then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved.

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer.

for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

Danger awaits one who says to his father, “What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?”

The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

This is an easy task for the Lord; he will also hand Moab over to you.

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter! (Selah)

They insulted God, saying, “Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!