The voice of the Lord will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?

Behold, the name of the Lord comes from a remote place;
Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke;
His lips are filled with indignation
And His tongue is like a consuming fire;

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.

Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things,
And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.

The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that none may enter.

O Lord, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it.
They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.

For the fortified city is isolated,
A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert;
There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and feed on its branches.

For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.

A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

“A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of the Lord who is rendering recompense to His enemies.

‘If I go out to the country,
Behold, those slain with the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
Behold, diseases of famine!
For both prophet and priest
Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.’”

and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial.

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”

Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus the Lord of hosts has said,
Zion will be plowed as a field,
And Jerusalem will become ruins,
And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”’

The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’

Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?

Samaria will be held guilty,
For she has rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword,
Their little ones will be dashed in pieces,
And their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.

The Lord utters His voice before His army;
Surely His camp is very great,
For strong is he who carries out His word.
The day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,
And who can endure it?

“So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

Therefore, on account of you
Zion will be plowed as a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.

She heeded no voice,
She accepted no instruction.
She did not trust in the Lord,
She did not draw near to her God.

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways!

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

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Therefore, on account of you
Zion will be plowed as a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.
The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that none may enter.
For the fortified city is isolated,
A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert;
There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and feed on its branches.
For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.
A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
“A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of the Lord who is rendering recompense to His enemies.
and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial.
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”
The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’
Samaria will be held guilty,
For she has rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword,
Their little ones will be dashed in pieces,
And their pregnant women will be ripped open.
“So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
She heeded no voice,
She accepted no instruction.
She did not trust in the Lord,
She did not draw near to her God.

And

When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things,
And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.
The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.
O Lord, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it.
They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.

The man of wisdom shall see thy name

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.
The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
Behold, the name of the Lord comes from a remote place;
Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke;
His lips are filled with indignation
And His tongue is like a consuming fire;

Hear

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.
Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
‘If I go out to the country,
Behold, those slain with the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
Behold, diseases of famine!
For both prophet and priest
Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.’”
Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?
The Lord utters His voice before His army;
Surely His camp is very great,
For strong is he who carries out His word.
The day of the Lord is indeed great and very awesome,
And who can endure it?
“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways!
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
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