenant H1285. Before H5048 all H3605 your people H5971 I will do H6213 wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 have not been created H1254 in all H3605 the earth H776 nor H3808 among any H3605 of the nations H1471; and all H3605 the people H5971 [fn]among H7130 whom H834 you live will see H7200 the working H4639 of Yahweh H3068, for it is a fearful H3372 thing H3372 that I am going to do H6213 with you.
Now it happened H1961 when Moses H4872 was coming H3381 down H3381 from Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 (and the two H8147 tablets H3871 of the testimony H5715 were in Moses' H4872 hand H3027 as he was coming H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022), that Moses H4872 did not know H3045 that the skin H5785 of his face H6440 shone H7160 because of his speaking H1696 with Him.
‘But if H518 his [fn]means H3027 are H5381 insufficient H3808 H5381 for two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 pigeons H3123, then for his offering H7133 for that which H834 he has sinned H2398, he shall bring H935 the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 for a sin H2403 offering H2403; he shall not place H7760 oil H8081 on it or put H5414 frankincense H3828 on it, for it is a sin H2403 offering H2403.
“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.
“For as for the [fn]life H5315 of all H3605 flesh H1320, its blood H1818 is identified with its [fn]life H5315. Therefore I said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘You are not to eat H398 the blood H1818 of any H3605 flesh H1320, for the [fn]life H5315 of all H3605 flesh H1320 is its blood H1818; whoever H3605 eats H398 it shall be cut H3772 off H3772.'
‘Now if H3588 a man H376 lies H7901 sexually H7902 H2233 with a woman H802 who H1931 is a slave H8198 assigned H2778 to another man H376, but who has in H6299 no H3808 way H6299 been redeemed H6299 nor H3808 given H5414 her freedom H2668, there shall be punishment H1244; they shall not, however, be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 because H3588 she was not free H2666.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Hobab H2246 the son H1121 of Reuel H7467 the Midianite H4084, Moses' H4872 father-in-law H2859, “We are setting H5265 out H5265 to the place H4725 of which H834 Yahweh H3068 said H559, ‘I will give H5414 it to you'; come H1980 with us and we will do H3190 you good H3190, for Yahweh H3068 has [fn]promised H1696 good H2896 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.”
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 the man H376 who H834 is H2930 unclean H2930 and does not purify H2398 himself from uncleanness H2398, that person H5315 shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from the midst H8432 of the assembly H6951 because H3588 he has [fn]made H2930 the sanctuary H4720 of Yahweh H3068 unclean H2930; the water H4325 for impurity H5079 has not been [fn]splashed H2236 on him; he is unclean H2931.
‘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.
“You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the sojourner H1616 who H834 is within your gates H8179, so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a foreigner H5237, for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to Yahweh H3068 your God H430. You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother's H517 milk H2461.
“It shall not seem H7185 hard H7185 in your sight H5869 when you [fn]let H7971 him go H7971 to be free H2670 from you, for he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with [fn]double H4932 the service H7939 of a hired H7916 man H7916; so Yahweh H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do H6213.
“If H3588 you go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 your enemies H340 and see H7200 horses H5483 and chariots H7393 and people H5971 more H7227 numerous H7227 than H4480 you, do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of them; for Yahweh H3068 your God H430, who H834 brought H5927 you up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714, is with you.
“If H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a wife H802 and marries H1166 her, and it happens H1961 [fn]that she finds H4672 no H3808 favor H2580 in his eyes H5869 because H3588 he has found H4672 some H1697 indecency H6172 in her, and he writes H3789 her a certificate H5612 of divorce H3748 and puts H5414 it in her hand H3027 and sends H7971 her out H7971 from his house H1004,
“So all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 shall come H935 on you and pursue H7291 you and overtake H5381 you until H5704 you are destroyed H8045, because H3588 you would not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 to keep H8104 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 He commanded H6680 you.
Now it happened H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 Yahweh H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Now it happened H1961 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.”
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.”
And this was the lot H1486 for the tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519, for he was the firstborn H1060 of Joseph H3130. To Machir H4353 the firstborn H1060 of Manasseh H4519, the father H1 of Gilead H1568, [fn]were allotted H1961 Gilead H1568 and Bashan H1316, because H3588 he was a man H376 of war H4421.
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Gideon H1439, “The people H5971 are still H5750 too many H7227; bring H3381 them down H3381 to the water H4325, and I will test H6884 them for you there H8033. And it will be that he of whom H834 I say H559 to you, ‘This H2088 one H2088 shall go H1980 with you,' he shall go H1980 with you; but everyone H3605 of whom H834 I say H559 to you, ‘This H2088 one H2088 shall not go H1980 with you,' he shall not go H1980.”
Now it happened that when Gideon H1439 heard H8085 the account H4557 of the dream H2472 and its interpretation H7667, he bowed H2331 in H2331 worship H2331. Then he returned H7725 to the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Arise H6965, for Yahweh H3068 has given H5414 the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 into your hands H3027.”
Then the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829 and said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, but did not H3808 call H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 your house H1004 down on you.”
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.
In those H1992 days H3117 there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 of Israel H3478; and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 was seeking H1245 an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live H3427 in, for until H5704 that day H3117 the land among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 had not fallen H5307 to them as an inheritance H5159.
Then 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.”
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not come H5927 up H5927 in the assembly H6951 to Yahweh H3068?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a great H1419 oath H7621 concerning him who H834 did not come H5927 up H5927 to Yahweh H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas's H6372 wife H802, was with child H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205. And she heard H8085 the report H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 was taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, so she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, for her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.
Then He struck H5221 down H5221 some of the men H376 of Beth-shemesh H1053 because H3588 they had looked H7200 into the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068. He struck H5221 down H5221 of all the people H5971, 50,070 H7657 H2572 H505 men H376, and the people H5971 mourned H56 because H3588 Yahweh H3068 had struck H5221 the people H5971 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347.
Then the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gathered H6908 to Mizpah H4709. And the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up H5927 against H413 Israel H3478. Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 it and were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Philistines H6430.
Then Jonathan H3083 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 garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189; perhaps H194 Yahweh H3068 will work H6213 for us, for Yahweh H3068 is not restrained H4622 to save H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592.”
Then Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 will you be grieving H56 over H413 Saul H7586? I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478. Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go H1980; I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022, for I see H7200 among his sons H1121 a king H4428 for Me.”
Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to David H1732, “Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, be witness! When H3588 I have examined H2713 my father H1 about this time H6256 tomorrow H4279, or the third H7992 day, behold H2009, if there is good H2895 feeling toward H413 David H1732, shall I not then H227 send H7971 to you and reveal H1540 it in your ear H241?
