But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”

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

The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man’s life ebbs away.

Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.

The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.

they will say about me, “Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.

In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.

Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.