He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

“Now so that your heart does not grow faint,
And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land—
For the report will come one year,
And after that another report in another year,
And violence will be in the land
With ruler against ruler—

He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.

Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?

Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living.

Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north.

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.

O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.

“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”

So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

So he answered me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another.

And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.’

But Jesus answered and said, “Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.

Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

saying,“We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous are You, who are and who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things;

Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It is done.”