He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.

before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste – do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.

There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

“O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

Kings will come against it with their armies. They will encamp in siege all around it. Each of them will devastate the portion assigned to him.

The Lord said to me, “Go and buy some linen shorts and put them on. Do not put them in water.”

The Lord says, ‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

Tell them that the Lord says, ‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws.

Pack your bags for exile, you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt. For Memphis will be laid waste. It will lie in ruins and be uninhabited.

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon. For destroyers from the north will attack it,” says the Lord.

Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word: “I have done just as you commanded me.”

For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.

In that day,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.’”

Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath – these are all things that I hate,’ says the Lord.”

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!