He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,

So Johanan son of Kareah, all the army officers, and all the rest of the people did not obey the Lord's command to stay in the land.

While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, "I refuse to listen to you." That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem.

The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes."

This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord's temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him.

But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed.

Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad.

When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, "The king says, 'Come out!'" But he replied, "No, I will die here!" So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab's reply.

So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

And every open container that has no covering fastened on it is unclean.

He made the robe of the ephod completely blue, the work of a weaver.

The Lord will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.

"'If he consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased, which is not part of his own landed property,

After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"

They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod.

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.

When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?"

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance.

Then he said, 'Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies' horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

"'For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the sovereign Lord.'

What my eyes see grieves me -- all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.

He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed.

Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.'

"Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!

O Lord who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people's hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

Now the cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies of those he had killed was a large one that King Asa had constructed as part of his defenses against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with dead bodies.

Ishmael also killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah and the Babylonian soldiers who happened to be there.

My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.

On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.

Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!

It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

O sovereign Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Now the woman had a well-fed calf at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven.

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

He erected the altar of the Lord and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

So they sent an edict throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.

Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord's temple. When this was done,

You defeated Edom and it has gone to your head. Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?"

Ishmaiah son of Obadiah led Zebulun, Jerimoth son of Azriel led Naphtali,

Isn't this David, of whom they sang as they danced, 'Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands'?"

the sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

He replied, "I'll send you a young goat from the flock." She asked, "Will you give me a pledge until you send it?"

"'If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the Lord, anything which he gives to the Lord from this kind of animal will be holy.

Then he is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop to decontaminate the house,

and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.

They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

When it reverts in the jubilee, the field will be holy to the Lord like a permanently dedicated field; it will become the priest's property.

They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

You are to make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.

(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving.

I will ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day.

Each of the pillars was about 27 feet high, about 18 feet in circumference, three inches thick, and hollow.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are."

(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.'

"'He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand -- the sword is sharpened, it is polished -- giving it into the hand of the executioner.

Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army's wages.

As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former status, Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former status, and you and your daughters will be restored to your former status.

Then he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon.

I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.

I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

sent and had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guardhouse. They turned him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home with him. But Jeremiah stayed among the people.

And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, "The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.

Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance.

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The Lord's word which you have announced is appropriate." Then he thought, "For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime."

"Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.

who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps.

He does amazing things that will be remembered; the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the Lord!"

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

when the Lord rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

the plague that comes in the darkness, or the disease that comes at noon.

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

The Lord is elevated in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David's footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.

with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;

He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. He reasoned, "Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me." But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.

Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt,

"So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.

You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

Then he is to have the house scraped all around on the inside, and the plaster which is scraped off must be dumped outside the city into an unclean place.

They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

Pallu's descendant was Eliab.

A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.'"

Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there.

They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord,

"You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head,

When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

one male goat for a purification offering;

He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.

"So now, please let your servant remain as my lord's slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

Then Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.

Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land?

All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade all the great nations lived.

(Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!

He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.

"Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians," says the Lord. "They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.

When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them."

For the Lord says, "Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.

"Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock.

Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you.

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

"You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.

They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.

"Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

I will give you thanks, for you answered me, and have become my deliverer.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

In God I boast all day long, and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)

I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

Then my enemy will say, "I have defeated him!" Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.

Ahaz gathered the items in God's temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord's temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. They reasoned, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?"

Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, leader of the Reubenites and the thirty warriors with him,

David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.

Moreover, the Lord will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments, until you have perished.

Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

the priest is to come and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean.

They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

"'Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.

So Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." Jonathan told him, "I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!"

From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.

We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves.

Those numbered in his division are 53,400.

and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.

So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work they were doing

The hangings on one side of the gate are to be twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

"You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

Then they said, "We'll call the girl and find out what she wants to do."

I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

Now the altar hearth is a perfect square, 21 feet long and 21 feet wide.

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you -- you will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all of Edom -- all of it! Then they will know that I am the Lord.'"

Kill all the farmers who sow the seed in the land of Babylon. Kill all those who wield the sickle at harvest time. Let all the foreigners return to their own people. Let them hurry back to their own lands to escape destruction by that enemy army.

