Then you will say to my brother, “Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!

They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!

They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, “Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!

Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;

You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.

unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me.

I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.

who was the son of Shallum, who was the son of Zadok, who was the son of Ahitub,

“Dominion and awesome might belong to God; he establishes peace in his heights.

The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!

and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.

Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the Lord.

There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”