therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.

Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

“Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.

For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,

Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not be so presumptuous again.

The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.

“Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.

Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?