LXX Concordance for πρός

Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

“I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me? You hated me and sent me away from you.”

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with her that night.

Then Laban said, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

“I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Watch yourself! Don't say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'

“This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.

He went over to her and said, “Come, let me sleep with you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.

She said, “What will you give me for sleeping with me? ”

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

“Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won't die.” And they consented to this.

“Bring back your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will then give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the country.' ”

When he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you told me about? ” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

“Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him to me so that I can see him.'

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come near me,” and they came near. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt.

“Return quickly to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

“Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.'

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's family, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him, ‘My brothers and my father's family, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

“Joseph is a fruitful vine,

a fruitful vine beside a spring;

its branches[fn] climb over the wall.[fn]

“So because the Israelites' cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them,

Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor of choosing. When should I appeal on behalf of you, your officials, and your people, that the frogs be taken away from you and your houses, and remain only in the Nile? ”

“All these officials of yours will come down to me and bow before me, saying: Get out, you and all the people who follow you.[fn] After that, I will get out.” And he went out from Pharaoh's presence fiercely angry.

The LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to break camp.

Moses replied to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

“If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to me, and I will certainly hear their cry.

“For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body.[fn] What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to me, I will listen because I am gracious.

“They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare for you.”

The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

Aaron replied to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me.”

And Moses stood at the camp's entrance and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

The LORD said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

“If in spite of these things you do not accept my discipline, but act with hostility toward me,

“And if in spite of this you do not obey me but act with hostility toward me,

He said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will give you the answer the LORD tells me.” So the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Balaam replied to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent this message to me:

They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Let nothing keep you from coming to me,

“Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

Balak asked Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn't you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you? ”

Balaam answered Balak, “Didn't I previously tell the messengers you sent me:

“But the LORD said to me, ‘Tell them: Don't go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from being defeated by your enemies.'

“Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had told me, and we traveled around the hill country of Seir for many days.

“The LORD said to me, ‘Show no hostility toward Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.' ”

“the LORD spoke to me,

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land to you. Begin to take possession of it.'

“But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.'

“But the LORD was angry with me because of you[fn] and would not listen to me. The LORD said to me, ‘That's enough! Do not speak to me again about this matter.

“The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people before me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.'

“All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.

“The LORD heard your[fn] words when you spoke to me. He said to me, ‘I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. Everything they have said is right.

“The LORD said to me, ‘Get up and go down immediately from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast image for themselves.'

“The LORD said to me at that time, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come to me on the mountain and make a wooden ark.

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to give their ancestors.'

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘They have spoken well.

saying, “I am now 120 years old; I can no longer act as your leader.[fn] The LORD has told me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan.'

“Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn't know where they were from.

“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

“When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.

As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them[fn] to write down a description of the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”

Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Don't be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

“Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites[fn] oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them?

Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Didn't you hate me and drive me out of my father's family? Why then have you come to me now when you're in trouble? ”

Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight me in my land? ”

“When I saw that you weren't going to deliver me, I took my life in my own hands and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why then have you come today to fight against me? ”

Then the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring angel of God. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't tell me his name.

The woman ran quickly to her husband and told him, “The man who came to me the other day has just come back! ”

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and told me lies! Won't you please tell me how you can be tied up? ”

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me all along and told me lies! Tell me how you can be tied up.”

He told her, “If you weave the seven braids on my head into the fabric on a loom ​— ​”[fn]

Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished all of my harvest.' ”

She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said,[fn] ‘Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.' ”

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel. He will save them from the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of my people, for their cry has come to me.”

“I thought, ‘The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven't sought the LORD's favor.' So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”

“Stop! ” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.”

“Tell me,” he replied.

Then Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

He stood and shouted to the Israelite battle formations, “Why do you come out to line up in battle formation? ” He asked them, “Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

“Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts! ”

Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, “Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.”

“He said, ‘Please let me go because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go so I can see my brothers.' That's why he didn't come to the king's table.”

