But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.

Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, ‘Yes, I know about them.’

The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

The Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?

Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.

Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light – gloomy blackness, not bright light?

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not intervene!

“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.

But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm.

Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

You must not offer false testimony against another.

You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.