A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

“They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.) “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking!

Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light – gloomy blackness, not bright light?

and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies!

Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

The Lord confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: “I swear I will never forget all you have done!

Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord.

At that time,” the Lord says, “I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! the advisers from Esau’s mountain!

The men feared the Lord greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.

Then the Lord commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.

So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”

Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community.

“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame, and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.

But they do not know what the Lord is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.

“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will destroy your horses from your midst, and smash your chariots.

With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?