Then Saul's H7586 anger H639 burned H2734 against Jonathan H3083, and he said H559 to him, “You son H1121 of a perverse H5753, rebellious H4780 woman! Do I not know H3045 that you are choosing H977 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to your own shame H1322 and to the shame H1322 of your mother's H517 nakedness H6172?
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.
Then Saul H7586 said H559, “I have sinned H2398. Return H7725, my son H1121 David H1732, for I will not harm H7489 you again H5750 because H8478 H834 my life H5315 was H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869 this H2088 day H3117. Behold H2009, I have played H5528 the H5528 fool H5528 and have committed H7686 a H7686 serious H7235 H3966 error H7686.”
Now it happened H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 that the Philistines H6430 gathered H6908 their armed camps H4264 for war H6635, to fight H3898 against Israel H3478. And Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Know H3045 assuredly H3045 that you will go H3318 out H3318 with me in the camp H4264, you and your men H376.”
Then Achish H397 called H7121 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “As Yahweh H3068 lives H2416, you have been upright H3477, and your going H3318 out H3318 and your coming H935 in with me in the camp H4264 are pleasing H2896 in my sight H5869; for I have not found H4672 evil H7451 in you from the day H3117 of your coming H935 to me to this H2088 day H3117. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing H2896 in the sight H5869 of the lords H5633.
Then the men H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191. So they forsook H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; and the Philistines H6430 came H935 and lived H3427 in them.
Then the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but the blind H5787 and lame H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493”; [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 odious H887 to David H1732. So the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, 20,000 H6242 H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with 1,000 H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with 12,000 H8147 H6240 H505 men H376.
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.
Then Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his young H5288 men H5288, saying H559, “See H7200 now H4994, when Amnon's H550 heart H3820 is merry H2895 with wine H3196, and when I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon H550,' then put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191. Do not fear H3372; have not I myself H595 commanded H6680 you? Be H2388 strong H2388 and be [fn]valiant H1121 H2428.”
Now it happened H1961 after H310 they went H1980 away, that they came H5927 up H5927 out of the well H875 and went H1980 and informed H5046 King H4428 David H1732; and they said H559 to David H1732, “Arise H6965 and cross H5674 over H5674 the water H4325 quickly H4120 for thus H3602 Ahithophel H302 has counseled H3289 against H5921 you.”
Now H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his counsel H6098 was not [fn]followed H6213. So he [fn]saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and arose H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and strangled H2614 himself; thus he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in the grave H6913 of his father H1.
Then 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.”
[fn]Then Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Solomon H8010, when H3588 he heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 him king H4428 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 his father H1, for Hiram H2438 had H1961 [fn]always H3605 H3117 been H1961 one H157 who H157 loved H157 David H1732.
“If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is pestilence H1698, if H3588 there is scorching H7711 wind H7711 or mildew H3420, locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemy H340 besieges H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061, whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to Yahweh H3068 [fn]toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 man H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and give H5414 them over to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, far H7350 off H7350 or H176 near H7138;
Then all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 did not listen H8085 to them. So the people H5971 responded H7725 to the king H4428 with this word, saying H559,
“What H4100 portion H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
To your tents H168, O Israel H3478!
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.
Now Elijah H452 the Tishbite H8664, who was of [fn]the settlers H8453 of Gilead H1568, said H559 to Ahab H256, “As Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, lives H2416, before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975, surely H518 there shall be neither H518 dew H2919 nor rain H4306 these H428 years H8141, except H3588 H518 by my word H1697.”
Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 called H7121 all H3605 the elders H2205 of the land H776 and said H559, “Please H4994 know H3045 and see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 man is looking H1245 for H1245 trouble H7451; for he sent H7971 to me for my wives H802 and my children H1121 and my silver H3701 and my gold H2091, and I withheld H4513 nothing from him.”
Now behold H2009, a prophet H5030 approached H5066 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, ‘Have you seen H7200 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 multitude H1995? Behold H2009, I will deliver H5414 them into your hand H3027 today H3117, and you shall know H3045 that I am Yahweh H3068.'”
Then the prophet H5030 came H5066 near H5066 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said H559 to him, “Go H1980, strengthen H2388 yourself and know H3045 and see H7200 what H834 you have to do H6213; for at the turn H8666 of the year H8141 the king H4428 of Aram H758 will come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 you.”
Then his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, we have heard H8085 that the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are kings H4428 of lovingkindness H2617, please H4994 let us put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on our loins H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads H7218, and go H3318 out H3318 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478; perhaps H194 he will preserve H2421 your [fn]life H5315.”
Now it happened that when Jezebel H348 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 had been stoned H5619 and was dead H4191, Jezebel H348 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Arise H6965, take H3423 possession H3423 of the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158, which H834 he refused H3985 to give H5414 you for money H3701; for Naboth H5022 is not alive H2416, but dead H4191.”
Now a certain man H376 drew H4900 his bow H7198 at random H8537 and struck H5221 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 [fn]in a joint H1694 of the armor H8302. So he said H559 to the driver H7395 of H7395 his chariot H7395, “Turn H2015 [fn]around H3027 and take H3318 me out H3318 of the [fn]fight H4264, for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded H2470.”
Now Elisha H477 said H559 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, “What H4100 do I have to do with you? Go H1980 to the prophets H5030 of your father H1 and to the prophets H5030 of your mother H517.” And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to him, “No H408, for Yahweh H3068 has called H7121 these H428 three H7969 kings H4428 together to give H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Moab H4124.”
Now a certain H259 woman H802 of the wives H802 of the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 cried H6817 out H6817 to [fn]Elisha H477, “Your servant H5650 my husband H376 is dead H4191, and you know H3045 that your servant H5650 feared H3372 Yahweh H3068; and the creditor H5383 has come H935 to take H3947 my two H8147 children H3206 to be his slaves H5650.”
Then he said H559 to Gehazi H1522, “Gird H2296 up your loins H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand H3027, and go H1980; if H3588 you meet H4672 anyone H376, do not [fn]greet H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 [fn]greets H1288 you, do not answer H6030 him; and lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the boy's H5288 face H6440.”
Now Naaman H5283, commander H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Aram H758, was a great H1419 man H376 [fn]with his master H113, and [fn]highly H5375 H6440 respected H5375 H6440, because H3588 by him Yahweh H3068 had given H5414 salvation H8668 to Aram H758. The man H376 was also a mighty H1368 man H1368 of valor H2428, but he was a leper H6879.
