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Then they heard H8085 the sound H6963 of Yahweh H3068 God H430 walking H1980 in the garden H1588 in the [fn]cool H7307 of the day H3117, and the man H120 and his wife H802 hid H2244 themselves from the presence H6440 of Yahweh H3068 God H430 in the midst H8432 of the trees H6086 of the garden H1588.
Then Adam H121 [fn]knew H3045 his wife H802 again H5750; and she [fn]gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121 and named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Seth H8352, for she said, “God H430 [fn]has set H7896 for me another H312 [fn]seed H2233 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Abel H1893, for Cain H7014 killed H2026 him.”
And Terah H8646 took H3947 Abram H87 his son H1121, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and Sarai H8297 his daughter-in-law H3618, his son H1121 Abram's H87 wife H802; and they went H3318 out H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 in order to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they came H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.
Then Abraham H85 took H3947 Ishmael H3458 his son H1121, and all H3605 who were born H3211 in his house H1004 and all H3605 who were bought H4736 with his money H3701, every H3605 male H2145 among the men H376 of Abraham's H85 household H1004, and circumcised H4135 the flesh H1320 of their foreskin H6190 in the very H6106 same H6106 day H3117, as God H430 had spoken H1696 with him.
So Ephron's H6085 field H7704, which H834 was in Machpelah H4375, which H834 faced H6440 Mamre H4471, the field H7704 and the cave H4631 which H834 was in it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 which H834 were in the field H7704, that were [fn]within all H3605 the confines H5439 of its border H1366, [fn]were deeded H6965 over H6965
Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, but the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]called H7121 them by the same H8034 names H8034 by which H834 his father H1 had called H7121 them.
So Esau H6215 bore H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 in his heart H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”
So it happened that when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the report H8088 of Jacob H3290 his sister's H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and he embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he recounted H5608 to Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.
And in the days H3117 of the wheat H2406 harvest H7105, Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrakes H1736 in the field H7704 and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son's H1121 mandrakes H1736.”
Now it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121, Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251, each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the unsuspecting H983 city H5892 and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then Esau H6215 took H3947 his wives H802 and his sons H1121 and his daughters H1323 and all H3605 [fn]his household H1004, and his livestock H4735 and all H3605 his cattle H929 and all H3605 his acquired H7075 goods H7075, which H834 he had accumulated H7408 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and he went H1980 to a land H776 away from his brother H251 Jacob H3290.
Joseph H3130, when seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age H1121, was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251 while he was still a youth H5288, along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, his father's H1 wives H802. And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back an evil H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father H1.
Then he [fn]had H2492 still H5750 another H312 dream H2472 and recounted H5608 it to his brothers H251 and said H559, “Behold H2009, I have [fn]had H2492 still H5750 another dream H2472; and behold H2009, the sun H8121 and the moon H3394 and eleven H259 H6240 stars H3556 were bowing H2331 down H2331 to me.”
Thus it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, which was Pharaoh's H6547 birthday H3205 H3117, that he made H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650; and he lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the head H7218 of the chief H8269 baker H644 among H8432 his servants H5650.
Then the days H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near H7126, and he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, place H7760 now H4994 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 and deal H6213 with me in lovingkindness H2617 and truth H571. Please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt H4714.
But Joseph H3130 saw H7200 that his father H1 set H7896 his right H3225 hand H3027 on Ephraim's H669 head H7218, and it was displeasing H7489 in his sight H5869; so he took H8551 hold H8551 of his father's H1 hand H3027 to remove H5493 it from Ephraim's H669 head H7218 to Manasseh's H4519 head H7218.
Then Moses H4872 went H1980 and returned H7725 to [fn]Jethro H3500 his father-in-law H2859 and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, let me go H1980, that I may return H7725 to my brothers H251 who H834 are in Egypt H4714 and see H7200 if they are still H5750 alive H2416.” And Jethro H3503 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Go H1980 in peace H7965.”
And Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “When you go H1980 to return H7725 to Egypt H4714, see H7200 to it that all H3605 the miraculous H4159 wonders H4159 which H834 I have put H7760 in your hand H3027, that you do H6213 them before H6440 Pharaoh H6547; but as for Me, I will [fn]harden H2388 his heart H3820 with strength H2388 so that he will not let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.
So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 did H6213 thus H3651, as Yahweh H3068 had commanded H6680. And he raised H7311 up H7311 [fn]the staff H4294 and struck H5221 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975, in the sight H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 and in the sight H5869 of his servants H5650, and all H3605 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 was turned H2015 to blood H1818.
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?”
“If H3588 a man H376 lets a field H7704 or H176 vineyard H3754 be grazed H1197 bare and lets H7971 his animal H1165 loose H7971 so that it grazes H1197 in another H312 man's field H7704, he shall make H7999 restitution H7999 from the best H4315 of his own field H7704 and the best H4315 of his own vineyard H3754.
“Now as for you, bring H7126 near H7126 to yourself Aaron H175 your brother H251, and his sons H1121 with him, from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me—Aaron H175, Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30, Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385, Aaron's H175 sons H1121.
“You shall also take H3947 the fat H2459 from the ram H352 and the fat H451 tail H451 and the fat H2459 that covers H3680 the entrails H7130 and the [fn]lobe H3508 of the liver H3516 and the two H8147 kidneys H3629 and the fat H2459 that is on them and the right H3225 thigh H7785 (for it is a ram H352 of [fn]ordination H4394),
Now it happened H1961, as soon H834 as [fn]Moses came H7126 near H7126 the camp H4264, that he saw H7200 the calf H5695 and the dancing H4246; and Moses' H4872 anger H639 burned H2734, and he threw H7993 the tablets H3871 from his hands H3027 and shattered H7665 them [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the mountain H2022.
Now Moses H4872 used to take H3947 the tent H168 and pitch H5186 it outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264, a good H7368 distance H7368 from the camp H4264, and he called H7121 it the tent H168 of meeting H4150. And everyone H3605 who sought H1245 Yahweh H3068 would go H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which H834 was outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264.
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 [fn]he cannot H3808 afford H5060 H3027 a lamb H7716, then he shall bring H935 to Yahweh H3068 his guilt H817 offering H817 for that in which H834 he has sinned H2398, two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 pigeons H3123, one H259 for a sin H2403 offering H2403 and the other H259 for a burnt H5930 offering H5930.
‘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.
So Moses H4872 took H3947 some H4480 of the anointing H4888 oil H8081 and some H4480 of the blood H1818 which H834 was on the altar H4196 and sprinkled H5137 it on Aaron H175, on his garments H899, on his sons H1121, and on the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him; and he set H6942 Aaron H175 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942, his garments H899 and his sons H1121 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, “Boil H1310 the flesh H1320 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and eat H398 it there H8033 together with the bread H3899 which H834 is in the basket H5536 of the ordination H4394 offering H4394, just H834 as I commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 it.'
“But if H518 he is poor H1800 and his [fn]means H3027 are H369 insufficient H369 H5381, then he is to take H3947 one H259 male H3532 lamb H3532 for a guilt H817 offering H817 as a wave H8573 offering H8573 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for him, and one-tenth H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering H4503, and a [fn]log H3849 of oil H8081,
‘Now when H3588 the man with the discharge H2100 becomes H2891 cleansed H2891 from his discharge H2101, then he shall count H5608 off for himself seven H7651 days H3117 for his cleansing H2893; he shall then wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 his body H1320 in [fn]running H2416 water H4325 and will become H2891 clean H2891.
“Then he shall slaughter H7819 the goat H5795 of the sin H2403 offering H2403 which H834 is for the people H5971 and bring H935 its blood H1818 inside H413 H4480 H1004 the veil H6532 and do H6213 with its blood H1818 as he did H6213 with the blood H1818 of the bull H6499. And he shall sprinkle H5137 it on the mercy H3727 seat H3727 and in front H6440 of the mercy H3727 seat H3727.
“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.'
‘Any H376 man H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the sojourners H1616 sojourning H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his seed H2233 to Molech H4432 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death H4191; the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68.
‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father's H1 daughter H1323, or H176 his mother's H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister's H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.
‘And the priest H3548 who is the highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been ordained H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘Again, if H518 a man H376 sets H6942 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 to Yahweh H3068 a portion of the fields H7704 of his own possession H272, then your valuation H6187 shall be [fn]proportionate H6310 to the seed H2233 needed for it: a [fn]homer H2563 of barley H8184 seed H2233 at [fn]fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver H3701.
‘Nevertheless H389, anything H3605 which H834 a man H376 [fn]devotes H2763 to Yahweh H3068 out of all H3605 that he has, of man H120 or animal H929 or of the fields H7704 of his own possession H272, shall not be sold H4376 or redeemed H1350. Anything H3605 [fn]devoted H2764 to destruction H2764 is most H6944 holy H6944 to Yahweh H3068.
Now those who were to camp H2583 before H6440 the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, before H6440 the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, are Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, keeping H8104 the responsibility H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the responsibility H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]outsider H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 as a Nazirite H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 for which H834 he dedicated H5144 himself as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 to Yahweh H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
“This H2088 is the law H8451 of the Nazirite H5139 who H834 vows H5087 his offering H7133 to Yahweh H3068 according H5921 to his Nazirite H5145 vow, in H4480 H905 addition H4480 H905 to H4480 H905 what H834 else [fn]he can afford H5381; according to his vow H5087 which H834 he takes H5087, so H3651 he shall do H6213 according H5921 to the law H8451 of his Nazirite H5145 vow.”
