Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”

“Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.

They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.

Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning!

My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.

His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.

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

He is as bright as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.

The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him.