Now it happened that when the king H4428 of Israel H3478 read H7121 the letter H5612, he tore H7167 his clothes H899 and said H559, “Am I God H430, to put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 and to make H2421 alive H2421, that this H2088 man is sending H7971 word to me to cure H622 a man H376 of his leprosy H6883? But know H3045 now H4994, and see H7200 how H3588 he is seeking H579 [fn]a H579 quarrel H579 against me.”
Now it happened H1961 when Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430 heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Israel H3478 had torn H7167 his clothes H899, that he sent H7971 word to the king H4428, saying H559, “Why H4100 have you torn H7167 your clothes H899? Now H4994 let him come H935 to me, and he shall know H3045 that there H3426 is H3426 a prophet H5030 in Israel H3478.”
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his camp H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him, and said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, but in Israel H3478; so now H6258 please H4994 take H3947 a blessing H1293 from your servant H5650.”
Then Gehazi H1522, the young H5288 man H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430, said H559 to himself, “Behold H2009, my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean H761, [fn]by not receiving H3947 from his hands H3027 what H834 he brought H935. As Yahweh H3068 lives H2416, I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 to take H5493 away H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is not the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 behind H310 him?”
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.”
Now this happened H1961 because H3588 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had sinned H2398 against Yahweh H3068 their God H430—who had brought H5927 them up H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 from under H8478 the hand H3027 of Pharaoh H6547, king H4428 of Egypt H4714—and they had [fn]feared H3372 other H312 gods H430
Then Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518, and Shebnah H7644 and Joah H3098, said H559 to Rabshakeh H7262, “Speak H1696 now H4994 to your servants H5650 in Aramaic H762, for we [fn]understand H8085 it; and do not speak H1696 with us in [fn]Judean H3066 in the hearing H241 of the people H5971 who H834 are on the wall H2346.”
In those H1992 days H3117 Hezekiah H2396 became H2470 ill H2470 to the point H4191 of death H4191. And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 came H935 to him and said H559 to him, “Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, ‘Set H6680 your house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, for you shall die H4191 and not live H2421.'”
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.
“We are yours, O David H1732,
And with you, O son H1121 of Jesse H3448!
Peace H7965, peace H7965 to you,
And peace H7965 to him who helps H5826 you;
Indeed H3588, your God H430 helps H5826 you!”
Then David H1732 received H6901 them and made H5414 them chiefs H7218 of the band H1416.
Now from Manasseh H4519 also some H4480 defected H5307 to David H1732 when he was about to go H935 to battle H4421 with the Philistines H6430 against H5921 Saul H7586. But they did not help H5826 them, for the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 after counsel H6098 sent H7971 him away H7971, saying H559, “At the cost of our heads H7218 he may defect H5307 to his master H113 Saul H7586.”
Then the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves odious H887 to David H1732. So Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 [fn]1,000 H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia H763, from Aram-maacah H758 H4601, and from Zobah H6678.
Then the Arameans H758 saw H7200 that they had been [fn]defeated H5062 by Israel H3478. So they sent H7971 messengers H4397 and brought H3318 out H3318 the Arameans H758 who H834 were beyond H4480 H5676 the [fn]River H5104, and Shophach H7780 the commander H8269 of the army H6635 of Hadadezer H1909 [fn]led H6440 them.
“As for you, my son H1121 Solomon H8010, know H3045 the God H430 of your father H1, and serve H5647 Him with [fn]a whole H8003 heart H3820 and a delighted H2655 soul H5315; for Yahweh H3068 searches H1875 all H3605 hearts H3824, and understands H995 every H3605 intent H3336 of the thoughts H4284. If H518 you seek H1875 Him, He will be found H4672; but if H518 you forsake H5800 Him, He will reject H2186 you forever H5703.
Then David H1732 said H559 to his son H1121 Solomon H8010, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, and act H6213; do not fear H3372 nor H408 be dismayed H2865, for Yahweh H3068 God H430, my God H430, is with you. He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 forsake H5800 you until H5704 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 is completed H3615.
Then King H4428 David H1732 said H559 to the entire H3605 assembly H6951, “My son H1121 Solomon H8010, whom alone H259 God H430 has chosen H977, is still young H5288 and inexperienced H7390 and the work H4399 is great H1419; for the [fn]temple H1002 is not for man H120, but for Yahweh H3068 God H430.
Then Solomon H8010 set H6942 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 the middle H8432 of the court H2691 that was before H6440 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068, because there H8033 he offered H6213 the burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002; for H3588 the bronze H5178 altar H4196 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 was H3201 not able H3201 to hold H3557 the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the grain offering H4503 and the fat H2459.
Then Solomon H8010 brought H5927 Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 up H5927 from the city H5892 of David H1732 to the house H1004 which H834 he had built H1129 for her, for he said H559, “My wife H802 shall not live H3427 in the house H1004 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478, because H3588 [fn]the places H1992 are holy H6944 where H834 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068 has entered H935.”
And according to the judgment H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he caused the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 to stand H5975 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their responsibilities H4931 to praise H1984 and minister H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for David H1732 the man H376 of God H430 had so H3651 commanded H4687.
Now all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 did not listen H8085 to them. So the people H5971 responded H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 portion H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.
Every H376 man H376 to your tents H168, O Israel H3478;
When Yahweh H3068 saw H7200 that they humbled H3665 themselves, the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 came H1961 to Shemaiah H8098, saying H559, “They have humbled H3665 themselves so I will not bring them to ruin H7843, but I will grant H5414 them some H4592 measure of escape H6413, and My wrath H2534 shall not be poured H5413 out H5413 on Jerusalem H3389 by the hand H3027 of Shishak H7895.
Then the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 made H4427 [fn]Ahaziah H274, his youngest H6996 son H1121, king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478, for the band H1416 of H1416 men H1416 who came H935 with the Arabs H6163 to the camp H4264 had killed H2026 all H3605 the older H7223 sons. So Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 became H4427 king H4427.
So the Levites H3881 and all H3605 Judah H3063 did H6213 according to all H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the sabbath H7676, with those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the sabbath H7676, for Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 did not dismiss H6362 any of the divisions H4256.
Now the Spirit H7307 of God H430 clothed H3847 Zechariah H2148 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548; and he stood H5975 above H4480 H5921 the people H5971 and said H559 to them, “Thus H3541 says H559 God H430, ‘Why H4100 do you trespass H5674 against the commandments H4687 of Yahweh H3068 and do not succeed H6743? Because H3588 you have forsaken H5800 Yahweh H3068, He has also forsaken H5800 you.'”
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.
