what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One.

In those days, your population will greatly increase in the land. At that time,” says the Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark that contains the Lord’s covenant with us. They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more!

He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

ג (Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

ע (Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break

But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

“I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

Bread made without yeast must be eaten for seven days; no bread made with yeast shall be seen among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.

“You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.

That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines.

And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

But the Lord told me: “Tell them this: ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”