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!'

The word of the Lord came to me:

The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

But listen to what the Lord has to say, all you people of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. The Lord says, 'I hereby swear by my own great name that none of the people of Judah who are living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name in their oaths! Never again will any of them use it in an oath saying, "As surely as the Lord God lives."

Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures.

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, 'I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,' but this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity!" The cloth must then be spread out before the city's elders.

For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!

For the king trusts in the Lord, and because of the sovereign Lord's faithfulness he is not upended.

with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;

"This is what the Lord says: 'I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah.

The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, "He hired me and I became his priest."

Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

If the one who consecrates it redeems his house, he must add to it one fifth of its conversion value in silver, and it will belong to him.

And they traveled from Dophkah, and camped in Alush.

Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the Lord has given them?

So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob's daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father's household.)

These were the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design -- all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.

"This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.

The Lord who rules over all says, "The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt, by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon.

So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community.

Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me."

I, the Lord, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold. They will do this in all the towns in the southern hill country, the western foothills, the southern hill country, the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.'

Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon.

Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, "This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears."

I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth."

They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord's right hand conquers,

I first decreed to Zion, 'Look, here's what will happen!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

"'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways.

Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.

O Lord, your name endures, your reputation, O Lord, lasts.

Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.

Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!

Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.

I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

the fifteenth to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum.

If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death."

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

You must inscribe on the stones all the words of this law, making them clear."

Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud;

The Lord said to Moses:

They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

as well as one goat for a purification offering, to make atonement for you.

then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, 'Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.'

The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet and the width seventy-five feet, and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings is to be seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases.

how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

And when Moses went out to the tent, all the people would get up and stand at the entrance to their tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

My father made me swear an oath. He said, "I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan." Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.'"

In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance," declares the sovereign Lord.

The water made it grow; underground springs made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted, while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field.

From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king's advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city.

"Be careful never to take my son back there!" Abraham told him.

I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.

The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

The person who lives in Zion says, "May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives." Jerusalem says, "May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people."

Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.

"Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! For she has sinned against the Lord.

How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!'

Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.

So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after Jehoiakim had burned the scroll containing what Jeremiah had spoken and Baruch had written down.

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones!

Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways."

It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.

Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good! Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant!

When King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah,

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.

Necho sent messengers to him, saying, "Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you."

Tomorrow march down against them as they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.

In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice -- yours alone.

They called out loudly in the Judahite dialect to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, trying to scare and terrify them so they could seize the city.

When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out loudly. The woman said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!"

Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.

Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

Then people will say, "Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh's.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.

He made all the utensils of the altar -- the pots, the shovels, the tossing bowls, the meat hooks, and the fire pans -- he made all its utensils of bronze.

which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.

You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

Then Israel said, "Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die."

You didn't even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly!

Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How long have you lived?"

"If Esau attacks one camp," he thought, "then the other camp will be able to escape."

The length of the porch was 35 feet and the width 19? feet; steps led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn over the land of Israel,

Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.

Say to it, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin.

(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

"We have blatantly rebelled; you have not forgiven."

ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres.

The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel.

"Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.

But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. Go wherever you choose."

The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.

I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.

At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,

Therefore I, the Lord, say: 'I will indeed hand this city over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonian army. They will capture it.

The city is sure to fall into the hands of the Babylonians. Yet, in spite of this, you, Lord God, have said to me, "Buy that field with silver and have the transaction legally witnessed."'"

Then I entered the precincts of God's temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

It is time for the Lord to act -- they break your law!

Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse.

The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us!

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge.

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

The Israelites and people of Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps.

You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob's deliverance!

The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.

the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord.

The twelfth, assigned the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, a descendant of Othniel. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab's brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.

From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.

The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons.

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

Then Saul said, "All you leaders of the army come here. Find out how this sin occurred today.

All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, "Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king's expense? Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?"

Saul replied to David, "May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!" So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the purification offering for atonement and the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

For their drink offerings, include half a hin of wine with each bull, one-third of a hin for the ram, and one-fourth of a hin for each lamb. This is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.