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.
that H1768 a search H1240 be made H5648 in the record H1799 books H5609 of your fathers H2. And you will find H7912 in the record H1799 books H5609 and come to know H3046 that that city H7149 is a rebellious H4779 city H7149 and damaging H5142 to kings H4430 and provinces H4083, and that they have incited H5648 revolt H849 within H1459 it in past H5957 days H3118; therefore H5922 H1836 that city H7149 was laid H2718 waste H2718.
“So a decree H2942 has been [fn]issued H7761 by me, and a search H1240 has been made H1240 and it has been found H7912 that that city H7149 has lifted H5376 itself H5376 up H5376 against H5922 the kings H4430 in past H5957 days H3118, that rebellion H4776 and revolt H849 have been perpetrated H5648 in it,
“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.
“So now H3705 if H2006 it seems H2869 good H2869 to the king H4430, let a search H1240 be made H1240 in the king's H4430 treasure H1596 house H1005, which H1768 is there H8536 in Babylon H895, if H2006 it be that a decree H2942 was issued H7761 by King H4430 Cyrus H3567 to rebuild H1124 that H1791 house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390; and let the king H4430 send H7972 to us his will H7470 concerning H5922 this H1836 matter.”
“And I issued H7761 a decree H2942 that any H3606 man H606 who H1768 violates H8133 this H1836 edict H6600, a timber H636 shall be pulled H5256 out H5256 from his house H1005 and he shall be impaled H2211 H4223 on it and his house H1005 shall be made H5648 a refuse H5122 heap H5122 on account H5922 of this H1836.
“So I, even I, King H4430 Artaxerxes H783, issue H7761 a decree H2942 to all H3606 the treasurers H1490 who H1768 are in the provinces beyond H5675 the [fn]River H5103, that whatever H3606 H1768 Ezra H5831 the priest H3549, the scribe H5613 of the law H1882 of the God H426 of heaven H8065, may ask H7593 of you, it shall be done H5648 with all H629 diligence H629,
Now while Ezra H5830 was praying H6419 and making H3034 confession H3034, weeping H1058 and prostrating H5307 himself before H6440 the house H1004 of God H430, a very H3966 large H7227 assembly H6951, men H376, women H802, and children H3206, gathered H6908 to him from Israel H3478; for the people H5971 wept H1058 bitterly H7235 H1059.
But the exiles H1121 H1473 did H6213 so H3651. And [fn]Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 separated H914 out H914 men H376 who were heads H7218 of fathers' H1 households for each of their father's H1 households H1004, all H3605 of them by name H8034. So they [fn]convened H3427 on the first H259 day H3117 of the tenth H6224 month H2320 to investigate H1875 the matter H1697.
[fn]Now it happened that when H834 Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, the Arabs H6163, the Ammonites H5984, and the Ashdodites H796 heard H8085 that the [fn]repair H724 of the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 went H5927 on, and that the places broken H6555 down began H2490 to be H5640 closed H5640, they were H2734 very H3966 angry H2734.
Now it happened H834 when it was heard H8085 by Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163, and the rest H3499 of our enemies H340 that I had rebuilt H1129 the wall H2346, and that no H3808 breach H6556 remained H3498 in it, although H1571 at that time H6256 I had not made the doors H1817 to stand H5975 in the gates H8179,
Now I entered H935 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806, son H1121 of Mehetabel H4105, who H1931 was [fn]confined H6113 at home, and he said H559, “Let us meet H3259 together H3259 in the house H1004 of God H430, within H8432 the temple H1964, and let us close H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964, for they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you, and they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you at night H3915.”
Then Nehemiah H5166, who H1931 was the [fn]governor H8660, and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe H5608, and the Levites H3881, who provided H995 the people H5971 with understanding H995, said H559 to all H3605 the people H5971, “This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 to Yahweh H3068 your God H430; do not mourn H56 or weep H1058.” For all H3605 the people H5971 were weeping H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the law H8451.
“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.
“Then You performed H5414 signs H226 and wonders H4159 against Pharaoh H6547,
Against all H3605 his servants H5650 and all H3605 the people H5971 of his land H776;
For You knew H3045 that they acted H2102 presumptuously H2102 toward H5921 them,
And made H6213 a name H8034 for Yourself as it is this H2088 day H3117.
On that day H3117 men H376 were also appointed H6485 over H5921 the chambers H5393 for the stores H214, the contributions H8641, the first H7225 fruits H7225, and the tithes H4643, to gather H3664 into them from the fields H7704 of the cities H5892 the portions H4521 required by the law H8451 for the priests H3548 and Levites H3881; for Judah H3063 was glad H8057 over H5921 the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 who stood H5975 to minister.
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.
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. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, O God H430, be H2603 gracious H2603 to me,
For my soul H5315 takes H2620 refuge H2620 in You;
And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I will take H2620 refuge H2620
If H518 you see H7200 oppression H6233 of the poor H7326 and robbery H1498 of justice H4941 and righteousness H6664 in the province H4082, do not be H8539 astonished H8539 over the [fn]matter H2656; for a lofty H1364 one keeps H8104 watch H8104 over H4480 H5921 another lofty H1364 one, and there are loftier H1364 ones H1364 over H5921 them.
Here H2009 is what H834 I have seen H7200 to be good H2896, which is [fn]beautiful H3303: to eat H398, to drink H8354, and to see H7200 good H2896 in all H3605 one's labor H5999 in which H7945 he labors H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 during the few H4557 days H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him; for this H1931 is his portion H2506.
There H3426 is H3426 vanity H1892 which H834 is done H6213 on the earth H776, that is, there H3426 are H3426 righteous H6662 men H6662 to whom H834 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the works H4639 of the wicked H7563. On the other hand, there H3426 are H3426 wicked H7563 men H7563 to whom H7945 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the works H4639 of the righteous H6662. I say H559 that this H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892.
For I have given H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820 and explain H952 [fn]it that righteous H6662 men H6662, wise H2450 men H2450, and their service H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. Man H120 does not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 may be before H6440 him.
I again H7725 saw H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 that the race H4793 is not to the swift H7031 and the battle H4421 is not to the mighty H1368, and neither H1571 H3808 is bread H3899 to the wise H2450 nor H3808 H1571 riches H6239 to the discerning H995 nor H3808 H1571 favor H2580 to men who know H3045; for time H6256 and misfortune H6294 overtake H7136 them all H3605.
Be glad H8055, young H970 man H970, during your childhood H3208, and let your heart H3820 be H3190 merry H3190 during the days H3117 of young H979 manhood H979. And walk H1980 in the ways H1870 of your heart H3820 and in the sights H4758 of your eyes H5869. Yet know H3045 that God H430 will bring H935 you to judgment H4941 for all H3605 these H428 things H428.
