Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

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

People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty.

A person is praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one who has a twisted mind is despised.

The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.

They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west.

Then the Lord said, “This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies.

ט (Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

“‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.

They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

‘These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth.

I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”