They have sex with their father’s wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

“‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.

“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians – warriors

When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.

Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

(3:31) “King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: Peace and prosperity!

Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.

Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children – they will not enjoy pregnancy – they will not even conceive!

But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”

It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.

Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.

Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies.

They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.