Therefore H5921 H3651 the Lord H136 is not glad H8055 in their choice H970 men H970,
Nor H3808 does He have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 their [fn]orphans H3490 or their widows H490;
For every H3605 one H3605 of them is godless H2611 and an evildoer H7489,
And every H3605 mouth H6310 is speaking H1696 wicked H5039 foolishness H5039.
In spite of all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 does not turn H7725 back H7725,
And His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
“Let the [fn]banished H5080 of Moab H4124 sojourn H1481 with you;
Be a hiding H5643 place H5643 to them from the destroyer H7703.”
For the extortioner H4160 has come H656 to H656 an H656 end H656, destruction H7701 has ceased H3615,
Oppressors H7429 have completely H8552 disappeared from the land H776.
Therefore H5921 H3651 I will weep H1058 bitterly H1065 for Jazer H3270, for the vine H1612 of Sibmah H7643;
I will drench H7301 you with my tears H1832, O Heshbon H2809 and Elealeh H500;
For the shouting H1959 over H5921 your summer H7019 fruits H7019 and your harvest H7105 has fallen H5307 away H5307.
Then it will be that he who flees H5127 the sound H6963 of panic H6343 will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And he who [fn]climbs H5927 out of the pit H6354 will be caught H3920 in the pitfall H6341;
For the windows H699 [fn]above H4480 H4791 are opened H6605, and the foundations H4144 of the earth H776 quake H7493.
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.”
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 to me,
“As the lion H738 or the young H3715 lion H3715 growls H1897 over H5921 its prey H2964,
Against H5921 which H834 a multitude H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called H7121 out H7121,
And it will not be dismayed H2865 at their voice H6963 nor H3808 afflicted H6031 at their noise H1995,
So H3651 will Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 come H3381 down H3381 to wage H6633 war H6633 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on its hill H1389.”
The sword H2719 of Yahweh H3068 is filled H4390 with blood H1818;
It is [fn]sated H1878 with fat H2459, with the blood H1818 of lambs H3733 and goats H6260,
With the fat H2459 of the kidneys H3629 of rams H352.
For Yahweh H3068 has a sacrifice H2077 in Bozrah H1224
And a great H1419 slaughter H2874 in the land H776 of Edom H123.
“Through H3027 your servants H5650 you have [fn]reproached H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, ‘With my many H7230 chariots H7393 I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 cypresses H1265.
And I will go H935 to its [fn]highest H4791 peak H7093, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
Who H4310 has declared H5046 this from the beginning H7218, that we might know H3045?
Or from former H6440 times H6440, that we may say H559, “He is right H6662!”?
Surely H637 there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who declared H5046;
Surely H637 there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who caused H8085 those words to H8085 be H8085 heard H8085;
Surely H637 there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who heard H8085 your words H561.
The man crafts H2796 iron H1270 into a cutting H4621 tool H4621 and does H6466 his work H6466 over the coals H6352, [fn]forming H3335 it with hammers H4717 and working H6466 it with his powerful H3581 arm H2220. He also H1571 gets H7456 hungry H7456 and has H369 no H369 power H3581; he drinks H8354 no H3808 water H4325 and becomes H3286 weary H3286.
Shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442, O heavens H8064, for Yahweh H3068 has done H6213 it!
Make H7321 a H7321 loud H7321 shout H7321, you lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776;
Break H6476 forth H6476 into a shout H7440 of H7440 joy H7440, you mountains H2022,
O forest H3293, and every H3605 tree H6086 in it;
For Yahweh H3068 has redeemed H1350 Jacob H3290
And in Israel H3478 He shows H6286 forth His beautiful H6286 glory H6286.
“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'?
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“The fruit H3018 of the labor H3018 of Egypt H4714 and the profit H5504 of [fn]Ethiopia H3568
And the Sabeans H5436, men H376 of stature H4060,
Will come H5674 over H5674 to you and will be yours;
They will walk H1980 behind H310 you; they will come H5674 over H5674 in chains H2131
And will bow H2331 down H2331 to you;
They will make H6419 supplication H6419 to you:
‘[fn]Surely H389, God H410 is [fn]with you, and there H369 is H369 none H369 else H5750,
“Indeed, you have not heard H8085; indeed, you have not known H3045.
Indeed, even H1571 from long H227 ago H227 your ear H241 has not been open H6605
Because H3588 I knew H3045 that you would deal H898 very H898 treacherously H898;
And you have been called H7121 a [fn]transgressor H6586 from the [fn]womb H990.
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.”
“Kings H4428 will be your guardians H539,
And their princesses H8282 your nurses H3243.
They will bow H2331 down H2331 to you with their [fn]faces H639 to the earth H776
And lick H3897 the dust H6083 of your feet H7272;
And you will know H3045 that I am Yahweh H3068;
Those who H834 hope H6960 in Me will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
“I will feed H398 those who mistreat H3238 you with their own flesh H1320,
And they will become H7937 drunk H7937 with their own blood H1818 as with sweet H6071 wine H6071;
And all H3605 flesh H1320 will know H3045 that I, Yahweh H3068, am your Savior H3467
And your Redeemer H1350, the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290.”
“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 man H376 when I came H935?
When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 none H369 to answer H6030?
Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 ransom H6304?
Or H518 have H369 I no H369 power H3581 to deliver H5337?
Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606;
I make H7760 the rivers H5104 a wilderness H4057;
“Lift H5375 up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,
Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;
For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,
And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899,
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in like H3644 manner H3651;
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!”
“Shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442, O barren H6135 woman H6135, who has not H3808 given H3205 birth H3205;
Break H6476 forth H6476 into joyful H7440 shouting H7440 and cry H6670 aloud H6670, you who have not been in [fn]labor H2342;
For more H4480 numerous H7227 are the sons H1121 of the desolate H8074 one
Than H4480 the sons H1121 of the married H1166 woman,” says H559 Yahweh H3068.
“Do not be H3372 afraid H3372, for you will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954;
And do not feel H3637 dishonored H3637, for you will not be humiliated H2659;
But you will forget H7911 the shame H1322 of your virginity H5934,
And the reproach H2781 of your widowhood H491 you will remember H2142 no H3808 more H5750.
“Behind H310 the door H1817 and the doorpost H4201
You have set H7760 up H7760 your memorial H2146;
Indeed H3588, far removed H4480 from Me, you have uncovered H1540 yourself,
And have gone H5927 up H5927 and made H7337 your bed H4904 wide H7337,
And you have cut H3772 a covenant for yourself with them;
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“As the new H8492 wine H8492 is found H4672 in the cluster H811,
And one says H559, ‘Do not make H7843 it a ruin H7843, for there is [fn]benefit H1293 in it,'
So H3651 I will act H6213 on behalf H4616 of My slaves H5650
In order not to make H7843 [fn]all H3605 of them a ruin H7843.
