The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.

Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.

When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’

“‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

O LORD, we have been humiliated – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

He said, “Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.

Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’

“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”

Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Residents of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you, the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.

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

Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it.” (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)

The Lord spoke to Aaron, “See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance.