I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us."

I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.

"Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you."

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord -- before the God of Jacob,

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,

All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,

For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.

O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

You handed us over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.

God says, "At the appointed times, I judge fairly.

This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.

I will humiliate David's descendants because of this, but not forever."

He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side.

The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God's sanctuary.

And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons."

then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days.

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 Abidan son of Gideoni.

All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of boards.

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon. For destroyers from the north will attack it," says the Lord.

He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

"Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword.

When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it, when I strike all those who live in it, then they will know that I am the Lord.'

They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.

Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited."

I, the Lord, say: 'That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it like Topheth.

But those who harvest the grain will eat it, and will praise the Lord. Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary."

to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,

All the people and their leaders had agreed to this. They had agreed to free their male and female slaves and not keep them enslaved any longer. They originally complied with the covenant and freed them.

to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures,

and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.

The Lord is on my side as my helper. I look in triumph on those who hate me.

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,

Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud!

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Don't be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.

it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies." (Selah)

There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

I say to the proud, "Do not be proud," and to the wicked, "Do not be so confident of victory!

to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

Raise me to a position of great honor! Turn and comfort me!

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

and said to her servants, "Go on ahead of me. I will come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

Be strong! Let's fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!"

He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put "The Sea" on the south side, in the southeast corner.

Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, "This way they can't tell on us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said, "There's no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle."

In the jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property.

Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans,

When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible for their sin.

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money -- the full amount -- in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.

I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia, mortally wounded in the streets of her cities.

I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them," says the Lord. "I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them.

to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt says, 'I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.'

In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Things will go better for the nation that submits to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon and is subject to him. I will leave that nation in its native land. Its people can continue to farm it and live in it. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"

Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?

Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The Lord told me, 'March up against this land and destroy it!'"'"

The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing.

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it.

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

So get up early in the morning along with the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you get up early in the morning, as soon as it is light enough to see, leave."

David replied, "Here is the king's spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.

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

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

And for the back of the tabernacle on the west he made six frames.

They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

They made two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod.

These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.

They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.

"Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles.

"'At the festivals and at the appointed feasts the grain offering will be an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain.

Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

The width of the entrance was 17? feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8? feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.

On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living. They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit; they are placed among the dead.

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.

Watch them from morning to evening; I am the object of their mocking songs.

Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off --

Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.

But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust them down.

"You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, 'We will not stay in this land.'

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him."

They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky.

Then Jeremiah said to them, "You sent me to the Lord God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you:

But I will rescue you when it happens. I, the Lord, affirm it! You will not be handed over to those whom you fear.

until the time when his prediction came true. The Lord's word proved him right.

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.

God says, "I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious."

435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

The Lord will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help!

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll." Shaphan read it out loud before the king.

They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,

Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand.

But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it is to be washed a second time and it will be clean."

If he does not redeem the field, but sells the field to someone else, he may never redeem it.

with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

They made two more gold rings and attached 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.

The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet -- one size for all eleven curtains.

the table with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

So the sons of Israel did as he said. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.

The first disappeared and I said, "He has surely been torn to pieces." I have not seen him since.

They put him in a collar with hooks; they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him to prison so that his voice would not be heard any longer on the mountains of Israel.

There were ninety-six pomegranate-shaped ornaments on the sides; in all there were one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments over the latticework that went around it.

Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw a place at the extreme western end.

I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.

The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ebed Melech called down to Jeremiah, "Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes. Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.

There at home they will say, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.'

All those people that Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?

For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!

Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies?

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"

I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.

For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

Acknowledge God's power, his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies!

Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

The bravehearted were plundered; they "fell asleep." All the warriors were helpless.

the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days.

his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

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

Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,

When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack!

You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

You are to set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard.

It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together.

We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!"

But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die." They did as he said.

He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain.

The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.

Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

Say to them, 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!'

"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, full of turmoil.

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

He will deliver Israel from all the consequences of their sins.

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

and tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his loyal love endures,

The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming. Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.

May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts.

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.

I keep your precepts and rules, for you are aware of everything I do.

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.

By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories.

He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

My enemies ask this cruel question about me, 'When will he finally die and be forgotten?'

Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

Kings leading armies run away -- they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.

The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

But David said to Achish, "What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"

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 one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs,

The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days.

the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar,

He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles.

The length of each frame was fifteen feet, the width of each frame was two and a quarter feet,

They answered him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies."

"Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.

so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

Then he said to me, "These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people."

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated."

The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.

How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?'

Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

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

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave!

and she said to them: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Say this to the man who sent you to me:

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.

From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.

So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.

But if the priest has examined it and the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof.

and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

one gold pan weighing 10 shekels;

He made two frames for the corners of the tabernacle on the back.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were.

He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.

If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord's slaves!"

But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart."

But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'

These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87? feet long and 43? feet wide.

Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87? feet.

He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.

You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife,

I, the Lord, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill-founded. Their boastings will prove to be false.

On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

Then Jeremiah replied to all the people, both men and women, who responded to him in this way.

So Jeremiah summoned Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people of every class.

That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah,

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

Then they say, "The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."

Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak.

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

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

Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."

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

(But the city's land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

According to the word of the Lord they were numbered, by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. Thus were they numbered by him, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;

one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends.

Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion.

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live.

Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, "This is the most holy place."

Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'"

On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10? feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever."

When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

I have vowed and solemnly sworn to keep your just regulations.

Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

I do not turn aside from your regulations, for you teach me.

They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast, "Who will see them?"

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the hand of the cruel oppressor!

You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.

You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?

Do not abandon me, O Lord! My God, do not remain far away from me!

Sennacherib's servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!

Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported, "Your servants are doing everything assigned to them.

Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power?

They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up.

He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

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 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.

The city remained under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.

Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?"

I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

The prophet Jeremiah answered them, "Agreed! I will indeed pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the Lord replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you."

Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord! I run to you for protection.

They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

I am determined to obey your statutes at all times, to the very end.

the Lord's right hand gives victory, the Lord's right hand conquers.

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

Confirm to your servant your promise, which you made to the one who honors you.

So the Lord was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him.

The Lord's shout shakes the wilderness, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice.

May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies.

But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race.

Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.'"'" Then they reported back to the king.

The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table.

So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

30,500 donkeys,

The poles are to be put into the rings so that the poles will be on two sides of the altar when carrying it.

with two projections per frame parallel one to another. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

There was a row of masonry around each of the four courts, and places for boiling offerings were made under the rows all around.

The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.

and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

They will designate men to scout continually through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.

You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

The Lord says to Edom, "I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.

therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.

"The Lord God of Israel has a message for you, Baruch.

For I, the Lord, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them."'"

Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah must go and hide. You must not let anyone know where you are."

Let them sing about the Lord's deeds, for the Lord's splendor is magnificent.

I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift.

For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again."

and how he made a vow to the Lord, and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.

You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.

They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger.

For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.

Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: "The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah's god rescue his people from my power."

They melted down the silver in the Lord's temple and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen."

The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

The celebration included the entire assembly of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the entire assembly of those who came from Israel, the resident foreigners who came from the land of Israel, and the residents of Judah.

I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given to Moses."

the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

the bases for the courtyard all around, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around.

The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.

So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.

But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!"

We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.'

Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'"

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters; and no human foot will disturb the waters again, nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

The nations -- the surrounding regions -- attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

The word of the Lord came to me:

This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.

"The Lord did indeed remember and call to mind what you did! He remembered the sacrifices you and your ancestors, your kings, your leaders, and all the rest of the people of the land offered to other gods in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.

Indeed, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all has already spoken about the valuable articles that are left in the Lord's temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!"

May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes.

All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!

Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.

because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

But we will praise the Lord now and forevermore. Praise the Lord!

He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

I will thank the Lord profusely, in the middle of a crowd I will praise him,

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.

Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.

He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.

Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!

In your large assemblies praise God, the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel!

Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults!

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

When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.

and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water.

Likewise for its length on the north side, there are to be hangings for one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard;

You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, at my slaughter which I have made for you.

I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.'

Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!

Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?'"

and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.

Moab is my wash basin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia."

Who can adequately recount the Lord's mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?

You delivered your people by your strength -- the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord.

O Lord God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside."

For they do not understand the Lord's actions, or the way he carries out justice. The Lord will permanently demolish them.

For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)

They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.

He made forty silver bases 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,

On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.

There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1? feet on either side; the alcoves were 10? feet on either side.

Moreover the Lord says, 'I will make something happen to prove that I will punish you in this place. I will do it so that you will know that my threats to bring disaster on you will prove true.

Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

I told you about my ways and you answered me. Teach me your statutes!

They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the Lord.

You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

You kept the promise that you swore on oath to their ancestors. You gave them a land flowing with milk and honey.

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

The Lord deserves praise forevermore! We agree! We agree!

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,

These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

"Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so I can see him.'

"For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided.

Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.

You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87? feet.

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf!

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king's presence for the rest of his life.

Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

If they do this, tell them, 'I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan's house.'"

May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!

May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

Show your servant your loyal love! Teach me your statutes!

Those who are eager to do wrong draw near; they are far from your law.

This is the Lord's gate -- the godly enter through it.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people.

I will serve the Lord in the land of the living.

"You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.

who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.

You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.

Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.

In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors.

Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!

He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.

Now it's your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way."

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

He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be a unit.

Then he set up the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others --

He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43? feet from one entrance to the opposite one.

They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

Then I will make their waters calm, and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.

He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses.

"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats."

Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her."

The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,

Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows.

Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants.

They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.

My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!

My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him.

My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem,

My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. (Selah)

May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord's angel chases them!

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

Then if it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire.

"May you be attentive to your servant's and your people Israel's requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

The king said, "Find out whose son this boy is!"

The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set.

He joined five of the curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.

Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion.

Do not lose your courage or become afraid because of the reports that are heard in the land. For a report will come in one year. Another report will follow it in the next. There will be violence in the land with ruler fighting against ruler."

Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion.

My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.

Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,

In the presence of all these people I instructed Baruch,

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

The Lord deserves praise in Zion -- he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy.

He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.

I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.

Hurry and look at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!

That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves.

You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.

All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward."

When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

"To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside."

So turn and leave in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!"

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle

On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17? feet wide at a distance of 1? feet, and their entrances were on the north.

In the four corners of the court were small courts, 70 feet in length and 52? feet in width; the four were all the same size.

There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8? feet all around.

to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.

The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.

O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning."

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

Poor dear Egypt will be put to shame. She will be handed over to the people from the north."

When they had heard it all, they expressed their alarm to one another. Then they said to Baruch, "We must certainly give the king a report about everything you have read!"

The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies.

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'

Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps,

When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.

Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was seventy-five feet wide,

those of them numbered were 8,580.

He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with.

Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah will have one portion.

Then Joseph said, "If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock."

He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.

in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

For her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord who rules over all.

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

Moab's destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.

He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.

O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!

He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month.

His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

"No," he insisted, "but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable."

My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion.

"On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.

They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87? feet and its width 43? feet.

a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

who speak lies, and make false promises.

He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.

Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?"

I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

one male goat for a purification offering;

He made the middle bar to reach from end to end in the center of the frames.

Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.

When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.

As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87? feet long.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.