There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.

Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.

Anyone from his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the Lord God of Israel – he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.

In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

The Lord continued, “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies.

This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints – those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.

And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” It was so.