2 Samuel 24:25
24:25 Then David built an altar for the
Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the
Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.
Exodus 32:27-29
32:27 and he said to them, “Thus says the
Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Each man fasten
his sword on his side, and go back and forth
from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
32:28 The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.
32:29 Moses said, “You have been consecrated today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”
Numbers 25:13
25:13 So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God,
and has made atonement
for the Israelites.’”
Joshua 7:26
7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day
) and the
Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.
Joshua 7:1
Achan Sins and is Punished
7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites.
Joshua 18:1
The Tribes Meet at Shiloh
18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,
Joshua 18:1
The Tribes Meet at Shiloh
18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,
Jeremiah 14:1-7
A Lament over the Ravages of Drought
14:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.
14:2 “The people of Judah are in mourning.
The people in her cities are pining away.
They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow.
Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.
14:3 The leading men of the cities send their servants for water.
They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there.
They return with their containers empty.
Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.
14:4 They are dismayed because the ground is cracked
because there has been no rain in the land.
The farmers, too, are dismayed
and bury their faces in their hands.
14:5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field
because there is no grass.
14:6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops
and pant for breath like jackals.
Their eyes are strained looking for food,
because there is none to be found.”
14:7 Then I said,
“O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name
even though our sins speak out against us.
Indeed, we have turned away from you many times.
We have sinned against you.
Joel 2:18-19
The Lord’s Response
2:18 Then the Lord became zealous for his land;
he had compassion on his people.
2:19 The Lord responded to his people,
“Look! I am about to restore your grain
as well as fresh wine and olive oil.
You will be fully satisfied.
I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.
Amos 7:1-6
Symbolic Visions of Judgment
7:1 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)
7:2 When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,
“Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel!
How can Jacob survive?
He is too weak!”
7:3 The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.
7:4 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.
7:5 I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop!
How can Jacob survive?
He is too weak!”
7:6 The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”
Jonah 1:15
1:15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
Zechariah 6:8
6:8 Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me
peace about the northland.”