But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”

I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains – both the early and the late rains as formerly.

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

Pharaoh will summon you and say, ‘What is your occupation?’

Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,

And what I intended to do to them I will do to you.”

“‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

But as for you, turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea.”

Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you.”

and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you – they may not be eaten.

If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.

You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!

Then you will again be my people and I will be your God.

“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath).