Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.”

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

This day I have told you what he said. But you do not want to obey the Lord by doing what he sent me to tell you.

The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”

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Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, declares the sovereign Lord.’

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the sovereign Lord.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions.

They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the Lord.

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.

O sovereign Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.