“Look! You can see the man is crazy,” Achish said to his servants. “Why did you bring him to me?

Then the Philistine commanders asked, “What are these Hebrews doing here? ”

Achish answered the Philistine commanders, “That is David, servant of King Saul of Israel. He has been with me a considerable period of time.[fn] From the day he defected until today, I've found no fault with him.”

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the LORD lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good[fn] to have you fighting[fn] in this unit with me, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don't think you are reliable.

“Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for I'm mortally wounded,[fn] but my life still lingers.'

David feared the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me? ”

David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hethite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

“But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I'll go to him, but he will never return to me.”

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my presence so I can eat from her hand.”

“Take note: their two sons are there with them ​— ​Zadok's son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan. Send them to tell me everything you hear.”

All the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our relative. Why does this make you angry? Have we ever eaten anything of the king's or been honored at all? ”[fn]

Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, “I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

Rehoboam replied, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people left.

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to this people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us'? ”

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had ordered: “Return to me on the third day.”

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Plead for the favor of the LORD your God and pray for me so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God pleaded for the favor of the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it had been at first.

He said to him, “I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.' ” The old prophet deceived him,

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do you have against me? Have you come to call attention to my iniquity so that my son is put to death? ”

“Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.”

Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near me.” So all the people approached him. Then he repaired the LORD's altar that had been torn down:

Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Recognize[fn] that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn't turn him down.”

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life, or you will weigh out seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver.'

But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say whatever the LORD says to me.”

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD? ”

When they were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.”

But he replied, “There aren't any more.” Then the oil stopped.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Recognize[fn] that he is only picking a fight with me.”

But Naaman got angry and left, saying, “I was telling myself: He will surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the skin disease.

Gehazi said, “It's all right. My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing.' ”

Then the king asked her, “What's the matter? ”

She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.'

But they replied, “That's a lie! Tell us! ”

So Jehu said, “He talked to me about this and that and said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.' ”

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying:

If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, bring me the heads of your master's sons[fn] at this time tomorrow at Jezreel.

All seventy of the king's sons were being cared for by the city's prominent men.

“Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. None must be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” However, Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

“Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the LORD our God.” Isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem” ? '

“Now, have I attacked this place to destroy it without the LORD's approval? The LORD said to me, ‘Attack this land and destroy it.' ”

“Don't listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Make peace[fn] with me and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and each may drink water from his own cistern

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The LORD, the God of Israel says, ‘I have heard your prayer to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria.'

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you? ”

Hezekiah replied, “They came from a distant country, from Babylon.”

She said to them, “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Say to the man who sent you to me,

David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.”

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.”

Rehoboam replied, “Return to me in three days.” So the people left.

He asked them, “What message do you advise we send back to this people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us'? ”

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say whatever my God says.”[fn]

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD? ”

She said to them, “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Say to the man who sent you to me,

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me, because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat devastated until the evening offering.

They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.”

“But if you return to me and carefully observe my commands, even though your exiles were banished to the farthest horizon,[fn] I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have my name dwell.”

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let's meet together in the villages of[fn] the Ono Valley.” They were planning to harm me.

Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.

These nobles kept mentioning Tobiah's good deeds to me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

He breaks through my defenses again and again;[fn]

he charges at me like a warrior.

If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants

when they made a complaint against me,

I will declare the LORD's decree.

He said to me, “You are my Son;[fn]

today I have become your Father.

Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.

Be a rock of refuge for me,

a mountain fortress to save me.

In your justice, rescue and deliver me;

listen closely to me and save me.

I will pay attention to the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.

Do not hide your face from me in my day of trouble.

Listen closely to me;

answer me quickly when I call.

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here! ”

than to demote you in plain view of a noble.[fn]

I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me:

“When you spread out your hands in prayer,

I will refuse to look at you;

even if you offer countless prayers,

I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment[fn] and write on it with an ordinary pen:[fn] Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[fn]

For the Lord has said to me,

“Go, post a lookout;

let him report what he sees.

