See, I am against you, you who are living on the rock of the valley, says the Lord; you who say, Who will come down against us? or who will get into our houses?

Of vision

Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.

He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.

Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.

For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.

Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

What

And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

That thou

In their streets they are covering themselves with haircloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their public places, there is crying and bitter weeping.

If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.

On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.

General references

The word which Habakkuk the prophet saw.