Then Balak's H1111 anger H639 burned H2734 against H413 Balaam H1109, and he struck H5606 his [fn]hands H3709 together H5606; and Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam H1109, “I called H7121 you to curse H6895 my enemies H340, but behold H2009, you have blessed H1288 them repeatedly H1288 these H2088 three H7969 times H6471!
Then behold H2009, one H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 and brought H7126 near H7126 to his brothers H251 a Midianite H4084 woman H4084, in the sight H5869 of Moses H4872 and in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, while they were weeping H1058 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
“Then you said H559 to me, ‘We have sinned H2398 against Yahweh H3068; we will indeed go H5927 up H5927 and fight H3898, just H3605 H834 as Yahweh H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us.' And every H376 man H376 of you girded H2296 on his weapons H3627 of war H4421 and regarded H1951 it as H1951 easy H1951 to go H5927 up H5927 into the hill H2022 country H2022.
“So now H6258, Israel H3478, what H4100 does Yahweh H3068 your God H430 ask H7592 from you, but to [fn]fear H3372 Yahweh H3068 your God H430, to walk H1980 in all H3605 His ways H1870 and love H157 Him, and to serve H5647 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315,
“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.
“If H3588 there is found H4672 in your midst H7130, in any H259 of your gates H8179 of the towns which H834 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 who H834 does H6213 what H7451 is H7451 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430, by trespassing H5674 against His covenant H1285,
“If H3588 any case H1697 is H6381 too H4480 difficult H6381 for you to judge H4941, between H996 [fn]one kind of homicide H1818 or another H1818, between H996 [fn]one kind of lawsuit H1779 or another H1779, and between H996 [fn]one kind of assault H5061 or another H5061, being cases H1697 of dispute H7379 in your gates H8179, then you shall arise H6965 and go H5927 up H5927 to the place H4725 which H834 Yahweh H3068 your God H430 chooses H977.
“If H3588 you besiege H6696 a city H5892 for many H7227 days H3117, to make H3898 war H3898 against H5921 it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy H7843 its trees H6086 by swinging H5080 an axe H1631 against H5921 them; for you may eat H398 from them, and you shall not cut H3772 them down H3772. [fn]For is the tree H6086 of the field H7704 a man H120, that it should [fn]be besieged H4692 by 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,
“When H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a new H2319 wife H802, he shall not go H3318 out H3318 with the army H6635 nor H3808 be charged H5674 with any H3605 duty H1697; he shall be free H5355 at home H1004 one H259 year H8141 and shall give H8055 gladness H8055 to his wife H802 whom H834 he has taken H3947.
“If H3588 two men H376, a man H376 and his brother H251, are struggling H5327 together H3162, and the wife H802 of one H259 comes H7126 near H7126 to deliver H5337 her husband H376 from the hand H3027 of the one who is striking H5221 him, and she puts H7971 out H7971 her hand H3027 and seizes H2388 his genitals H4016,
“Now it will be, if H518 you diligently H8085 listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430, being H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, Yahweh H3068 your God H430 will set H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776.
“But it will be H1961, if H518 you do not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430, to keep H8104 and to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 with which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 will come H935 upon you and overtake H5381 you:
“So all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 shall come H935 on you and pursue H7291 you and overtake H5381 you until H5704 you are destroyed H8045, because H3588 you would not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of Yahweh H3068 your God H430 to keep H8104 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 He commanded H6680 you.
“Yahweh H3068 came H935 from Sinai H5514,
And He [fn]dawned H2224 on them from Seir H8165;
He shone H3313 forth H3313 from Mount H2022 Paran H6290,
And He came H857 from the [fn]midst of ten H7233 thousand H7233 holy H6944 ones H6944;
At His right H3225 hand H3225 there was [fn]flashing H799 lightning H799 for them.
“As the firstborn H1060 of his ox H7794, splendor H1926 is his,
And his horns H7161 are the horns H7161 of the wild H7214 ox H7214;
With them he will push H5055 the peoples H5971,
All H3162 [fn]at H3162 once H3162, to the ends H657 of the earth H776.
And those H1992 are the ten H7233 thousands H7233 of Ephraim H669,
Now it happened H1961 when Joshua H3091 was by Jericho H3405, that he lifted H5375 up H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, a man H376 was standing H5975 opposite H5048 him with his sword H2719 drawn H8025 in his hand H3027, and Joshua H3091 went H1980 to him and said H559 to him, “Are you for us or H518 for our adversaries H6862?”
Then Joshua H3091 made them swear H7650 an oath at that time H6256, saying H559, “Cursed H779 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 is the man H376 who H834 rises H6965 up H6965 and builds H1129 this H2088 city H5892 Jericho H3405; with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he shall lay H3245 its foundation H3245, and with the loss of his youngest H6810 son H6810 he shall set H5324 up its gates H1817.”
Now Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not fear H3372 or be dismayed H2865. Take H3947 all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 with you and arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Ai H5857; see H7200, I have given H5414 into your hand H3027 the king H4428 of Ai H5857, his people H5971, his city H5892, and his land H776.
Now to the one half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 a possession in Bashan H1316, but to the other half H2677 Joshua H3091 gave H5414 a possession among H5973 their brothers H251 westward H3220 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383. So when H3588 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 them away H7971 to their tents H168, he blessed H1288 them,
So Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712, even the heads H7218 of the thousands H505 of Israel H3478 who H834 were with him, heard H8085 the words H1697 which H834 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 and the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696. And it was good H3190 in their sight H5869.
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 to Yahweh H3068, and Yahweh H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a savior H3467 for them, Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjamite H1145, a left-handed H334 H3225 H3027 man H376. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 tribute H4503 by his hand H3027 to Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124.
“At the sound H6963 of those who divide H2686 flocks among H996 the watering H4857 places H4857,
There H8033 they shall [fn]commemorate H8567 the righteous H6666 deeds H6666 of Yahweh H3068,
The righteous H6666 deeds H6666 for His [fn]peasantry H6520 in Israel H3478.
Then H227 the people H5971 of Yahweh H3068 went H3381 down H3381 to the gates H8179.
‘Are they not finding H4672, are they not dividing H2505 the spoil H7998?
A maiden H7358, two maidens H7358 for every H7218 mighty H1397 man H1397;
To Sisera H5516 a spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 work H6648,
A spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 work H6648 embroidered H7553,
Dyed H6648 work H6648 of double embroidery H7553 on the [fn]neck H6677 of the spoil H7998?'
Then the angel H4397 of Yahweh H3068 came H935 and sat H3427 under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 that was in Ophrah H6084, which H834 belonged to Joash H3060 the Abiezrite H33 as his son H1121 Gideon H1439 was beating H2251 out H2251 wheat H2406 in the wine H1660 press H1660 in order to [fn]preserve H5127 it from the Midianites H4080.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him rose H7925 early H7925 and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.
Now it happened that when Gideon H1439 heard H8085 the account H4557 of the dream H2472 and its interpretation H7667, he bowed H2331 in H2331 worship H2331. Then he returned H7725 to the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Arise H6965, for Yahweh H3068 has given H5414 the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 into your hands H3027.”
So Gideon H1439 and the hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were with him came H935 to the outskirts H7097 of the camp H4264 at the beginning H7218 of the middle H8484 watch H821, when H389 they had just H389 set H6965 up H6965 the watch H8104; and they blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 and smashed H5310 the pitchers H3537 that were in their hands H3027.
“So now H6258, if H518 you have dealt H6213 in [fn]truth H571 and integrity H8549 and made H4427 Abimelech H40 king H4427, and if H518 you have dealt H6213 well H2896 with Jerubbaal H3378 and his house H1004 and [fn]have dealt H6213 with him according to the bountiful H1576 works H1576 of his hands H3027—
Then Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709. And behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. Now she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.
Then the Spirit H7307 of Yahweh H3068 [fn]came H6743 upon him mightily H6743, and he went H3381 down H3381 to Ashkelon H831 and struck H5221 down H5221 thirty H7970 of them and took H3947 their spoil H2488 and gave H5414 the changes H2487 of clothes to those who told H5046 the riddle H2420. And his anger H639 burned H2734, and he went H5927 up H5927 to his father's H1 house H1004.
When he came H935 to Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of Yahweh H3068 [fn]came H6743 upon him mightily H6743 so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were as flax H6593 that is burned H1197 with fire H784, and his bonds H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands H3027.
And Delilah H1807 saw H7200 that he had told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820, so she sent H7971 and called H7121 the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430, saying H559, “Come H5927 up H5927 once H6471 more H6471, for he has told H5046 me all H3605 that is in his heart H3820.” Then the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up H5927 to her and brought H5927 up H5927 the silver H3701 in their hands H3027.
Then her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, and behold H2009, the woman H802, his concubine H6370, was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the right H1353 of redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to establish H6965 any H3605 matter H1697: a man H376 removed H8025 his sandal H5275 and gave H5414 it to another H7453; and this H2088 was the manner of attestation H8584 in Israel H3478.
“Those who contend H7378 with Yahweh H3068 will be dismayed H2865;
Against H5921 them He will thunder H7481 in the heavens H8064;
Yahweh H3068 will render H1777 justice H1777 to the ends H657 of the earth H776,
And He will give H5414 strength H5797 to His king H4428,
And He will exalt H7311 the [fn]horn H7161 of His anointed H4899.”
Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas's H6372 wife H802, was with child H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205. And she heard H8085 the report H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 was taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, so she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, for her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.
