For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.

Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”

“‘After all of your evil – “Woe! Woe to you!” declares the sovereign Lord –

The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

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On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord’s announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this.

He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign Lord! This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: You said “Aha!” about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile.

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about –

Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.