“Don’t you know what they are?” replied the angel who was speaking with me.

I said, “No, my lord.”

Then he inquired of me, “Don’t you know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.

“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.

by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Hosts as well as the prophets, “Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done these many years?”

When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves?

As you have been a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Don’t be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.

Yahweh will pass through the sea of distress
and strike the waves of the sea;
all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be brought down,
and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.