And the men H376 of Kiriath-jearim H7157 came H935 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068 up H5927 and brought H935 it into the house H1004 of Abinadab H41 on the hill H1389 and set H6942 apart H6942 Eleazar H499 his son H1121 as H6942 holy H6942 in order to keep H8104 the ark H727 of Yahweh H3068.
And Saul H7586 chose H977 for himself 3,000 H7969 H505 men of Israel H3478, of which 2,000 H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Bethel H1008, while 1,000 H505 were with Jonathan H3083 at Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144. But he sent H7971 away H7971 the rest H3499 of the people H5971, each H376 to his tent H168.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980 and let us cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H5676 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then 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.”
Now Saul H7586 had taken H3920 the kingdom H4410 over H5921 Israel H3478, and he fought H3898 against all H3605 his enemies H340 on every H5439 side H5439, against Moab H4124, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Edom H123, the kings H4428 of Zobah H6678, and the Philistines H6430; and wherever H3605 H834 he turned H6437, he [fn]inflicted H7561 punishment H7561.
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 Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David's H1732 house H1004 to keep H8104 watch H8104 over him, in order to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 in the morning H1242. But Michal H4324, David's H1732 wife H802, told H5046 him, saying H559, “If H518 you do not make H4422 an escape H4422 for your life H5315 tonight H3915, tomorrow H4279 you will be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was sitting H3427 in Gibeah H1390, under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 around H5921 him.
Now afterward H310 H3651 David H1732 arose H6965 and went H3318 out H3318 of the cave H4631 and called H7121 after H310 Saul H7586, saying H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428!” And when Saul H7586 looked H5027 behind H310 him, David H1732 bowed H6915 with his [fn]face H639 to the ground H776 and prostrated H2331 himself.
Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was holding a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal's H5037 heart H3820 was merry H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 small H6996 or great H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.
Then David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead H4191, so he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be Yahweh H3068, who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037 and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil H7451. Yahweh H3068 has also returned H7725 the evil H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head H7218.” Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail H26, to take H3947 her as his wife H802.
Then David H1732 said H559 in his heart H3820, “Now H6258 I will be swept H5595 away H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 that I should utterly escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Saul H7586 then will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”
Now David H1732 and his men H376 went H5927 up H5927 and raided H6584 the Geshurites H1651 and the Girzites H1630 and the Amalekites H6003; for they were the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 from ancient H5769 times H5769, as you come H935 to Shur H7793 even as far H5704 as the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself and put H3847 on H3847 other H312 clothes H899, and he went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Divine H7080 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me whom H834 I shall say H559 to you.”
Then David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David H1732, who had also remained H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor H1308, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.
Then the men H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191. So they forsook H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; and the Philistines H6430 came H935 and lived H3427 in them.
Now Jonathan H3083, Saul's H7586 son H1121, had a son H1121 crippled H5223 in his feet H7272. He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the report H8052 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 came H935 from Jezreel H3157, and his nurse H539 took H5375 him up H5375 and fled H5127. And it happened H1961 that in her hurry H2648 to flee H5127, he fell H5307 and became H6452 lame H6452. And his name H8034 was [fn]Mephibosheth H4648.
Then the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but the blind H5787 and lame H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493”; [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Then it was told H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “Yahweh H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 into the city H5892 of David H1732 with gladness H8057.
But David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 his household H1004, and Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559, “How H4100 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 has glorified H3513 himself today H3117! He uncovered H1540 himself today H3117 in the eyes H5869 of his servants' H5650 maids H519 as one H259 of the worthless H7386 ones H7386 shamelessly H1540 uncovers H1540 himself!”
Now it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when [fn]kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel H3478, and they destroyed H7843 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 at Jerusalem H3389.
“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nourished H2421;
And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.
It would eat H398 his morsel H6595 of bread and drink H8354 of his cup H3563 and lie H7901 in his bosom H2436,
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.
“Now a visitor H1982 came H935 to the rich H6223 man H376,
And he [fn]was unwilling H2550 to take H3947 from his own flock H6629 or his own herd H1241,
To prepare H6213 for the traveler H732 who had come H935 to him;
Rather he took H3947 the poor H7326 man's H376 ewe H3535 lamb H3535 and prepared H6213 it for the man H376 who had come H935 to him.”
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 behold H2009, Zadok H6659 also H1571 came, and all H3605 the Levites H3881 with him carrying H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430. And they set H3332 down H3332 the ark H727 of God H430, and Abiathar H54 came H5927 up H5927 until H5704 all H3605 the people H5971 had finished H8552 passing H5674 from the city H5892.
But David H1732 went H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of the Mount of Olives H2132, and wept H1058 as he went H5927, and his head H7218 was covered H2645 and he was walking H1980 barefoot H3182. And all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him each H376 covered H2645 his head H7218 and went H5927 up H5927 weeping H1058 as they went H5927.
Now David H1732 had passed H5674 a little H4592 beyond H4480 the summit H7218, and behold H2009, Ziba H6717 the young H5288 man H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a couple H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543, and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899, one hundred H3967 clusters H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, one hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits H7019, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196.
Now H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his counsel H6098 was not [fn]followed H6213. So he [fn]saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and arose H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and strangled H2614 himself; thus he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in the grave H6913 of his father H1.
Then Absalom H53 happened to meet H7122 the servants H5650 of David H1732. Now Absalom H53 was riding H7392 on his mule H6505, and the mule H6505 went H935 under H8478 the thick H7730 branches H7730 of a great H1419 oak H424. And his head H7218 caught H2388 fast H2388 in the oak H424, so he was [fn]left H5414 hanging H5414 between H996 heaven H8064 and earth H776, while the mule H6505 that was under H8478 him passed H5674 onward.
And Ahimaaz H290 called H7121 and said H559 to the king H4428, “Peace H7965!” And he prostrated H2331 himself before the king H4428 with his [fn]face H639 to the ground H776. And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 is Yahweh H3068 your God H430, who H834 has delivered H5462 up H5462 the men H376 who H834 lifted H5375 their hands H3027 against my lord H113 the king H4428.”
Now Israel H3478 had fled H5127, each H376 to his tent H168.
Now King H4428 David H1732 had sent H7971 to Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 the priests H3548, saying H559, “Speak H1696 to the elders H2205 of Judah H3063, saying H559, ‘Why H4100 are you the last H314 to have H7725 the king H4428 return H7725 to his house H1004, while the word H1697 of all H3605 Israel H3478 has come H935 to the king H4428, even to his house H1004?
Now Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]son H1121 of Saul H7586 had come H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; and he had not H3808 done H6213 anything for his feet H7272, nor H3808 done H6213 anything for his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899, from the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.
Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 at Jerusalem H3389, and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women H802, the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house H1004, and placed H5414 them under guard H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with H3557 sustenance H3557, but did not go H935 in to them. So they were shut H6887 up H6887 until H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191, living H2424 as widows H491.
And there was a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 for three H7969 years H8141, year H8141 after H310 year H8141; and David H1732 sought H1245 the presence H6440 of Yahweh H3068. And Yahweh H3068 said H559, “It is for Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house H1004, because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to H4191 death H4191.”
These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429 a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991, he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112, because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 slain H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471;
And Adonijah H138 sacrificed H2076 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and fatlings H4806 by the [fn]stone H68 of Zoheleth H2120, which H834 is beside H681 En-rogel H5883; and he invited H7121 all H3605 his brothers H251, the king's H4428 sons H1121, and all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063, the king's H4428 servants H5650.
“Now you also H1571 know H3045 what H834 Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 did H6213 to me, what H834 he did H6213 to the two H8147 commanders H8269 of the armies H6635 of Israel H3478, to Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, and to Amasa H6021 the son H1121 of Jether H3500, whom he killed H2026; he also [fn]shed H7760 the blood H1818 of war H4421 in peace H7965. And he put H5414 the blood H1818 of war H4421 on his belt H2290 [fn]about his [fn]waist H4975, and on his sandals H5275 [fn]on his feet H7272.
So Bathsheba H1339 went H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010 to speak H1696 to him for Adonijah H138. And the king H4428 arose H6965 to meet H7122 her, bowed H2331 before her, and sat H3427 on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set H7760 for the king's H4428 mother H517, and she sat H3427 on his right H3225.
Then Solomon H8010 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472. And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord H136, and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings H8002, and made H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650.
[fn]Then Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Solomon H8010, when H3588 he heard H8085 that they had anointed H4886 him king H4428 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 his father H1, for Hiram H2438 had H1961 [fn]always H3605 H3117 been H1961 one H157 who H157 loved H157 David H1732.
Now it happened H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon's H8010 reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478, in the month H2320 of Ziv H2099 which H1931 is the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
Thus all H3605 the work H4399 that King H4428 Solomon H8010 did H6213 in the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the things H6944 set H6944 apart H6944 as H6944 holy H6944 by his father H1 David H1732, the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068.
“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,
Now it happened that when Solomon H8010 had [fn]finished H3615 praying H6419 this H2088 entire H3605 prayer H8605 and supplication H8467 to Yahweh H3068, he arose H6965 from before H6440 the altar H4196 of Yahweh H3068, from kneeling H3766 on his knees H1290 with his [fn]hands H3709 spread H6566 toward heaven H8064.
“Blessed H1288 be Yahweh H3068, who H834 has given H5414 rest H4496 to His people H5971 Israel H3478, according to all H3605 that He [fn]promised H1696; not one H259 promise H1697 has [fn]failed H5307 of all H3605 His good H2896 [fn]promises H1697, which H834 He [fn]promised H1696 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 His [fn]servant H5650.
