The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.

the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.”

The king covered his face and cried out loudly, “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”

The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.

So the Lord was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.

Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed.

What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.