I too will clap my hands together, I will exhaust my rage; I the Lord have spoken.”

Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken – and I will do it!’

I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!

O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

Then he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” “I am,” Jacob replied.

God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord.

“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord.

You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

He replied, “Yes, go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.’”

Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?