He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

I will sing to my love – a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass.

Now the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the nations.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

O Lord, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.