Don't listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: “Make peace[fn] with me and surrender to me. Then every one of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you prayed to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria,

Because your raging against me

and your arrogance have reached my ears,

I will put my hook in your nose

and my bit in your mouth;

I will make you go back

the way you came.

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say, and where did they come to you from? ”

Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

“Be silent before me, coasts and islands!

And let peoples renew their strength.

Let them approach; let them testify;

let's come together for the trial.

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,

and your sins like a mist.

Return to me,

for I have redeemed you.

All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;

the makers of idols go in humiliation together.

“Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth.

For I am God,

and there is no other.

“Approach me and listen to this.

From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;

from the time anything existed, I was there.”

And now the Lord GOD

has sent me and his Spirit.

Pay attention to me, my people,

and listen to me, my nation;

for instruction will come from me,

and my justice for a light to the nations.

I will bring it about quickly.

The word of the LORD came to me:

Then the LORD said to me:

Do not say, “I am only a youth,”

for you will go to everyone I send you to

and speak whatever I tell you.

Then the LORD reached out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me:

I have now filled your mouth with my words.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah? ”

I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

Why do you bring a case against me?

All of you have rebelled against me.

This is the LORD's declaration.

If[fn] a man divorces his wife

and she leaves him to marry another,

can he ever return to her?

Wouldn't such a land[fn] become totally defiled?

But you!

You have prostituted yourself with many partners —

can you return to me?

This is the LORD's declaration.

In the days of King Josiah the LORD asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

“Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn't return to me with all her heart ​— ​only in pretense.”

This is the LORD's declaration.

If you return,[fn] Israel —

this is the LORD's declaration —

you will return to me,

if you remove your abhorrent idols

from my presence

and do not waver,

The LORD said, “It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it.

The LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Obey the words of this covenant and carry them out.'

The LORD said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

“Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them.

Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

A long time later the LORD said to me, “Go at once to the Euphrates and get the underwear that I commanded you to hide there.”

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of these people.

But the LORD said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.

Then the LORD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before me, my compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go.

Hear how they keep challenging me,

“Where is the word of the LORD?

Let it come! ”

The word of the LORD came to me:

This is what the LORD says: “Go, buy a potter's clay jar. Take[fn] some of the elders of the people and some of the leading priests

The LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah? ”

I said, “Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad they are inedible.”

“You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Jacob's leader will be one of them;

his ruler will issue from him.

I will invite him to me, and he will approach me,

for who would otherwise risk his life to approach me?

This is the LORD's declaration.

“Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to the guard's courtyard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

“Yet you, Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Purchase the field and call in witnesses' ​— ​even though the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans! ”

“They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again,[fn] they do not listen and receive discipline.

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.”

So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and there was a written scroll in it.

He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

“Son of man,” he said to me, “feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Next he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully to all my words that I speak to you and take them to heart.

Now at the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me:

The hand of the LORD was on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and I will speak with you there.”

The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

He replied to me, “Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that.”

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The LORD said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” I looked to the north, and there was this offensive statue north of the Altar Gate, at the entrance.

He said to me, “Son of man, dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us. The LORD has abandoned the land.' ”

And he said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even more detestable acts than these.”

And he said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable acts they are doing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and repeatedly anger me, even putting the branch to their nose?[fn]

He answered me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has abandoned the land; he does not see.'

The LORD[fn] said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told me, “You are to say, ‘This is what the LORD says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.

The word of the LORD came to me again:

The word of the LORD came to me:

In the morning the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

Again the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

The word of the LORD came to me:

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me again:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

Then I said, “Oh, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Isn't he just composing parables? ' ”

The word of the LORD came to me again:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me again:

Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.

The word of the LORD came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month:

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Then the people asked me, “Won't you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us? ”

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

In the twelfth year,[fn] on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken! ”

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

Then he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live? ”

I replied, “Lord GOD, only you know.”

He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath,[fn] prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord GOD says: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live! ”

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.'

