You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes.

I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.

Frogs will come up against you, your people, and all your servants.”’”

He performed awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst,” says the Lord.

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,

He has filled him with the Spirit of God – with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work,

But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

And he brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family before our very eyes.

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding settlements, and in the pasturelands of Sharon to their very borders.

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

(10:1) “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document.”

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

You will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons, ‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’