Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.

Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.

I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.

He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: “Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’

All the sinners among my people will die by the sword – the ones who say, ‘Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’

but you rise up as an enemy against my people. You steal a robe from a friend, from those who pass by peacefully as if returning from a war.

You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.

He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

“I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

King Ahab of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army is at your disposal and will support you in battle.”

I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding.

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

“No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.”

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.