The Lord says, “Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain.

Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his people.’”

The priest must then examine it, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a disease.

“Tell Aaron, ‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.

You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God.

“Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.

So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied.

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.

The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

They will know that I am the Lord when I ignite a fire in Egypt and all her allies are defeated.

Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.