I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.

By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

Kings leading armies run away – they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.

Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there.

The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me.

Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again.

For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

Then I myself will regather those of my people who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. They will greatly increase in number.