the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the Lord, a permanent reminder that will remain.

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood.

“Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?

Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up.

The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”

The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’

Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. His horses move more swiftly than eagles.” I cry out, “We are doomed, for we will be destroyed!”

“You are to say to them: ‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

It is not in heaven, as though one must say, “Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?”

The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.