For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods.

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

Yes, I know the Lord is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.

If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”

Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’

In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

“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.

Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place,

Then he shouted in my ears, “Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”

Then the king of the north will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

“‘There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm against the king of the south with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord who rules over all.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

Then Jacob said, “Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.