When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the Lord had given them.

Gershon's descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric,

from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi;

your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land -- all its produce will be for you to eat.

You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

You are to kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting

You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunics

They made tunics of fine linen -- the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons --

When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has just come to you," Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

There were two copies of the deed of purchase. One was sealed and contained the order of transfer and the conditions of purchase. The other was left unsealed.

He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh's household heard about it.

Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt and on to the Great Sea.

Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.

Therefore the Lord says, "I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.

He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.

Turn and flee! Take up refuge in remote places, you people who live in Dedan. For I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau. I have decided it is time for me to punish them.

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

You did miracles and amazing deeds in the land of Egypt which have had lasting effect. By this means you gained both in Israel and among humankind a renown that lasts to this day.

all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;

He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land."'"

the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?"

Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice.

With trumpets and the blaring of the ram's horn, shout out praises before the king, the Lord!

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures!

They cut off Saul's head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.

to give you thanks, and to tell about all your amazing deeds.

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;

the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah.

This failure on your part isn't good! As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord's chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king's spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!"

Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle."

These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500.

or in the warp or woof of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather,

They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped in Libnah.

And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the Lord will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.

You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.

but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." Joseph said, "I will do as you say."

They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates.

You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.

In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you."

"'When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple.

When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

But Rebekah's brother and her mother replied, "Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go."

These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.

But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation."

This will happen because the people of this city have aroused my anger and my wrath since the time they built it until now. They have made me so angry that I am determined to remove it from my sight.

I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them, they were not your subjects.

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea: "I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women."

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

Those who pass by will not say, "May you experience the Lord's blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord."

Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.

The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless -- he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.

Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city's gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.

Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction."

from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns;

You are to make fifty bronze clasps and put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it is a unit.

These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.

Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, "Here we are; we are your slaves."

You know that I've worked for your father as hard as I could,

Then he put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

The Arvadites joined your army on your walls all around, and the Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, "Where is the whitewash you coated it with?"

I will set my face against them -- although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

I too will clap my hands together, I will exhaust my rage; I the Lord have spoken."

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them."

I said, "I have heard a message from the Lord. A messenger has been sent among the nations to say, 'Gather your armies and march out against her! Prepare to do battle with her!'"

The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'You women have confirmed by your actions what you vowed with your lips! You said, "We will certainly carry out our vows to sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven." Well, then fulfill your vows! Carry them out!'

I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures!

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have revived me.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king's dynasty will continue.

You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you!

Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.

I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever.

David went on to say, "As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

He will withhold from all of them his children's flesh that he is eating (since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

the thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there.

His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

They said, "Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?" An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!"

and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze.

When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out.

He instructed the servant leading the first herd, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?'

It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.

Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did."

I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you,

The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

"Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten."

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

They were afraid of what the Babylonians might do because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country.

Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.

to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.

For I, the Lord, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.

"I thought, 'I will no longer see the Lord in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'"

By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!

the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

David said to him, "To whom do you belong, and where are you from?" The young man said, "I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.

But King Solomon will be empowered and David's dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord."

the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "You will recall that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, 'If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.' You said to me, 'The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.'

But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, "Since they didn't go with us, we won't give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!"

When Saul recognized David's voice, he said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" David replied, "Yes, it's my voice, my lord the king."

Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us -- your servants and your son David -- with whatever you can spare."

and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.

The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around.

When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you -- a place that lacks nothing on earth!"

It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,

from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach;

They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah.

You are to overlay it with pure gold -- its top, its four walls, and its horns -- and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

"This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall,

"This is what you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.

And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain,

And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

"Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my anger on you.'"

"I left secretly because I was afraid!" Jacob replied to Laban. "I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.

I will put hooks in your jaws and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales. I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways, and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord."

The Lord who rules over all has solemnly sworn, 'I will fill your land with enemy soldiers. They will swarm over it like locusts. They will raise up shouts of victory over it.'

"For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the Lord who rules over all. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

"Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.

The Lord says, "Flee quickly, you who live in Hazor. Take up refuge in remote places. For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has laid out plans to attack you. He has formed his strategy on how to defeat you."

