From the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them.

Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth!

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had invaded and intended to attack Jerusalem,

On that same day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was brought to the king’s attention.

and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.

The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!

The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it.

Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.

He will go back the way he came – he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!

‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’

(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.

“Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished.”

“Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Lord God who rules over all. “Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.

“Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.