The word of the LORD came to me:

The word of the LORD came to me:

He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”

Then the man said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.

The altar was[fn] made of wood, 5¼ feet[fn] high and 3½ feet long.[fn] It had corners, and its length[fn] and sides were of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the LORD.”

Then the man said to me, “The northern and southern chambers that face the courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will deposit the most holy offerings ​— ​the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings ​— ​for the place is holy.

While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from the temple.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:

The LORD said to me, “This gate will remain closed. It will not be opened, and no one will enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain closed.

The LORD said to me, “Son of man, pay attention; look with your eyes and listen with your ears to everything I tell you about all the statutes and laws of the LORD's temple. Take careful note of the entrance of the temple along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

“They must not approach me to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or the most holy things. They will bear their disgrace and the consequences of the detestable acts they committed.

“But the Levitical priests descended from Zadok, who kept charge of my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, will approach me to serve me. They will stand before me to offer me fat and blood.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”

He said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the people's sacrifices.”

He asked me, “Do you see this, son of man? ” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

He said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down to the Arabah. When it enters the sea, the sea of foul water,[fn][fn] the water of the sea becomes fresh.

In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier.

So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end.”

He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God.[fn] Understand the words that I'm saying to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.” After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

I will depart and return to my place

until they recognize their guilt and seek my face;

they will search for me in their distress.

All of them are as hot as an oven,

and they consume their rulers.

All their kings fall;

not one of them calls on me.[fn]

They do not cry to me from their hearts;

rather, they wail on their beds.

They slash themselves[fn] for grain and new wine;

they turn away from me.

Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,

mourning for the husband of her youth.

Even now —

this is the LORD's declaration —

turn to me with all your heart,

with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

I gave you absolutely nothing to eat[fn] in all your cities,

a shortage of food in all your communities,

yet you did not return to me.

This is the LORD's declaration.

Two or three cities staggered

to another city to drink water

but were not satisfied,

yet you did not return to me.

This is the LORD's declaration.

The LORD asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ”

I replied, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

“But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.' ”

He asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ”

I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”[fn]

The LORD said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.”

Then my enemy will see,

and she will be covered with shame,

the one who said to me,

“Where is the LORD your God? ”

My eyes will look at her in triumph;

at that time she will be trampled

like mud in the streets.

The LORD answered me:

Write down this vision;

clearly inscribe it on tablets

so one may easily read it.[fn]

“I struck you ​— ​all the work of your hands ​— ​with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn't turn to me ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration.

“So tell the people, ‘This is what the LORD of Armies says: Return to me ​— ​this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies ​— ​and I will return to you, says the LORD of Armies.

I asked, “What are these, my lord? ”

The angel who was talking to me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

So the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim: The LORD of Armies says: I am extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

“Proclaim further: This is what the LORD of Armies says: My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will once more comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these? ”

And he said to me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

I asked, “What are they coming to do? ”

He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off[fn] the horns of the nations that raised a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

I asked, “Where are you going? ”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

He asked me, “What do you see? ”

I replied, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top. The lampstand also has seven lamps at the top with seven spouts for each of[fn] the lamps.

“Don't you know what they are? ” replied the angel who was speaking with me.

I said, “No, my lord.”

Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Then he inquired of me, “Don't you know what these are? ”

“No, my lord,” I replied.

“What do you see? ” he asked me.

“I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “thirty feet[fn] long and fifteen feet[fn] wide.”

Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”

“To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”

Then he summoned me saying, “See, those going to the land of the north have pacified my Spirit in the northern land.”

Then the word of the LORD of Armies came to me:

Then the word of the LORD of Armies came to me:

“Throw it to the potter,”[fn] the LORD said to me ​— ​this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the LORD, to the potter.[fn]

The LORD also said to me, “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

“Then I will pour out a spirit[fn] of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at[fn] me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.

“Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Armies.

Yet you ask, “How can we return? ”