So H1571 I will choose H977 their [fn]punishments H8586
And will bring H935 on them what H4034 they dread H4034,
Because H3282 I called H7121, but no H369 one H369 answered H6030;
I spoke H1696, but they did not listen H8085.
And they did H6213 what H7451 was evil H7451 in My eyes H5869
And chose H977 that in which H834 I did not take H2654 pleasure H2654.”
“Who H4310 has heard H8085 such H2088 a thing H2088? Who H4310 has seen H7200 such H428 things?
Can a land H776 be [fn]brought H2342 forth H2342 through H2342 labor H2342 pains H2342 in one H259 day H3117?
Can a nation H1471 be born H3205 all H6471 at H6471 once H259 H6471?
As H3588 soon H3588 as H3588 Zion H6726 was H2342 in H2342 labor H2342 pains H2342, she also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to her sons H1121.
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, I stretch H5186 out H5186 peace H7965 to her like a river H5104,
And the glory H3519 of the nations H1471 like an overflowing H7857 stream H5158;
And you will [fn]be nursed H3243; you will be carried H5375 on the [fn]hip H6654 and played H8173 with H8173 on the knees H1290.
“Your own evil H7451 will chastise H3256 you,
And your acts H4878 of faithlessness H4878 will reprove H3198 you;
Know H3045 therefore and see H7200 that it is evil H7451 and bitter H4751
For you to forsake H5800 Yahweh H3068 your God H430,
And the dread H6345 of Me is not in you,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635.
‘[fn]Return H7725, faithless H4878 Israel H3478,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068;
‘I will not [fn]look H5307 upon you in H5307 anger H5307.
For I am One H2623 of H2623 lovingkindness H2623,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068;
‘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.
For I heard H8085 a sound H6963 as of a woman in H2342 labor H2342 pains H2342,
The distress H6869 as of one H1069 giving H1069 birth H1069 to H1069 her H1069 first H1069 child H1069,
The sound H6963 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 gasping H3306 for H3306 breath H3306,
Stretching H6566 out H6566 her [fn]hands H3709, saying,
“Ah H4994, woe H188 is me, for my soul faints H5888 before murderers H2026.”
Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will strike H5221 them down H5221;
A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will devastate H7703 them;
A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.
Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963
Because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are H7231 many H7231;
Their acts H4878 of faithlessness H4878 are H6105 mighty H6105.
But I am full H4390 of the wrath H2534 of Yahweh H3068;
I am H3811 weary H3811 of holding H3557 it in.
“Pour H8210 it out H8210 on the infants H5768 in the street H2351
And on the [fn]gathering H5475 of choice H970 men H970 together H3162;
For both H1571 husband H376 and wife H802 shall be captured H3920,
“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.
“For the mountains H2022 I will take H5375 up H5375 a weeping H1065 and wailing H5092,
And for the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 a funeral lamentation H7015,
Because H3588 they are turned H5327 into ruin H5327 so H4480 H1097 that no H1097 one H376 passes H5674 through H5674,
And the lowing H6963 of the cattle H4735 is not heard H8085;
Both H4480 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the beasts H929 have fled H5074; they are gone H1980.
Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, who planted H5193 you, has spoken H1696 forth evil H7451 against H5921 you because H1558 of the evil H7451 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and of the house H1004 of Judah H3063, which H834 they have [fn]done H6213 to provoke H3707 Me to anger H3707 by burning H6999 incense H6999 to Baal H1168.
Righteous H6662 are You, O Yahweh H3068, when I would plead H7378 my case H7378 with You;
Indeed H389 I would speak H1696 matters H4941 of H4941 justice H4941 with You:
Why H4069 has the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 succeeded H6743?
Why are H7951 all H3605 those who deal H898 in treachery H899 complacent H7951?
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56
And the plants H6212 of every H3605 field H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?
Because of the evil H7451 of those who inhabit H3427 it,
Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been swept H5595 away H5595,
Because H3588 men have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our latter H319 ending H319.”
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 concerning H5921 all H3605 My evil H7451 neighbors H7934 who beat H5060 at the inheritance H5159 with which H834 I have caused H5157 My people H5971 Israel H3478 to H5157 inherit H5157, “Behold H2009, I am about to uproot H5428 them from their land H127 and will uproot H5428 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 from among H8432 them.
“Therefore you are to say H559 this H2088 word H1697 to them, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, “Every H3605 jug H5035 is to be filled H4390 with wine H3196.”' And they will say H559 to you, ‘Do we not very H3045 well H3045 know H3045 that every H3605 jug H5035 is to be filled H4390 with wine H3196?'
“As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings H4684,
The lewdness H2154 of your prostitution H2184
On the hills H1389 in the field H7704,
I have seen H7200 your detestable H8251 things H8251.
Woe H188 to you, O Jerusalem H3389!
How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you not H3808 cleanse H2891 yourself?”
‘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.'”
Are H3426 there H3426 any H3426 among the [fn]idols H1892 of the nations H1471 who give H1652 rain H1652?
Or H518 can the heavens H8064 give H5414 showers H7241?
Is it not You, O Yahweh H3068 our God H430?
Therefore we [fn]hope H6960 in You,
For You are the one who has done H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428.
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.
O Yahweh H3068, the hope H4723 of Israel H3478,
All H3605 who forsake H5800 You will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.
Those who turn H5493 [fn]away H5493 on earth H776 will be written H3789 down H3789
Because H3588 they have forsaken H5800 the fountain H4726 of living H2416 water H4325, even Yahweh H3068.
Then they said H559, “Come H1980 and let us devise H2803 plans H4284 against H5921 Jeremiah H3414. Surely H3588 the law H8451 is not going to perish H6 from the priest H3548, nor H3808 counsel H6098 to the wise H2450 man, nor H3808 the divine word H1697 to the prophet H5030! Come H1980 on and let us strike H5221 at him with our tongue H3956, and let us give H7181 no H408 heed H7181 to any H3605 of his words H1697.”
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
But Yahweh H3068 is with me like a ruthless H6184 mighty H1368 one H1368;
Therefore H5921 H3651 my persecutors H7291 will stumble H3782 and not prevail H3201.
They will be H954 utterly H3966 ashamed H954, because H3588 they have not H3808 prospered H7919,
With an everlasting H5769 dishonor H3639 that will not be forgotten H7911.
“Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030,
‘Behold H2009, I am going to feed H398 them wormwood H3939
And make H8248 them drink H8248 [fn]poisoned H7219 water H4325,
For from the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389
Pollution H2613 has gone H3318 forth H3318 into all H3605 the land H776.'”
‘A rumbling H7588 has come H935 to the end H7097 of the earth H776
Because H3588 Yahweh H3068 has a contention H7379 against the nations H1471.
He is entering H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with all H3605 flesh H1320;
As for the wicked H7563, He has given H5414 them to the sword H2719,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.”
“Did Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 Judah H3063 put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191? Did he not fear H3372 Yahweh H3068 and entreat H2470 the favor H6440 of Yahweh H3068, and Yahweh H3068 [fn]relented H5162 of H413 the evil H7451 demise which H834 He had spoken H1696 against H5921 them? But we are committing H6213 a great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 ourselves H5315.”
Then I spoke H1696 to the priests H3548 and to all H3605 this H2088 people H5971, saying H559, “Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068: Do not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of your prophets H5030 who prophesy H5012 to you, saying H559, ‘Behold H2009, the vessels H3627 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 will now H6258 shortly H4120 be returned H7725 from Babylon H894'; for they are prophesying H5012 a lie H8267 to you.
‘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.
“Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son H1121?
Is he a delightful H8191 child H3206?
Indeed H3588, as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,
I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;
Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]inmost H4578 being H4578 yearns H1993 for him;
I will surely H7355 have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 him,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“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.
‘And they will also bring H3318 out H3318 all H3605 your wives H802 and your sons H1121 to the Chaldeans H3778, and you yourself H859 will not escape H4422 from their hand H3027, but will be seized H8610 by the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and this H2088 city H5892 will be burned H8313 with fire H784.'”
Then all H3605 the [fn]commanders H8269 of the military H2428 forces H2428 that were in the field H7704, they and their men H376, heard H8085 that the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had appointed H6485 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 over the land H776 and that he had appointed H6485 him over the men H376, women H802, little H2945 ones H2945, and those of the poorest H1803 of the land H776 who H834 had not been exiled H1540 to Babylon H894.
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, “As My anger H639 and wrath H2534 have been poured H5413 out H5413 on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, so H3651 My wrath H2534 will be poured H5413 out H5413 on you when you enter H935 Egypt H4714. And you will become H1961 a curse H423, an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, an imprecation H7045, and a reproach H2781; and you will see H7200 this H2088 place H4725 no H3808 more H5750.”
Then all H3605 the men H376 who knew H3045 that their wives H802 were burning H6999 incense H6999 to other H312 gods H430, along with all H3605 the women H802 who were standing H5975 by, as a large H1419 assembly H6951, [fn]including all H3605 the people H5971 who were living H3427 in Pathros H6624 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, answered H6030 to Jeremiah H3414, saying H559,
Indeed, that day H3117 belongs to Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635,
A day H3117 of vengeance H5360, so as to avenge H5358 Himself on His adversaries H6862;
And the sword H2719 will devour H398 and be H7646 satiated H7646
And [fn]drink H7301 its fill H7301 of their blood H1818;
For there will be a sacrifice H2077 to Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
In the land H776 of the north H6828 by the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.
“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.'
“O Jacob H3290 My servant H5650, do not fear H3372,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“For I am with you.
For I will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of all H3605 the nations H1471
Where H834 H8033 I have banished H5080 you,
Yet I will not make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617 of you;
But I will discipline H3256 you with justice H4941
And by H5352 no H3808 means H5352 leave H5352 you unpunished H5352.”
Concerning Moab H4124. Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478,
“Woe H1945 to Nebo H5015, for it has been destroyed H7703;
Kiriathaim H7156 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954, it has been captured H3920;
The lofty H4869 stronghold H4869 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954 and [fn]shattered H2865.
“The one who flees H5127 from the panic H6343
Will fall H5307 into the pit H6354,
And the one who climbs H5927 up H5927 out of the pit H6354
Will be caught H3920 in the pitfall H6341;
For I shall bring H935 upon her, even upon Moab H4124,
The year H8141 of their punishment H6486,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“Wail H3213, O Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!
Cry H6817 out H6817, O daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,
Gird H2296 yourselves H2296 with sackcloth H8242 and lament H5594,
And rush H7751 back H7751 and forth H7751 inside the walls H1448;
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his princes H8269.
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, those who H834 are not under judgment H4941 to drink H8354 the cup H3563 will certainly H8354 drink H8354 it, but are you the one H1931 who will go completely H5352 unpunished H5352? You will not go unpunished H5352, but you will certainly H8354 drink H8354 it.
“As for the terror H8606 of you,
The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,
O you who dwell H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock H5553,
Who seize H8610 the height H4791 of the hill H1389.
Though H3588 you make H1361 your nest H7064 as high H1361 as an eagle's H5404,
I will bring H3381 you down H3381 from there H8033,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“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!
“For behold H2009, I am going to arouse H5782 and bring H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Babylon H894
An assembly H6951 of great H1419 nations H1471 from the land H776 of the north H6828,
And they will arrange H6186 their battle H6186 lines H6186 against her;
From there H8033 she will be taken H3920 captive H3920.
Their arrows H2671 will be like [fn]a warrior H1368 who makes one childless H7919
“Raise H7321 a H7321 loud H7321 shout H7321 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439!
She has given H5414 [fn]herself H3027 up H5414, her pillars H803 have fallen H5307,
Her walls H2346 have been pulled H2040 down H2040.
For this H1931 is the vengeance H5360 of Yahweh H3068:
“Summon H8085 [fn]many H7227 against H413 Babylon H894,
All H3605 those who [fn]bend H1869 the bow H7198:
Encamp H2583 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439,
Let there be no H408 escape H6413[fn].
Repay H7999 her according to her work H6467;
According to all H3605 that she has done H6213, so do H6213 to her;
For she has become H2102 arrogant H2102 against H413 Yahweh H3068,
“Behold H2009, one will come H5927 up H5927 like a lion H738 from the [fn]thicket H1347 of the Jordan H3383 to an enduring H386 pasture H5116; for in an instant H7280 I will make them run H7323 away H4480 from it, and whoever H4310 is chosen H977 I will appoint H6485 over H413 it. For who H4310 is like H3644 Me, and who H4310 will [fn]summon H3259 Me into court? And who H4310 then H2088 is the shepherd H7462 who H834 can stand H5975 before H6440 Me?”
Sharpen H1305 the arrows H2671, fill H4390 the quivers H7982!
