The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.

They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.

And now, I will break Assyria’s yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you.”

Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth’s surface.

Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

So they kept on repeating, “What is the meaning of what he says, ‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God,

Then fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.

If you are careful to obey these commands, then the kings who follow in David’s succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to come through the gates of this palace, as will their officials and their subjects.

The high places of the “House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: “The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered the city wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.