9:21 Manasseh fought against
and Ephraim against Manasseh;
together they fought against Judah.
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again.
10:3 What will you do on judgment day,
when destruction arrives from a distant place?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?
18:4 For this is what the Lord has told me:
“I will wait
like scorching heat produced by the sunlight,
like a cloud of mist
24:13 This is what will happen throughout
among the nations.
It will be like when they beat an olive tree,
and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.
28:21 For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim,
he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon,
to accomplish his work,
his peculiar work,
to perform his task,
his strange task.
40:31 But those who wait for the Lord’s help
they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings,
they run without growing weary,
they walk without getting tired.
52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains
the feet of a messenger who announces peace,
a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
55:2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?
Why spend
Listen carefully
Enjoy fine food!
64:5 You assist
who observe your commandments.
Look, you were angry because we violated them continually.
How then can we be saved?
65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together;
a lion, like an ox, will eat straw,
and a snake’s food will be dirt.
They will no longer injure or destroy
on my entire royal mountain,”