where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.

Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules.

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,

The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah)

The Lord's shout is powerful, the Lord's shout is majestic.

In God -- I boast in his promise -- in the Lord -- I boast in his promise --

Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, "Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded."

The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

The following belonged to Gershom's descendants: Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.

Hilez and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar.

son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters -- all his descendants.

"'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.

He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon.

They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away.

"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.

They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.

The bronze top of one pillar was about seven and one-half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its pomegranate-shaped ornaments was like it.

Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

"The Lord God of Israel has a message for you. 'I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt where they had been slaves. It stipulated,

Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction.

From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.

Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.

"You say, 'The Lord has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.'

When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

You have made the nation larger, O Lord, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.

May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!

Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!"

May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.

The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.

The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.

If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,

So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

if the infection in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest.

and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud."

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

For each of the seven lambs you are to offer one-tenth of an ephah,

The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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 Pagiel son of Ocran.

and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame.

You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.

So he asked Pharaoh's officials, who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?"

Then they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants' flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen."

Pharaoh will summon you and say, 'What is your occupation?'

But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "What if some accident happens to him?"

"So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us -- his very life is bound up in his son's life.

when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady.

This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple.

Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

I will shock many peoples with you, and their kings will shiver with horror because of you. When I brandish my sword before them, every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.

Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.'

I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders."

All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.'

"Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam's ill fortune." says the Lord.

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to the word of the Lord who commands armies:

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

Now the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying, 'Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.'

There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you.

In the middle of the night I arise to thank you for your just regulations.

Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long!

May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah)

They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord's temple.

God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.

May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites, Zadok led the descendants of Aaron,

and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord's temple were made from polished bronze.

She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

But he refused, saying, "I won't eat!" Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,

and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

You are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics

Ekron and its surrounding towns and settlements;

and for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine."

Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

onyx stones, and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10? feet deep.

So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them.

Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings -- the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

The alcoves were 10? feet long and 10? feet wide; between the alcoves were 8? feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10? feet.

This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.

Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one's wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore to give to your fathers.

The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.

They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Baruch, 'The Lord says, "I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.

One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.

Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

But later they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again.

They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert;

You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.

God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)

Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

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

and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped them.

Hezekiah says, "The Lord our God will rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria." But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!

David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon.

Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah.

You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it.

for those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

and the coverings of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the protecting curtain;

Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

This was the dedication for the altar from the leaders of Israel, when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve gold pans.

They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;

They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it was above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;

Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.'

But Joseph told them, "It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head."

But if you will not send him, we won't go down there because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'"

"These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.

In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he will make the same provisions for the sin offering, burnt offering, and grain offering, and for the olive oil, for the seven days.

You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.

I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you.

"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted in it.

"Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire -- so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.

Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the Lord our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple.

Some who survive in battle will return to the land of Judah from the land of Egypt. But they will be very few indeed! Then the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will know whose word proves true, mine or theirs.'

None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.'"

Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, 'Oh, the ruin and great destruction!'

So all these Judeans returned to the land of Judah from the places where they had been scattered. They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Thus they harvested a large amount of wine and dates and figs.

You loyal followers of the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.

For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down."'"

Do not listen to the prophets who are telling you that you do not need to serve the king of Babylon. For they are prophesying lies to you.

O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

May your priests be clothed with integrity! May your loyal followers shout for joy!

For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.

When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

Use your spear and lance against those who chase me! Assure me with these words: "I am your deliverer!"

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

"You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.

Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.

I declare to you this very day that you will certainly perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

They were married into the families of the Manassehites, the descendants of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's family.

olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

with three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each bull, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for the ram,

They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.

She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

Then Moses commanded the Israelites: "This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

The one hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain -- one hundred bases for one hundred talents, one talent per base.

"'They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.

Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

"Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife gave me two sons.

But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace."

because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.

This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the sovereign Lord."

Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

"This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.

So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

Yes, Lord, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.

Their tents and their flocks will be taken away. Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off. People will shout to them, 'Terror is all around you!'"

He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.

Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me!

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.

But just listen to what the Lord has to say about the king who occupies David's throne and all your fellow countrymen who are still living in this city of Jerusalem and were not carried off into exile with you.

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

They say to themselves, "We will oppress all of them." They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

The Lord responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the Lord's command.

The tenth, assigned the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the Lord commanded through Moses."

Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.

and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;

Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho: Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, "Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills." But Zebul said to him, "You are seeing the shadows on the hills -- it just looks like men."

He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave these instructions before he died:

It was square -- they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.

And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.

I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor -- you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you."'

But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.'"

They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.

Then Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die -- we and you and our little ones.

the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

When your people say to you, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean?'

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

The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122? feet wide; the wall of the building was 8? feet all around, and its length 157? feet.

I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.

for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

They will sing this lament over you: "'How you have perished -- you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because all of you have become slag, look out! -- I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries.

The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee. Panic will grip them. Pain and anguish will seize them like a woman in labor.

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

I trampled nations in my anger, I made them drunk in my rage, I splashed their blood on the ground."

That is what will result from your making me angry by what you are doing. You are making me angry by sacrificing to other gods here in the land of Egypt where you live. You will be destroyed for doing that! You will become an example used in curses and an object of ridicule among all the nations of the earth.

Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people."

You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

"So now the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, asks, 'Why will you do such great harm to yourselves? Why should every man, woman, child, and baby of yours be destroyed from the midst of Judah? Why should you leave yourselves without a remnant?

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

He made storerooms for the harvest of grain, wine, and olive oil, and stalls for all his various kinds of livestock and his flocks.

Then I will sing praises to your name continually, as I fulfill my vows day after day.

Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you before a large crowd of people!

"Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!"

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah,

Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.

Within the territory of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

The clans of Kohath's descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim.

Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.

Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

They traveled from Terah and camped in Mithcah.

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war -- who went out to battle -- and the other for all the community.

On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.

The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted for the ephod and the breastpiece,

But Esau said, "I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you."

and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord.

Then he said to me: "Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,

Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3? feet, the entrance as 10? feet, and the width of the entrance as 12? feet

Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon!

Will you still say, "I am a god," before the one who kills you -- though you are a man and not a god -- when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.

(Tav) Pay them back what they deserve, O Lord, according to what they have done.

I will indeed see to it that disaster, not prosperity, happens to them. All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will die in war or from starvation until not one of them is left.

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah there at Mizpah, "Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah before anyone knows about it. Otherwise he will kill you and all the Judeans who have rallied around you will be scattered. Then what remains of Judah will disappear."

So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.

Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah.

Tell King Jehoiakim of Judah, 'The Lord says, "You burned the scroll. You asked Jeremiah, 'How dare you write in this scroll that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and wipe out all the people and animals on it?'"

Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.

O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector.

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

For I, the Lord God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians:

They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you."

The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say? Where do they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They come from the distant land of Babylon."

Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair.

You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!

I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,

For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.

He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem; the Valley of Succoth I will measure off.

He removed the foreign gods and images from the Lord's temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the Lord's temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.

the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.

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

So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as the Lord predicted.

He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord's temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord's temple.

the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),

Jediael son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next.

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

Shimei said to the king, "My master the king's proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him, "Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me.

From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time.

They said to him, "We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Promise me you will not kill me."

"'On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old,

Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior -- a total of nine cities and their towns.

He will infect you with all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will persistently afflict you.

If he consecrates his field in the jubilee year, the conversion value will stand,

this is in addition to the monthly burnt offering and its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings as prescribed, as a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord.

But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area.

She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow's clothes.

for the swelling, for the scab, and for the bright spot,

The one from Aaron's sons who presents the blood of the peace offering and fat will have the right thigh as his share,

He made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

"You are to make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

And you will provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a gallon of olive oil to moisten the choice flour, as a grain offering to the Lord; this is a perpetual statute.

"We can't," they said, "until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep."

Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.

Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.

To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

in Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them.

The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured. Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations."

They answered Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the Lord sends you to tell us to do.

Yes, the descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have carried out the orders that their ancestor gave them. But you people have not obeyed me!

They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

"Get another scroll and write on it everything that was written on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.

I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.

I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"

His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!

I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

The nobles of the nations assemble, along with the people of the God of Abraham, for God has authority over the rulers of the earth. He is highly exalted!

When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.

Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you!

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

the descendants of Jericho, 345;

They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.

"'On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands.

All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king's instigation.

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat's hair,

Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city's gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.

one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense;

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

Joseph said to the people, "Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.

When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.

Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see my father's pain."

Abraham bowed before the local people

But he said to them, "Don't detain me -- the Lord has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master."

"'When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall -- all of them are the most terrifying among the nations. They will devastate the pride of Egypt, and all its hordes will be destroyed.

I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them -- a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord.

The word of the Lord came to me:

Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.

I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.'"

"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad."

But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

"The Lord has told you people who remain in Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Be very sure of this: I warn you here and now.

I said, "O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, 'Yes, I know about them.'

Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.

They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,

They cooked the Passover sacrifices over the open fire as prescribed and cooked the consecrated offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. They quickly served them to all the people.

Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

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

everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple."

or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power?

They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records -- to all who would enter the Lord's temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions.

Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

and you are to make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames -- two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise two bases under the next frame for its two projections;

So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.

You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come halfway up the altar.

There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn.

On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting --

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed.

When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,

The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

"This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.

Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks -- perhaps it was an oversight.

When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons.

And during the seven days of the feast he will provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven bulls and seven rams, all without blemish, on each of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.

From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3? feet, and the width 1? feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, and the width 1? feet;

You exalted yourselves against me with your speech and hurled many insults against me -- I have heard them all!

Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.

My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!"

Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us.

"Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.

You must not say, 'No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, or hear the enemy's trumpet calls, or starve for lack of food.'

They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

I will punish him and his descendants and the officials who serve him for the wicked things they have done. I will bring on them, the citizens of Jerusalem, and the people of Judah all the disaster that I threatened to do to them. I will punish them because I threatened them but they still paid no heed."'"

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord's temple.

In the seventh month of that very same year the prophet Hananiah died.

Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship before his footstool!

The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord's temple.

For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes.

for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back!

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

the men of the other Nebo, 52;

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

The prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets.

Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, "I don't want to marry her,"

Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

Caleb's concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

They traveled from Haradah and camped in Makheloth.

They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped in Haradah.

"Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you," Laban said to Jacob.

She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired -- with all their idols.

and said to him, "Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.

And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father's journey.

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine.

"'This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

"Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.

The people of the earth will quake when they hear of their downfall. Their cries of anguish will be heard all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba.

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

I will bring terror on you from every side," says the Lord God who rules over all. "You will be scattered in every direction. No one will gather the fugitives back together.

Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, 'Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!'

Finally the Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses.

So they took all their troops and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the large pool at Gibeon.

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

I will also hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them. I will hand them over to the army of the king of Babylon, even though they have temporarily withdrawn from attacking you.

It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.

I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

What the rest of the people gave amounted to 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.

King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the assembly, while the officials supplied them with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!

Also you must offer fellowship offerings and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God.

the twelfth to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

They said to them, "Don't bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel."

They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

The Lord said to Moses:

"If, however, the priest enters and examines it, and the infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed.

Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. He said, "You don't need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you."

As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did.

But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

Judah said, "Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn't find her."

If we do so, won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let's consent to their demand, so they will live among us."

Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, "They are desolate, they have been given to us for food."

The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.

He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city's broken walls.

I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.

They will know that I am the Lord when I ignite a fire in Egypt and all her allies are defeated.

before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines -- those all around you who despise you.

The Lord, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all.

Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath -- it will not be sheathed again!'

They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.'

"Because of this, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I am determined to bring disaster on you, even to the point of destroying all the Judeans here.

The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them.

There is no reason why you and your people should die in war or from starvation or disease! That's what the Lord says will happen to any nation that will not be subject to the king of Babylon.

I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"

The Lord said to me,

There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.

He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver,

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

May he increase your numbers, yours and your children's!

Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here.

Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!

The eleventh, assigned the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,

the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

and to all the infants, wives, sons, and daughters of the entire assembly listed in the genealogical records, for they faithfully consecrated themselves.

David said to him, "Can you take us down to this raiding party?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party."

He went on to say, "Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?

Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

Zebul said to him, "Where now are your bragging words, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you insulted? Go out now and fight them!"

And what I intended to do to them I will do to you."

And their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull you must offer three-tenths of an ephah, and two-tenths for the ram.

They replied, "You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."

"Therefore you will say to them, 'When you offer up the best of it, then it will be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor and as the product of the winepress.

Whenever they entered the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached the altar, they would wash, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Don't worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.'"

Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

They replied, "The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?"

these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

The grain offering will be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be as much as he is able to give, and a gallon of olive oil with an ephah.

There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering.

He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

until I come and take you to a land just like your own -- a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

You used your mighty power and your great strength to perform miracles and amazing deeds and to bring great terror on the Egyptians. By this means you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord's heaven.

Ten days later the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Perhaps you will tell me, 'We are trusting in the Lord our God.' But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar.'

The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.

to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord!

The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor,

He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.

They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!"

For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength.

This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy. (Selah)

The Lord's shout breaks the cedars, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

But David said, "No! You shouldn't do this, my brothers. Look at what the Lord has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the Lord's presence, just as my lord says."

He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.

tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes;

The twelve gold pans full of incense weighed 10 shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans weighed 120 shekels.

But he did not purchase the land of the priests because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh and they ate from their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.

You are also commanded to say, 'Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks."

Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

"The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

"Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his hordes who were killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army, declares the sovereign Lord.

Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. I will bring disaster against them from every direction," says the Lord.

"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.

What do I see?" says the Lord. "The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back.

Baruch answered, "Yes, they came from his own mouth. He dictated all these words to me and I wrote them down in ink on this scroll."

Have you forgotten all the wicked things that have been done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, by you and your wives?

However, listen to what I, the Lord, promise you, King Zedekiah of Judah. I, the Lord, promise that you will not die in battle or be executed.

For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, "You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce."'"

I, I have spoken -- yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed.

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.

I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)

When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

Even those living in the most remote areas are awestruck by your acts; you cause those living in the east and west to praise you.

You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

and in cutting stones for their setting, and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.

he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

He gave him the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the Lord's temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service,

If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

but with whoever stands with us here today before the Lord our God as well as those not with us here today.

Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

Within the territory of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.

So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Joseph replied, "This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan."

and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

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 Elishama son of Ammihud.

These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are."

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.

I will no longer subject you to the nations' insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your blood.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

"'When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

The Lord who rules over all said, "I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.

So listen to what I, the Lord, have planned against Babylon, what I intend to do to the people who inhabit the land of Babylonia. Their little ones will be dragged off. I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done.

You who live in Aroer, stand by the road and watch. Question the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping. Ask them, 'What has happened?'

I also told them, "If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, let them pray earnestly to the Lord who rules over all. Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord's temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away to Babylon.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon's ill fortune." says the Lord.

You yourself will not escape his clutches, but will certainly be captured and handed over to him. You must confront the king of Babylon face to face and answer to him personally. Then you must go to Babylon.

who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action!

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.

I called on the name of the Lord, "Please Lord, rescue my life!"