The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.

Then you will say to my brother, “Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!

However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”

and he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Make many cisterns in this valley,’

Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:

He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives.

“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: “Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”

All this will happen because the Lord said, “The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.

The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.’”

The Lord said to the people of Judah, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!

The Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?

“I, the Lord, say: ‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.

The Lord told Jeremiah, “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.

The Lord told me, “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Give him a message from me there.

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!