So Solomon H8010 celebrated H6213 the feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from [fn]Lebo-hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 Yahweh H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, even fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.
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 an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and recounted H5608 to him all H3605 the work H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they recounted H5608 to their father H1.
After H310 this H2088 event H1697 Jeroboam H3379 did not return H7725 from his evil H7451 way H1870, but he returned H7725 and made H6213 priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 from among [fn]all H7098 the people H5971; any who delighted H2655 to be so, he ordained H4390 H3027. So [fn]they became priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116.
Now Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 became H4427 king H4427 in Judah H3063. Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 Yahweh H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Now the rest H3499 of all H3605 the acts H1697 of Asa H609 and all H3605 his might H1369 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and the cities H5892 which H834 he built H1129, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063? But in the time H6256 of his old H2209 age H2209 he was H2470 diseased H2470 in his feet H7272.
Now 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.”
So he went H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202, while he was plowing H2790 with twelve H8147 H6240 pairs H6776 of oxen before H6440 him, and he with the twelfth H8147 H6240. And Elijah H452 passed H5674 over H5674 to him and threw H7993 his mantle H155 on him.
Then 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.”
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 a certain man H376 drew H4900 his bow H7198 at random H8537 and struck H5221 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 [fn]in a joint H1694 of the armor H8302. So he said H559 to the driver H7395 of H7395 his chariot H7395, “Turn H2015 [fn]around H3027 and take H3318 me out H3318 of the [fn]fight H4264, for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded H2470.”
Then the king sent H7971 to him a commander H8269 of fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. And he went H5927 up H5927 to him, and behold H2009, he was sitting H3427 on the top H7218 of the hill H2022. And he said H1696 to him, “O man H376 of God H430, the king H4428 says H1696, ‘Come H3381 down H3381.'”
So he again H7725 sent H7971 the commander H8269 of a third H7992 fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572. Then the third H7992 commander H8269 of fifty H2572 went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 and bowed H3766 down H3766 on his knees H1290 before H5048 Elijah H452, and he begged H2603 him and said H1696 to him, “O man H376 of God H430, please H4994 let my life H5315 and the lives H5315 of these H428 fifty H2572 servants H5650 of yours be H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869.
Then he went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 to Bethel H1008; and as he was going H5927 up H5927 by the way H1870, young H6996 boys H5288 came H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892 and mocked H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142; go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142!”
Now Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, and there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 before H6440 him, he said H559 to his young H5288 man H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”
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.”
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his camp H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him, and said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, but in Israel H3478; so now H6258 please H4994 take H3947 a blessing H1293 from your servant H5650.”
Then Gehazi H1522, the young H5288 man H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430, said H559 to himself, “Behold H2009, my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean H761, [fn]by not receiving H3947 from his hands H3027 what H834 he brought H935. As Yahweh H3068 lives H2416, I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 to take H5493 away H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is not the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 behind H310 him?”
Then they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “We are not doing H6213 right H3651. This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of good H1309 news H1309, but we are keeping H2814 silent H2814; if we wait H2442 until H5704 morning H1242 light H216, punishment H5771 will [fn]overtake H4672 us. So now H6258, come H1980, let us go H935 and tell H5046 the king's H4428 household H1004.”
Then [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “[fn]Get H631 ready H631.” And they made H631 his chariot H7393 ready H631. [fn]Joram H3088 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Ahaziah H274 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3318 out H3318, each H376 in his chariot H7393, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Jehu H3058 and found H4672 him in the [fn]property H2513 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158.
And Ahaziah H274 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 saw H7200 this and fled H5127 by the way H1870 of the garden H1588 house H1004. And Jehu H3058 pursued H7291 him and said H559, “Strike H5221 him down too H1571, in the chariot H4818.” So they struck him down at the ascent H4608 of Gur H1483, which H834 is at Ibleam H2991. But he fled H5127 to Megiddo H4023 and died H4191 there H8033.
Then he went H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]blessed H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, as my heart H3824 is with your heart H3824?” And Jehonadab H3082 [fn]answered H559, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give H5414 me your hand H3027.” And he gave H5414 him his hand H3027, and he took H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Now Jehu H3058 had placed H7760 for himself eighty H8084 men H376 outside H2351, and he had said H559, “The one H376 who H834 permits any of H4480 the men H376 whom H834 I cause to come H935 into your hands H3027 to escape H4422, [fn]shall give up his life H5315 in exchange H8478.”
So the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967 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 H5973 those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the sabbath H7676, and came H935 to Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548.
Now Elisha H477 [fn]became H2470 sick H2470 with the illness H2483 of which H834 he was to die H4191. So Joash H3060 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H3381 down H3381 to him and wept H1058 over H5921 [fn]him and said H559, “My father H1, my father H1, the chariots H7393 of Israel H3478 and its horsemen H6571!”
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and his might H1369, how H834 he fought H3898 and how H834 he restored H7725 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574 to Judah H3063 in Israel H3478, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?
Now King H4428 Ahaz H271 went H1980 to Damascus H1834 to meet H7122 Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804 and saw H7200 the altar H4196 which H834 was at Damascus H1834; and King H4428 Ahaz H271 sent H7971 to Urijah H223 the priest H3548 the likeness H1823 of the altar H4196 and its pattern H8403, according to all H3605 its workmanship H4639.
To this H2088 day H3117 they are acting H6213 according to the earlier H7223 customs H4941: they are not H369 fearing H3372 Yahweh H3068; they are not H369 acting H6213 according to their statutes H2708 or their judgments H4941 or the law H8451, or the commandment H4687 which H834 Yahweh H3068 commanded H6680 the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290, whom H834 He named H7760 H8034 Israel H3478;
‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have [fn]reproached H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I [fn]cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 cypresses H1265.
And I [fn]entered H935 its farthest H7093 lodging H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 and all H3605 his might H1369, and how H834 he made H6213 the pool H1295 and the conduit H8585 and brought H935 water H4325 into the city H5892, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?
Moreover H1571, Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 very H3966 much H7235 innocent H5355 blood H1818 until H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 from one H6310 end H6310 to another H6310; besides H905 H4480 his sin H2403 with which H834 he made Judah H3063 sin H2398, in doing H6213 what H7451 is evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of Yahweh H3068.
Furthermore H1571, the altar H4196 that was at Bethel H1008 and the high H1116 place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, who H834 made H2398 Israel H3478 sin H2398, had made H6213, even H1571 that altar H4196 and the high H1116 place H1116 he tore H5422 down H5422. Then he [fn]demolished H8313 its stones, ground H1854 them to dust H6083, and burned H8313 the Asherah H842.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he profaned H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so that he is not recorded H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
But Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 offered H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 on the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the altar H4196 of incense H7004, for all H3605 the work H4399 of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel H3478, according to all H3605 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 had commanded H6680.
Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Kore H6981, the son H1121 of [fn]Ebiasaph H43, the son H1121 of Korah H7141, and his relatives H251 of his father's H1 house H1004, the Korahites H7145, were over H5921 the work H4399 of the service H5656, keepers H8104 of the thresholds H5592 of the tent H168; and their fathers H1 had been over H5921 the camp H4264 of Yahweh H3068, keepers H8104 of the entrance H3996.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who gave H2388 him strong H2388 support H2388 in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, according to the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.
Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel H6909, mighty H7227 in deeds H6467, struck H5221 down H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and struck H5221 down H5221 a lion H738 in the midst H8432 of a pit H953 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.
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.”
The sons H1121 of Amram H6019 were Aaron H175 and Moses H4872. And Aaron H175 was separated H914 in order to sanctify H6942 him as most H6944 holy H6944, he and his sons H1121 forever H5704 H5769, to offer H6999 offerings up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 before H6440 Yahweh H3068, to minister H8334 to Him and to bless H1288 in His name H8034 forever H5704 H5769.
These H1992 also H1571 cast H5307 lots H1486 alongside H5980 their [fn]relatives H251 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 in the presence H6440 of David H1732 the king H4428, Zadok H6659, Ahimelech H288, and the heads H7218 of the fathers' H1 households of the priests H3548 and of the Levites H3881—the head H7218 of fathers' H1 households alongside H5980 those of his younger H6996 brother H251.
And David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the commanders H8269 of Israel H3478, the commanders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that ministered H8334 to the king H4428, and the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the commanders H8269 over all H3605 the property H7399 and livestock H4735 belonging to the king H4428 and his sons H1121, with the officials H5631 and the mighty H1368 men H1368, even all H3605 the mighty H1368 men H1368 of valor H2428.
Then David H1732 said H559 to his son H1121 Solomon H8010, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, and act H6213; do not fear H3372 nor H408 be dismayed H2865, for Yahweh H3068 God H430, my God H430, is with you. He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 forsake H5800 you until H5704 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 is completed H3615.
Then Solomon H8010 began H2490 to build H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 on Mount H2022 Moriah H4179, where H834 Yahweh had appeared H7200 to his father H1 David H1732, at the place H4725 that David H1732 had prepared H3559 on the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of [fn]Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983.
And he made H6213 the [fn]room H1004 of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944: its length H753 across H5921 H6440 the width H7341 of the house H1004 was twenty H6242 cubits H520, and its width H7341 was twenty H6242 cubits H520; and he covered H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091, amounting to [fn]600 H8337 H3967 talents H3603.
Thus all H3605 the work H4399 that Solomon H8010 did H6213 for the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the [fn]things set H6944 apart H6944 as H6944 holy H6944 by his father H1 David H1732, even the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and all H3605 the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of God H430.