The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "Take these documents, both the sealed copy of the deed of purchase and the unsealed copy. Put them in a clay jar so that they may be preserved for a long time to come."'

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

I for my part will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians whenever they come to us. You for your part go ahead and harvest the wine, the dates, the figs, and the olive oil, and store them in jars. Go ahead and settle down in the towns that you have taken over."

The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,

Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.)

Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir),

If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him,

Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish,

If, however, the one who consecrated the field redeems it, he must add to it one fifth of the conversion price and it will belong to him.

These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

So they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River."

For the west side there were hangings seventy-five feet long, with their ten posts and their ten bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal;

So Aaron and his sons did all the things the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Then Judah had his friend Hirah the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, but Hirah could not find her.

He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, "Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning."

It happened just as he had said to us -- Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker."

They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.

We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I'll give.

After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Let me leave now so I can return to my master."

"These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure,

The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord's temple (including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called "The Sea," the twelve bronze bulls under "The Sea," and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.

You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it.

"Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

"Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city," says the Lord God who rules over all. "Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.

You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. They will mourn for you, saying, "Poor, poor master!" Indeed, you have my own word on this. I, the Lord, affirm it!'"

The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.

So Jeremiah remained confinedThe following events occurred when Jerusalem was captured.

"I, the Lord who rules over all, say: 'This place will indeed lie in ruins. There will be no people or animals in it. But there will again be in it and in its towns sheepfolds where shepherds can rest their sheep.

Don't allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me from their earliest history until now and because they have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. I, the Lord, affirm it!

See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!

Then he spoke up in the presence of all the people. "The Lord says, 'In the same way I will break the yoke of servitude of all the nations to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon before two years are over.'" After he heard this, the prophet Jeremiah departed and went on his way.

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!

I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle.

You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.

Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you!

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

"Go, tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: "I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them."'"

Whirring locusts will take over every tree and all the produce of your soil.

Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands.

The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)

Achish replied to David, "I am convinced that you are as reliable as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us in the battle.'

The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes.

and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the Lord until he drives out his enemies from his presence

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests."

the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base,

And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too."

Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh's slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate."

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

He said to his brothers, "My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!" They were dismayed; they turned trembling one to another and said, "What in the world has God done to us?"

But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph's house. They said, "We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!"

They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

So Israel's sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.

returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?"

So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.

I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

"Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free." But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.

"The remainder, one and two-thirds miles in width and eight and a quarter miles in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;

The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives.

But how can it rest when I, the Lord, have given it orders? I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast.

Recently, however, you yourselves showed a change of heart and did what is pleasing to me. You granted your fellow countrymen their freedom and you made a covenant to that effect in my presence in the house that I have claimed for my own.

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.

For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,' says the Lord. 'And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,' says the Lord.

Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

So pay attention to what I, the Lord, have said, all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.'

Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.

Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace."

Look, the Lord will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."

O Lord, restore our well-being, just as the streams in the arid south are replenished.

For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

The godly will rejoice in the Lord and take shelter in him. All the morally upright will boast.

You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine.

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.

He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my permanent home."

In the morning you will say, 'If only it were evening!' And in the evening you will say, 'I wish it were morning!' because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.

Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

Within the territory of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city's leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

The clans of Merari's descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

So David's servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David's name. Then they paused.

They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that.

Their clan leaders were: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,

Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

with one male goat for a purification offering to make an atonement for you;

the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,

He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand,

So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.

to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for dealing with infectious disease."

Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying, "You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor!

When all this comes true -- and it certainly will -- then they will know that a prophet was among them."

I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her.

He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He went and got it from the room of Elishama, the royal secretary. Then he himself read it to the king and all the officials who were standing around him.

I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'

For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. You will never see this place again.'

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon.

the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:

Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

So the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.'"

He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair.

We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God's temple we would walk together among the crowd.

I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us!

He carried away to Babylon all the items in God's temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials.

the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah)

the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

David said to Achish, "If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?"

from Arod, the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites.

Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats' hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather brought them.

They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh's authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.