Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

"The first one was like a lion with eagles' wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement."

You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable."

There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine.

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes."

He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.

"As I was contemplating the horns, another horn -- a small one -- came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the people from Cuth made Nergal, the people from Hamath made Ashima,

For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word."

You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat's hair, and everything made of wood."

"Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don't make us work as hard, we will serve you."

"Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don't make us work as hard, we will serve you."

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, you must not chop down its trees, for you may eat fruit from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it!

I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.

Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'"

He also made a throne room, called "The Hall of Judgment," where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

"The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!

"I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians and the royal bodyguard. He met with them in the Lord's temple. He made an agreement with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord's temple. Then he showed them the king's son.

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

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones.

He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

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

He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains.

He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.

All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.

Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, "Because you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made." The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea.

In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.

Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items.

He has with him mere human strength, but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!" The army was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

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.

Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

"Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.

in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

Now in this, you are not right -- I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

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

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

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected.

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

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

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

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

She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him.

The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

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

The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind."

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

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

The Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies.

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.

O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?