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to You toward H1870 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
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;
So King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 strengthened H2388 himself in Jerusalem H3389 and reigned H4427. Now H3588 Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 Yahweh H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from first H7223 to last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 record H3187? Now there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 all H3605 their days H3117.
He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601, the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa H609, from being queen H1377 mother H1377, because H834 she had made H6213 a horrid H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah H842; and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her horrid H4656 image H4656, crushed H1854 it and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron H6939.
And they rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out H3318, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, O Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, establish H539 your faith H539 in Yahweh H3068 your God H430 and you will be established H539. Establish H539 your faith H539 in His prophets H5030 and succeed H6743.”
Thus Jehoshaphat H3092 reigned H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063. He was thirty-five H7970 H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Azubah H5806 the daughter H1323 of Shilhi H7977.
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.
Now the downfall H8395 of Ahaziah H274 was from God H430, in that [fn]he went H935 to Joram H3141. And when he came H935, he went H3318 out H3318 with Jehoram H3088 against H413 Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi H5250, whom H834 Yahweh H3068 had anointed H4886 to cut H3772 off H3772 the house H1004 of Ahab H256.
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141 Jehoiada H3077 strengthened H2388 himself, and took H3947 commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967: Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jeroham H3395, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Johanan H3076, Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Obed H5744, Maaseiah H4641 the son H1121 of Adaiah H5718, and Elishaphat H478 the son H1121 of Zichri H2147, and they entered into a covenant H1285 with him.
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.
When they had gone H1980 from him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and killed H2026 him on his bed H4296. So he died H4191, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but they did not bury H6912 him in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.
But when he became H2393 strong H2393, his heart H3820 was H1361 so [fn]proud H1361 that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was H4603 unfaithful H4603 to Yahweh H3068 his God H430. And he entered H935 the temple H1964 of Yahweh H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.
So, Yahweh H3068 his God H430 gave H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Aram H758; and they struck H5221 him and carried H7617 away from him a great H1419 number of captives H7633 and brought H935 them to Damascus H1834. And he was also H1571 given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Israel H3478, who struck H5221 him with a great H1419 slaughter H4347.
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was completed H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, shattered H7665 the pillars H4676, cut H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 in H1438 pieces H1438, and tore H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 the destruction was completed H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
After H310 this H2088 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Jerusalem H3389 while he was [fn]besieging H5921 Lachish H3923 with all H3605 his forces H4475 with him, against H5921 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and against H5921 all H3605 Judah H3063 who H834 were at Jerusalem H3389, saying H559,
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Manasseh H4519, even his prayer H8605 to his God H430, and the words H1697 of the seers H2374 who spoke H1696 to him in the name H8034 of Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, behold H2009, they are among H5921 the chronicles H1697 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478.
Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had cleansed H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, and Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the recorder H2142, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068 his God H430.
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to complete H3615 the word H1697 of Yahweh H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—Yahweh H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he had H5674 a proclamation H6963 pass H5674 throughout H3605 all his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559,
‘Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of heaven H8064, has given H5414 me all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776, and He has appointed H6485 me to build H1129 Him a house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, which H834 is in Judah H3063. Whoever H4310 there is among you of all H3605 His people H5971, may Yahweh H3068 his God H430 be with him, and let him go H5927 up H5927!'”
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to complete H3615 the word H1697 of [fn]Yahweh H3068 from the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—Yahweh H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he had H5674 a proclamation H6963 pass H5674 throughout all H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559:
‘Whoever H4310 there is among you of all H3605 His people H5971, may his God H430 be with him! Let him go H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389 which H834 is in Judah H3063 and rebuild H1129 the house H1004 of Yahweh H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478; He is the God H430 who H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.
‘So everyone H3605 who remains H7604, at whatever H3605 H834 place H4725 he may sojourn H1481, let the men H376 of [fn]that place H4725 support H5375 him with silver H3701 and gold H2091, with goods H7399 and cattle H929, together H5973 with H5973 a freewill H5071 offering H5071 for the house H1004 of God H430 which H834 is in Jerusalem H3389.'”
Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 away H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.
And in the days H3117 of [fn]Artaxerxes H783, Bishlam H1312, Mithredath H4990, Tabeel H2870, and the rest H7605 of his colleagues H3674 wrote H3789 to Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia H6539; and the [fn]text H3791 of the letter H5406 was written H3789 in Aramaic H762 and translated H8638 from Aramaic H762.
“In the first H2298 year H8140 of King H4430 Cyrus H3567, Cyrus H3567 the king H4430 issued H7761 a decree H2942:
‘Concerning the house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390, let that house H1005, the place H870 where H1768 sacrifices H1685 are offered H1684, be rebuilt H1124 and let its foundations H787 be [fn]retained H5446, its height H7314 being [fn]60 H8361 cubits H521 and its width H6613 60 H8361 cubits H521;
“And 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.
“May the God H426 who H1768 has caused His name H8036 to dwell H7932 there H8536 overthrow H4049 any H3606 king H4430 or people H5972 who H1768 [fn]stretches H7972 out his hand H3028 to change H8133 it, so as to destroy H2255 that H1791 house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390. I, Darius H1868, have issued H7761 this decree H2942, let it be done H5648 with all H629 diligence H629!”
“Whoever H3605 will not do H5648 the law H1882 of your God H426 and the law H1882 of the king H4430, let judgment H1780 be done H5648 to him with all H629 diligence H629, whether H2006 for death H4193 or H2006 for [fn]banishment H8332 or H2006 for confiscation H6065 of goods H5232 or for imprisonment H613.”
Then Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548 arose H6965 with his brothers H251 the priests H3548 and built H1129 the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; they set H6942 it apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 and made its doors H1817 stand H5975. And they set H6942 apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.
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.”
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 away H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
“You 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.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the provinces H4082 who H834 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 each H376 lived H3427 in his own possession H272 in their cities H5892—[fn]the Israelites H3478, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple H5411 servants H5411, and the sons H1121 of Solomon's H8010 servants H5650.
Then Esther's H635 young H5291 women H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and told H5046 her, and the queen H4436 writhed H2342 in great H3966 anguish. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 and to remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from upon him, but he did not accept H6901 them.
Now it happened H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, that Esther H635 put H3847 on H3847 her royal H4438 robes H3847 and stood H5975 in the inner H6442 court H2691 of the king's H4428 house H1004 in front H5227 of the king's H4428 [fn]rooms H1004, and the king H4428 was sitting H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 in the [fn]throne H4438 room H1004, opposite H5227 the entrance H6607 to his house H1004.
Then Job's H347 three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 of all H3605 this H2088 calamity H7451 that had come H935 upon him. So they came H935 each H376 one H376 from his own place H4725, Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747, and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284; and they made H3259 an H3259 appointment H3259 together H3162 to come H935 to console H5110 him and comfort H5162 him.
For the choir director. According to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.
The wicked H5036 fool H5036 says H559 in his heart H3820, “There H369 is H369 no H369 God H430,”
They act H7843 corruptly H7843, and commit H8581 abominable H8581 injustice H5766;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good H2896.
Who H4310 has ascended H5927 into heaven H8064 and descended H3381?
Who H4310 has gathered H622 the wind H7307 in His fists H2651?
Who H4310 has wrapped H6887 the waters H4325 in [fn]His garment H8071?
Who H4310 has [fn]established H6965 all H3605 the ends H657 of the earth H776?
What H4100 is His name H8034? And what is His Son's H1121 name H8034?
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.
And many H7227 peoples H5971 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980, let us go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of Yahweh H3068,
To the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
That He may instruct H3384 us [fn]from H4480 His ways H1870
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For from Zion H6726 the [fn]law H8451 will go H3318 forth H3318
He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, removed H5619 its stones H5619,
And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine H8321.
And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it
And also H1571 hewed H2672 out a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He hoped H6960 for it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,
On this H3651 account H3651, the anger H639 of Yahweh H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them down H5221.
And the mountains H2022 trembled H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
For all H3605 this H2088 His anger H639 is H7725 not turned H7725 back H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now therefore H3651, behold H2009, the Lord H136 is about to bring H5927 on them the mighty H6099 and abundant H7227 waters H4325 of the [fn]River H5104—
The king H4428 of Assyria H804 and all H3605 his glory H3519;
And it will rise H5927 up H5927 over H5921 all H3605 its channels H650 and go H1980 over H5921 all H3605 its banks H1415.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965,
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
So it will be that when H3588 the Lord H136 has completed H1214 all H3605 His work H4639 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on Jerusalem H3389, He will say, “I will [fn]punish H6485 the fruit H6529 of the arrogant H1433 heart H3824 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and the pomp H8597 of his eyes H5869 which are raised H7312 high H7312.”
But with righteousness H6664 He will judge H8199 the poor H1800,
And decide H3198 with uprightness H4334 for the afflicted H6035 of the earth H776;
And He will strike H5221 the earth H776 with the rod H7626 of His mouth H6310,
And with the breath H7307 of His lips H8193 He will put H4191 the wicked H7563 to H4191 death H4191.
Then it will be H1961 in that day H3117, that the Lord H136
Will again H3254 acquire H7069 the second H8145 time H8145 with His hand H3027
The remnant H7605 of His people H5971, who H834 will remain H7604,
From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, [fn]Ethiopia H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,
Which sends H7971 envoys H6735 by the sea H3220,
Even in papyrus H1573 vessels H3627 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Go H1980, swift H7031 messengers H4397, to a nation H1471 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
To a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
At that time H6256 a gift H7862 of H7862 homage H7862 will be brought H2986 to Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
[fn]From a people H5971 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
Even from a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
A powerful H6978 and oppressive H4001 nation H1471,
Whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 divide H958—
To the place H4725 of the name H8034 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, even Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Egypt H4714.
Behold H2009, Yahweh H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt H4714;
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will shake H5128 at His presence H6440,
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.
Therefore H3651 through this H2088, Jacob's H3290 iniquity H5771 will be atoned H3722 for;
And this H2088 will be the whole H3605 fruit H6529 of the turning H5493 away H5493 of his sin H2403:
When he makes H7760 all H3605 the altar H4196 stones H68 like pulverized H5310 chalk H1615 stones H68,
When [fn]Asherim H842 and incense H2553 altars H2553 will not stand H6965.
And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty H6643,
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley H1516,
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to summer H7019,
Which H834 [fn]one sees H7200,
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand H3709,
He swallows H1104 it.
And it will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 man H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is eating H398;
But he awakens H6974, and his soul H5315 is empty H7386,
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 man H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,
But he awakens H6974, and behold H2009, he is faint H5889,
And his soul H5315 is not quenched H8264.
Thus H3651 the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 will be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
Which reaches H2673 to the neck H6677,
To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and H5130 forth H5130 in a [fn]sieve H5299 of worthlessness H7723,
And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which staggers H8582 one to ruin H8582.
Now the Egyptians H4714 are men H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So Yahweh H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And he who helps H5826 will stumble H3782,
And he who is helped H5826 will fall H5307,
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
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.”
For a wicked H5036 fool H5036 speaks H1696 wicked H5039 folly H5039,
And his heart H3820 does H6213 wickedness H205:
To do H6213 ungodliness H2612 and to speak H1696 error H8442 against H413 Yahweh H3068,
In order to make H7324 the hungry H7457 person H5315 empty H7324;
He even causes the thirsty H6771 to lack H2637 a drink H4945.
“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.
Lift H5375 up H5375 your eyes H5869 on high H4791
And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,
The One who leads H3318 forth H3318 their host H6635 by number H4557,
He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name H8034;
Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His vigor H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power H3581,
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.
Confirming H6965 the word H1697 of His servant H5650—
And the counsel H6098 of His messengers H4397 He will complete H7999—
And being the One who says H559 of Jerusalem H3389, ‘She shall be inhabited H3427!'
And of the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, ‘They shall be built H1129.'
And I will raise H6965 up H6965 her waste H2723 places H2723 again.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 to Cyrus H3566 His anointed H4899,
Whom H834 I have taken H2388 hold H2388 of by his right H3225 hand H3225,
To subdue H7286 nations H1471 before H6440 him
And [fn]to loose H6605 the loins H4975 of kings H4428,
To open H6605 doors H1817 before H6440 him so that gates H8179 will not be shut H5462:
Go H3318 forth H3318 from Babylon H894! Flee H1272 from the Chaldeans H3778!
Declare H5046 with the sound H6963 of joyful H7440 shouting H7440, cause H8085 this H2088 to H8085 be H8085 heard H8085,
Bring H3318 it forth H3318 to the end H7097 of the earth H776;
Say H559, “Yahweh H3068 has redeemed H1350 His servant H5650 Jacob H3290.”
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.”
Therefore H3651, I will divide H2505 for Him a H2505 portion H2505 with the many H7227,
And He will divide H2505 the spoil H7998 with the strong H6099;
Because H8478 H834 He poured H6168 out H6168 His soul H5315 to death H4194,
And was numbered H4487 with the transgressors H6586;
Yet He Himself H1931 [fn]bore H5375 the sin H2399 of many H7227,
“Yet they seek H1875 Me day H3117 by day H3117 and find H2654 pleasure H2654 in knowing H1847 My ways H1870,
As a nation H1471 that has done H6213 righteousness H6666
And has not forsaken H5800 the judgment H4941 of their God H430.
They ask H7592 Me for righteous H6664 judgments H4941;
They find H2654 pleasure H2654 in the nearness H7132 of God H430.
“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 which I choose H977, a day H3117 for a man H120 to afflict H6031 himself H5315?
Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one's head H7218 like a reed H100
And for spreading H3331 out H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?
Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to Yahweh H3068?
For as the earth H776 brings H3318 forth H3318 its branches H6780,
And as a garden H1593 causes the things H2221 sown H2221 in it to branch H6779 out H6779,
So H3651 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068 will cause righteousness H6666 and praise H8416
To branch H6779 out H6779 before H5048 all H3605 the nations H1471.
Yahweh H3068 has sworn H7650 by His right H3225 hand H3225 and by His strong H5797 arm H2220,
“I will never H518 again H5750 give H5414 your grain H1715 as food H3978 for your enemies H340;
Nor H518 will [fn]foreigners H1121 H5236 drink H8354 your new H8492 wine H8492 for which H834 you have labored H3021.”
I shall bring H2142 to remembrance H2142 the lovingkindnesses H2617 of Yahweh H3068, the praises H8416 of Yahweh H3068,
According H5921 to all H3605 the ways that Yahweh H3068 has dealt H1580 bountifully H1580 with us,
And the abundant H7227 goodness H2898 toward the house H1004 of Israel H3478,
Which H834 He has dealt H1580 bountifully H1580 to them according to His compassion H7356
And according to the abundance H7230 of His lovingkindnesses H2617.
“No H3808 longer H5750 will there be [fn]in it an infant H5764 who lives but a few days H3117,
Or an old H2205 man H2205 who H834 does not fulfill H4390 his days H3117;
For the youth H5288 will die H4191 at the age H1121 of one hundred H3967,
And the [fn]one who does H2398 not H2398 reach H2398 the age H1121 of one hundred H3967
God [fn]says H559, “If H2005 a husband H376 divorces H7971 his wife H802
And she goes H1980 from him
And belongs H1961 to another H312 man H376,
Will he still H5750 return H7725 to her?
Will not that land H776 be completely H2610 [fn]polluted H2610?
But you are a harlot H2181 with many H7227 [fn]lovers H7453;
“At that time H6256,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “they will bring H3318 out H3318 the bones H6106 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 and the bones H6106 of its princes H8269, and the bones H6106 of the priests H3548 and the bones H6106 of the prophets H5030, and the bones H6106 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 from their graves H6913.
When He gives H5414 forth His voice H6963, there is a tumult H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens H8064,
And He causes the clouds H5387 to ascend H5927 from the end H7097 of the earth H776;
He makes H6213 lightning H1300 for the rain H4306,
And brings H3318 out H3318 the wind H7307 from His storehouses H214.
But I was like a gentle H441 lamb H3532 led H2986 to the slaughter H2873;
And I did not know H3045 that they had devised H2803 thoughts H4284 against H5921 me, saying,
“Let us make H7843 the tree H6086 with its [fn]fruit H3899 a ruin H7843,
And let us cut H3772 him off H3772 from the land H776 of the living H2416,
That his name H8034 be remembered H2142 no H3808 more H5750.”
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.
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
For thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 in regard H413 to [fn]Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, who became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 Josiah H2977 his father H1, who H834 went H3318 forth H3318 from this H2088 place H4725, “He will never H3808 H5750 return H7725 there H8033;
“Also among the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen H7200 an appalling H8186 thing H8186:
The committing H5003 of H5003 adultery H5003 and walking H1980 in lying H8267;
And they strengthen H2388 the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489,
So that no H1115 one H376 has turned H7725 back H7725 from his evil H7451.
‘But like the rotten H7451 figs H8384 which H834 cannot H3808 be eaten H398 due H4480 to rottenness H7455—indeed H3588, thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068—so H3651 I will give H5414 over Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and his officials H8269 and the remnant H7611 of Jerusalem H3389 who remain H7604 in this H2088 land H776 and the ones who inhabit H3427 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
“Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words H1697, and you shall say H559 to them,
‘Yahweh H3068 will roar H7580 from on high H4791
And give H5414 forth His voice H6963 from His holy H6944 habitation H4583;
He will roar H7580 mightily H7580 against H5921 His [fn]pasture H5116.
He will bellow H6030 a shout H1959 like those who tread H1869 the grapes,
Against H413 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776.
“And it will be, that the nation H1471 or the kingdom H4467 which H834 will not serve H5647 him, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, and which H834 will not put H5414 its neck H6677 under the yoke H5923 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, I will punish H6485 that nation H1471 with the sword H2719, with famine H7458, and with pestilence H1698,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “until H5704 I have brought H8552 [fn]it to H8552 an end H8552 by his hand H3027.
“Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
‘Behold H2009, I will [fn]return H7725 the [fn]fortunes H7622 of the tents H168 of Jacob H3290
And have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 his dwelling H4908 places H4908;
And the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 on its ruin H8510,
And the palace H759 will sit H3427 on its just H4941 place H4941.
‘And [fn]their mighty H117 one shall be one of them,
And [fn]their ruler H4910 shall come H3318 forth H3318 from [fn]their midst H7130;
And I will bring H7126 Him near H7126, and He shall approach H5066 Me;
For who H4310 would dare to give H6148 his heart H3820 as H6148 security H6148 to approach H5066 Me?' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“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.
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478, “Once again H5750 they will speak H559 this H2088 word H1697 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in its cities H5892 when I [fn]return H7725 their [fn]fortunes H7622,
‘Yahweh H3068 bless H1288 you, O abode H5116 of righteousness H6664,
“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.
