“Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”

You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.

Then the Lord provoked their adversaries to attack them, he stirred up their enemies –

The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies.

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

At that time you will say: “I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things, let this be known throughout the earth!

They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.

“I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” says the Lord who commands armies.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.

The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.