“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

In that you were seeing feet and toes partly of wet clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay.

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows:

“On the eighth day he must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil,

He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king’s outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria.

Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren’t we the first to suggest bringing back our king?” But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.

He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,

“Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.

But the Lord delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth.

At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside.

The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done.

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.)

For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’”