Yahweh H3068 has aroused H5782 the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes H4074
Because H3588 His purpose H4209 is against H5921 Babylon H894 to destroy H7843 it;
For it is the vengeance H5360 of Yahweh H3068, vengeance H5360 for His temple H1964.
Lift H5375 up H5375 a standard H5251 against H413 the walls H2346 of Babylon H894;
Make H2388 strong H2388 the watch H4929;
Raise H6965 up H6965 [fn]watchmen H8104;
Establish H3559 men in H693 ambush H693!
For Yahweh H3068 has both H1571 purposed H2161 and performed H6213
What H834 He spoke H1696 concerning H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Babylon H894.
Nun
“The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound H8244;
By His hand H3027 they are knit H8276 together H8276.
They have come H5927 upon my neck H6677;
He has made my strength H3581 stumble H3782.
The Lord H136 has given H5414 me into the hands H3027
Of those against whom I am H3201 not able H3201 to stand H6965.
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!'
“Furthermore H637, [fn]they have even H3588 sent H7971 for men H376 who come H935 from afar H4801, to whom H834 a messenger H4397 was sent H7971; and behold H2009, they came H935—for whom H834 you bathed H7364, painted H3583 your eyes H5869, and decorated H5710 yourselves H5710 with ornaments H5716;
For thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Behold H2009, I will bring H935 upon Tyre H6865 from the north H6828 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, king H4428 of kings H4428, with horses H5483, chariots H7393, horsemen H6571, and an assembly H6951, a great H7227 number of people H5971.
“And My holy H6944 name H8034 I will make H3045 known H3045 in the midst H8432 of My people H5971 Israel H3478; and I will not let H2490 My holy H6944 name H8034 be H2490 profaned H2490 anymore H5750. And the nations H1471 will know H3045 that I am Yahweh H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 in Israel H3478.
Then he brought H7725 me back H7725 to the door H6607 of the house H1004; and behold H2009, water H4325 was flowing H3318 from under H8478 the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 toward the east H6921, for the house H1004 faced H6440 east H6921. And the water H4325 was flowing H3381 down H3381 from under H8478, from the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004, from south H5045 of the altar H4196.
“To You, O God H426 of my fathers H2, I give H3029 thanks H3029 and praise H7624,
For You have given H3052 me wisdom H2452 and might H1370;
Even now H3705 You have made H3046 known H3046 to me what H1768 we sought H1156 from You,
For You have made H3046 known H3046 to us the king's H4430 matter H4406.”
Nebuchadnezzar H5020 answered H6032 and said H560, “Blessed H1289 be the God H426 of Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665, who H1768 has sent H7972 His angel H4398 and saved H7804 His servants H5649 who H1768 put H7365 their trust H7365 in Him, [fn]violating H8133 the king's H4430 word H4406, and gave H3052 up their bodies H1655 so H1768 as not to serve H6399 and not to worship H5457 any H3606 god H426 except H3861 their own God H426.
“This edict H6600 is by the resolution H1510 of the watchers H5894,
And the decision H7595 is a command H3983 of the holy H6922 ones H6922,
In order H5705 H1701 that the living H2417 may know H3046
That the Most H5943 High H5943 is the powerful H7990 ruler H7990 over the kingdom H4437 of mankind H606
And gives H5415 it to whom H1768 H4479 He wishes H6634
And sets H6966 up H6966 over H5922 it the lowliest H8215 of men H606.”
‘This H1836 is the dream H2493 which I, King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020, have seen H2370. Now you, Belteshazzar H1096, say H560 to me its interpretation H6591, inasmuch H6903 H1768 as none H3606 H3809 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of my kingdom H4437 is able H3202 to make H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591; but you are able H3546, for a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods H426 is in you.'
“But at the end H7118 of those days H3118, I, Nebuchadnezzar H5020, lifted H5191 up H5191 my eyes H5870 toward heaven H8065, and my knowledge H4486 returned H8421 to me, and I blessed H1289 the Most H5943 High H5943 and praised H7624 and honored H1922 Him who H2417 lives H2417 forever H5957;
For His [fn]dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 [fn]dominion H7985,
And His kingdom H4437 endures from generation H1859 to generation H1859.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 knew H3046 that the written H3792 document was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (now in H5954 his roof H5952 chamber H5952 he had windows H3551 open H6606 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390); and he continued kneeling H1289 on his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, praying H6739 and giving H3029 thanks H3029 before H6925 his God H426, [fn]as he had been doing H5648 previously H6928.
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“Then H116 I desired H6634 to know H3321 the H3321 [fn]exact H3321 meaning H3321 of the fourth H7244 beast H2423, which H1768 was different H8133 from all H3606 [fn]the others, extraordinarily H3493 fearsome H1763, with its teeth H8128 of iron H6523 and its claws H2953 of bronze H5174, and which devoured H399, crushed H1855, and trampled H7512 down H7512 the remainder H7606 with its feet H7271,
“For their mother H517 has played H2181 the H2181 harlot H2181;
She who conceived H2029 them has acted H954 shamefully H954.
For she said H559, ‘I will go H1980 after H310 my lovers H157,
Who give H5414 me my bread H3899 and my water H4325,
My wool H6785 and my flax H6593, my oil H8081 and my drink H8250.'
They offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022
And [fn]burn H6999 incense H6999 on the hills H1389,
Under H8478 oak H437, poplar H3839, and terebinth H424
Because H3588 their shade H6738 is good H2896.
Therefore H5921 H3651 your daughters H1323 play H2181 the H2181 harlot H2181,
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.
But Yahweh H3068 gives H5414 forth His voice H6963 before H6440 His military H2428 force H2428;
Surely H3588 His camp H4264 is very H3966 numerous H7227,
For mighty H6099 is he who does H6213 His word H1697.
The day H3117 of Yahweh H3068 is indeed H3588 great H1419 and very H3966 awesome H3372,
And who can endure H3557 it?
“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,
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.
“In that day H3117 you will feel H954 no H3808 shame H954
Because H4480 of all H3605 your deeds H5949
By which H834 you have transgressed H6586 against Me;
For then H227 I will remove H5493 from your midst H7130
Your proud H1346, exulting H5947 ones H5947,
And you will never H3808 H5750 again H3254 be H1361 haughty H1361
“I will make the house H1004 of Judah H3063 mighty H1396,
And I will save H3467 the house H1004 of Joseph H3130,
And I will [fn]cause H7725 them to return H7725,
Because H3588 I have H7355 had compassion H7355 on H7355 them;
And they will be as though H834 I had not rejected H2186 them,
For I am Yahweh H3068 their God H430, and I will answer H6030 them.
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