"Issue these orders to the Israelis: "You're about to enter the land of Canaan. This territory has been apportioned to you as your inheritance: the entire land of Canaan, all the way to its borders.'"

Then the king replied to the woman, "Go home and I'll issue a special order just for you."

Accordingly, issue an order to force these men to cease their work so that this city is not rebuilt until you receive further notice from me.

See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats.

I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it."

Look, I'm against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who use their tongues to issue a declaration.

I'll judge you with the same standards by which I issue verdicts against a woman who commits adultery and murder. I'll avenge the blood you've shed with impassioned wrath.