The word H1697 which H834 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from Yahweh H3068, when Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his military H2428 force H2428, with all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 that were under his [fn]dominion H4475 and all H3605 the peoples H5971, were fighting H3898 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and against H5921 all H3605 its cities H5892, saying H559,
“Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068, ‘You have not obeyed H8085 Me in proclaiming H7121 [fn]release H1865 each H376 man H376 to his brother H251 and each H376 man H376 to his neighbor H7453. Behold H2009, I am proclaiming H7121 a [fn]release H1865 to you,' declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, ‘to the sword H2719, to the pestilence H1698, and to the famine H7458; and I will make H5414 you a terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776.
[fn]Now when H834 Jerusalem H3389 was captured H3920 [fn]in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his military H2428 force H2428 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and laid H6696 siege H6696 to it;
Now it happened in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 seed H2233 and one of the chief H7227 officers H7227 of the king H4428, along with ten H6235 men H376, came H935 to Mizpah H4709 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. And they were eating H398 bread H3899 together H3162 there H8033 in Mizpah H4709.
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.
“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7559 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;
He has H8252 also had quiet H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,
And he has not been emptied H7324 from vessel H3627 to vessel H3627,
Nor H3808 has he gone H1980 into exile H1473.
Therefore H5921 H3651 [fn]he retains H5975 his flavor H2940,
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“That I will cause H8085 a [fn]trumpet H8643 blast H8643 of war H4421 to H8085 be H8085 heard H8085
Against H413 Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;
And it will become H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510,
And her towns H1323 will be set H3341 on fire H784.
Then Israel H3478 will take H3423 possession H3423 of his possessors H3423,”
“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.
“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.
Therefore H3651 hear H8085 the counsel H6098 of Yahweh H3068 which H834 He has counseled H3289 against H413 Edom H123, and His purposes H4284 which H834 He has purposed H2803 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Teman H8487: surely H518 H3808 they will drag H5498 them off H5498, even the little H6810 ones H6810 of the flock H6629; surely H518 H3808 He will make H8074 their pasture H5116 desolate H8074 because H5921 of them.
“Israel H3478 is a scattered H6340 [fn]flock H7716; the lions H738 have banished H5080 them away H5080. The first H7223 one H7223 who devoured H398 him was the king H4428 of Assyria H804, and this H2088 last H314 one H314 who has broken H6105 his bones H6105 is Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894.
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.
When He gives H5414 forth His voice H6963, there is a tumult H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens H8064,
And He causes the clouds H5387 to ascend H5927 from the end H7097 of the earth H776;
He makes H6213 lightning H1300 for the rain H4306
And brings H3318 forth H3318 the wind H7307 from His storehouses H214.
The [fn]message H1697 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 commanded H6680 Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, the grandson H1121 of Mahseiah H4271, when he went H1980 with Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 to Babylon H894 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of his reign H4427. (Now Seraiah H8304 was quartermaster H8269 H4496.)
Lamedh
“Is it nothing H3808 to all H3605 you who pass H5674 this way H1870?
Look H5027 and see H7200 if H518 there H3426 is H3426 any H3426 [fn]pain H4341 like my [fn]pain H4341
Which H834 was dealt H5953 severely H5953 to me,
Which H834 Yahweh H3068 grieved H3013 me with on the day H3117 of His burning H2740 anger H639.
Pe
Zion H6726 stretches H6566 out H6566 her hands H3027;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 her;
Yahweh H3068 has commanded H6680 concerning Jacob H3290
That the ones round H5439 about H5439 him should be his adversaries H6862;
Jerusalem H3389 has become H1961 an impure H5079 thing H5079 among H996 them.
Beth
The Lord H136 has swallowed H1104 up; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the habitations H4999 of Jacob H3290.
In His wrath H5678 He has pulled H2040 down H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063;
He has brought H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its princes H8269.
Daleth
He has bent H1869 His bow H7198 like an enemy H340;
He has set H5324 His right H3225 hand H3225 like an adversary H6862
And killed H2026 all H3605 that were desirable H4261 to the eye H5869;
In the tent H168 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
He has poured H8210 out H8210 His wrath H2534 like fire H784.
Vav
And He has violently H2554 treated H2554 His [fn]tabernacle H7900 like a garden H1588 booth;
He has brought His appointed H4150 [fn]meeting H4150 place H4150 to ruin H7843.
Yahweh H3068 has caused to be forgotten H7911
The appointed H4150 time H4150 and sabbath H7676 in Zion H6726,
Ayin
Yahweh H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He purposed H2161;
He has completed H1214 His word H565
Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old H6924.
He has pulled H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing H2550,
And He has caused the enemy H340 to be glad H8055 over H5921 you;
He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries H6862.
Then I looked H7200, and behold H2009, a storm H5591 wind H7307 was coming H935 from the north H6828, a great H1419 cloud H6051 with fire H784 flashing H3947 forth H3947 continually and a bright H5051 light H5051 all around H5439 it, and in its midst H8432 something like the gleam H5869 of glowing H2830 metal H2830 in the midst H8432 of the fire H784.
Now above H4480 H4605 the expanse H7549 that was over H5921 their heads H7218 there was something H1823 in the likeness H1823 of a throne H3678, like sapphire H5601 stone H68 in appearance H4758; and upon the likeness H1823 of the throne H3678, high H4480 H4605 up, was the likeness H1823 of one with the appearance H4758 of a man H120.
Then the glory H3519 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 from the cherub H3742 on which H834 it had been H1961, to the threshold H4670 of the house H1004 of Yahweh. And He called H7121 to the man H376 clothed H3847 in linen H906 at whose H834 loins H4975 was the [fn]scribe's H5608 case H7083.
“But when a righteous H6662 man H6662 turns H7725 away H7725 from his righteousness H6666, does H6213 injustice H5766, and does H6213 according to all H3605 the abominations H8441 that a wicked H7563 man H7563 does H6213, will he live H2421? All H3605 his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which H834 he has done H6213 will not be remembered H2142 for his unfaithfulness H4604 which H834 he has committed H4603 and his sin H2403 which H834 he has committed H2398; for them he will die H4191.
“Therefore H3651 I will judge H8199 you, O house H1004 of Israel H3478, each H376 according to his way H1870,” declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068. “[fn]Turn H7725 back H7725 and turn H7725 away H7725 from all H3605 your transgressions H6588, so that iniquity H5771 may not become H1961 a stumbling H4383 block H4383 to you.
“As for you, O house H1004 of Israel H3478,” thus H3541 says H559 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068, “Go H1980, serve H5647 everyone H376 his idols H1544; [fn]but after H310 this you will surely H518 H369 listen H8085 to Me, and My holy H6944 name H8034 you will profane H2490 no H3808 longer H5750 with your gifts H4979 and with your idols H1544.
“Behold H2009, I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714,
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his canals H2975 of the Nile H2975,
That has said H559, ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.'
‘The cedars H730 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;
The [fn]cypresses H1265 [fn]could not liken H1819 themselves with its boughs H5589,
And the plane H6196 trees H6196 were not like its branches H6288.
No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could liken H1819 itself with it in its beauty H3308.
“To which H4310 among the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 do you thus H3602 liken H1819 yourself in glory H3519 and greatness H1433? Yet you will be brought H3381 down H3381 with the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 to the earth H776 beneath H8482; you will lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189, with those who were slain H2491 by the sword H2719. So is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his multitude H1995!”' declares H5002 Lord H136 Yahweh H3068.”
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her multitude H1995 all around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them slain H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 put H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 and bore H5375 their dishonor H3639 with those who went H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“But as for you, son H1121 of man H120, the sons H1121 of your people H5971 who talk H1696 about you by the walls H7023 and in the doorways H6607 of the houses H1004, speak H1696 to one H2297 another H259, each H376 to his brother H251, saying H559, ‘Come H935 now H4994 and hear H8085 what H4100 the word H1697 is which comes H3318 forth H3318 from Yahweh H3068.'
“And it will be in that day H3117, that I will give H5414 Gog H1463 a burial H6913 ground H4725 there H8033 in Israel H3478, the valley H1516 of those who pass H5674 by H5674 east H6926 of the sea H3220, and it will block H2629 off H2629 those who would pass H5674 by H5674. So they will bury H6912 Gog H1463 there H8033 with all H3605 his multitude H1995, and they will call H7121 it the valley H1516 of [fn]Hamon-gog H1996.
And behold H2009, there was a wall H2346 on the outside H2351 of the house H1004 of Yahweh all H5439 around H5439, and in the man's H376 hand H3027 was a measuring H4060 rod H7070 of six H8337 cubits H520, each of which was a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth H2948. So he measured H4058 the thickness H7341 of the [fn]wall H2346, one H259 rod H7070; and the height H6967, one H259 rod H7070.
The building H1146 that was in front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 at the side H6285 toward H1870 the west H3220 was [fn]seventy H7657 cubits H520 wide H7341; and the wall H7023 of the building H1146 was five H2568 cubits H520 [fn]thick H7341 all H5439 around H5439, and its length H753 was [fn]ninety H8673 cubits H520.
“And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth H2948): the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit H520, and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 round H5439 about H5439 one H259 [fn]span H2239; and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar H4196.
