therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the families of the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and people skilled in every kind of work

They also asked them, “What are the names of the workers who are constructing this building?”

“The remainder of the length alongside the holy donation will be 3⅓ miles to the east and 3⅓ miles to the west. It will run alongside the holy donation. Its produce will be food for the workers of the city.

The city’s workers from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.

“If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, ‘Let us follow other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us worship them,’

These curses will be a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever.

If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’

The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating;
your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women adore you.

A worker’s appetite works for him
because his hunger urges him on.

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

What does the worker gain from his struggles?

And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Before our eyes the Lord inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household,

the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.

Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.

You saw with your own eyes the great trials and those great signs and wonders.

He was unparalleled for all the signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do against the land of Egypt—to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land,

Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, because the Lord will do wonders among you tomorrow.”

Gideon said to Him, “Please Sir, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

The Lord instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he won’t let the people go.

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Lord, who is like You among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
revered with praises, performing wonders?