For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree.

He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

It is me – I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe,” says the Lord who commands armies.

You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’

Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord’s purpose will be accomplished through him.

They lament, ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour.

Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?

Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale.

My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

I will remove you from your office; you will be thrown down from your position.

When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.

unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me.

I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth before me.

Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch.

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.