“And when you divide H5307 by H5307 lot H5307 the land H776 for inheritance H5159, you shall offer H7311 a contribution H8641 to Yahweh H3068, a holy H6944 portion H6944 of the land H776; the length H753 shall be the length H753 of [fn]25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 cubits, and the width H7341 shall be [fn]20,000 H6235 H505. It shall be holy H6944 within all H3605 its boundary H1366 round H5439 about H5439.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was filled H4391 with wrath H2528, and the image H6755 of his face H600 changed H8133 toward H5922 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered H6032 and said H560 to heat H228 the furnace H861 seven H7655 times H2298 more H5922 than H5922 H1768 it was usually H2370 heated H228.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 was astounded H8429 and hurriedly H927 stood H6966 up H6966; he answered H6032 and said H560 to his high H1907 officials H1907, “Was it not three H8532 men H1400 we cast H7412 tied H3729 up H3729 into the midst H1459 of the fire H5135?” They answered H6032 and said H560 to the king H4430, “Certainly H3330, O king H4430.”
Nebuchadnezzar H5020 answered H6032 and said H560, “Blessed H1289 be the God H426 of Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665, who H1768 has sent H7972 His angel H4398 and saved H7804 His servants H5649 who H1768 put H7365 their trust H7365 in Him, [fn]violating H8133 the king's H4430 word H4406, and gave H3052 up their bodies H1655 so H1768 as not to serve H6399 and not to worship H5457 any H3606 god H426 except H3861 their own God H426.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the earth H772,
But with a band H613 of iron H6523 and bronze H5174 around it
In the new H1883 grass H1883 of the field H1251;
And let him be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065,
And let [fn]him share H2508 with the beasts H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
“Then H116 Daniel H1841, whose H1768 name H8036 is Belteshazzar H1096, was appalled H8075 for a while H8160 as his thoughts H7476 were alarming H927 him. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560, ‘Belteshazzar H1096, do not let the dream H2493 or its interpretation H6591 alarm H927 you.' Belteshazzar H1096 answered H6032 and said H560, ‘My lord H4756, if only the dream H2493 applied to those who hate H8131 you and its interpretation H6591 to your adversaries H6146!
“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.
Then H116 Belshazzar H1113 said H560 the word, and they clothed H3848 Daniel H1841 with purple H711 and put a necklace H2002 of gold H1722 around H5922 his neck H6676 and issued H3745 a H3745 proclamation H3745 concerning H5922 him that he now would H1934 be H1934 the [fn]third H8531 powerful H7990 ruler H7990 in the kingdom H4437.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 knew H3046 that the written H3792 document was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (now in H5954 his roof H5952 chamber H5952 he had windows H3551 open H6606 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390); and he continued kneeling H1289 on his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, praying H6739 and giving H3029 thanks H3029 before H6925 his God H426, [fn]as he had been doing H5648 previously H6928.
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“And to Him was given H3052 [fn]dominion H7985,
Glory H3367, and a kingdom H4437,
That all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and men of every tongue H3961
Might serve H6399 Him.
His [fn]dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 [fn]dominion H7985
Which H1768 will not be taken H5709 away H5709;
And His kingdom H4437 is one
“And through H5921 his insight H7922
He will cause H6743 deceit H4820 to H6743 succeed H6743 by his hand H3027;
And he will magnify H1431 himself in his heart H3824,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 many H7227 while they are [fn]at ease H7962.
He will even stand H5975 against H5921 the Prince H8269 of princes H8269,
“Then the king H4428 will do H6213 as he pleases H7522, and he will exalt H7311 and magnify H1431 himself above H5921 every H3605 god H410 and will speak H1696 [fn]astonishing H6381 things H6381 against H5921 the God H410 of gods H410; and he will succeed H6743 until H5704 the indignation H2195 is finished H3615, for that which is decreed H2782 will be done H6213.
The dweller H7934 of Samaria H8111 will fear H1481
For the [fn]calf H5697 of Beth-aven H1007.
Indeed H3588, its people H5971 will mourn H56 for it,
And its idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 [fn]will cry H1523 out H1523 over H5921 it,
Over H5921 its glory H3519, since H3588 it has gone into exile H1540 from them.
Though H3588 he is fruitful H6509 among H996 the [fn]reeds H260,
An east H6921 wind H6921 will come H935,
The wind H7307 of Yahweh H3068 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057;
And his fountain H4726 will become H3001 dry H3001,
And his spring H4599 will be dried H2717 up H2717;
It will plunder H8154 his treasury H214 of every H3605 desirable H2532 article H3627.
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?
Then Yahweh H3068 [fn]will answer H6030 and say H559 to His people H5971,
“Behold H2009, I am going to send H7971 you grain H1715, new H8492 wine H8492, and oil H3323,
And you will be H7646 satisfied H7646 in full with [fn]them;
And I will never H3808 again H5750 make H5414 you a reproach H2781 among the nations H1471.
“But I will remove H7368 the northern H6830 military force far H7368 from you,
And I will drive H5080 it into a parched H6723 and desolate H8077 land H776,
And its vanguard H6440 into the eastern H6931 sea H3220,
And its rear H5490 guard into the western H314 sea H3220.
And its stench H889 will rise H5927 up H5927, and its foul H6709 smell H6709 will rise H5927 up H5927,
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Edom H123 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
While he corrupted H7843 his compassion H7356;
Thus H3541 says H559 Yahweh H3068,
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Judah H3063 and for four H702
I will not turn H7725 back H7725 its punishment
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the law H8451 of Yahweh H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes H2706;
Their [fn]falsehood H3577 also has led H8582 them astray H8582,
Then Amaziah H558, the priest H3548 of Bethel H1008, sent H7971 word to Jeroboam H3379 king H4428 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “Amos H5986 has conspired H7194 against H5921 you in the midst H7130 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478; the land H776 is H3201 unable H3808 H3201 to endure H3557 all H3605 his words H1697.
“Then I will overturn H2015 your feasts H2282 into mourning H60
And all H3605 your songs H7892 into [fn]lamentation H7015;
And I will bring H5927 up H5927 sackcloth H8242 on everyone's H3605 loins H4975
And baldness H7144 on every H3605 head H7218.
And I will make H7760 it like a time of mourning H60 for an only H3173 son H3173,
And the end H319 of it will be like a bitter H4751 day H3117.
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,
Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091
Will be H3201 able H3201 to deliver H5337 them
On the day H3117 of the fury H5678 of Yahweh H3068;
And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398
In the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,
For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 destruction H3617,
This H2088 is the exultant H5947 city H5892
Which inhabits H3427 securely H983,
Who says H559 in her heart H3824,
“I am, and there H657 is H657 no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 an object H8047 of horror H8047,
A resting H4769 place H4769 for beasts H2416!
“My anger H639 burns H2734 against H5921 the shepherds H7462,
And I will visit H6485 punishment upon the [fn]male H6260 goats H6260;
For Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 has visited H6485 His flock H5739, the house H1004 of Judah H3063,
And will make H7760 them like His splendid H1935 horse H5483 in battle H4421.
“‘A son H1121 honors H3513 his father H1, and a slave H5650 his master H113. Then if H518 I am a father H1, where H346 is My honor H3519? And if H518 I am a master H113, where H346 is the fear H4172 of Me?' says H559 Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 to you, O priests H3548 who despise H959 My name H8034. But you say H559, ‘How H4100 have we despised H959 Your name H8034?'
Then H227 those who [fn]feared H3372 Yahweh H3068 spoke H1696 to one H376 another H7453, and Yahweh H3068 gave H7181 heed H7181 and heard H8085 it, and a book H5612 of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 Him for those who [fn]fear H3372 Yahweh H3068 and who think H2803 upon His name H8034.
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 on the day H3117 that Moses H4872 had finished H3615 setting H6965 up H6965 the tabernacle H4908, that he anointed H4886 it and set H6942 it apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942 with all H3605 its furnishings H3627 and the altar H4196 and all H3605 its utensils H3627; he anointed H4886 them and set H6942 them apart H6942 as H6942 holy H6942.
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were called H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 to the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the princes H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Ethiopia H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their tongue H3956 as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their tongue H3956.
“Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 a nation H1471 against H5921 you from afar H4801, O house H1004 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068.
“It is an enduring H386 nation H1471;
It is an ancient H5769 nation H1471,
A nation H1471 whose tongue H3956 you do not know H3045,
Nor H3808 can you [fn]understand H8085 what H4100 they say H1696.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the earth H772,
But with a band H613 of iron H6523 and bronze H5174 around it
In the new H1883 grass H1883 of the field H1251;
And let him be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065,
And let [fn]him share H2508 with the beasts H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
‘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.'
“Then H116 Daniel H1841, whose H1768 name H8036 is Belteshazzar H1096, was appalled H8075 for a while H8160 as his thoughts H7476 were alarming H927 him. The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560, ‘Belteshazzar H1096, do not let the dream H2493 or its interpretation H6591 alarm H927 you.' Belteshazzar H1096 answered H6032 and said H560, ‘My lord H4756, if only the dream H2493 applied to those who hate H8131 you and its interpretation H6591 to your adversaries H6146!
“Then H116 I kept H1934 looking H2370 because H4481 of the sound H7032 of the great H7229 boastful words H4406 which H1768 the horn H7162 was speaking H4449; I kept H1934 looking H2370 until H5705 H1768 the beast H2423 was killed H6992, and its body H1655 was destroyed H7 and given H3052 to the burning H3346 [fn]fire H785.
“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,
“Their horses H5483 are H7043 swifter H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246
And [fn]sharper H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening H6153.
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 galloping H6335;
Their horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar H7350;
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 swooping H2363 down to devour H398.
Now in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427, on the tenth H6218 day of the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his military H2428 force H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, and he camped H2583 against H5921 it and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.
But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 seed H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191, along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.
Now it happened H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;
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