But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope:

Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,

An end comes – the end comes! It has awakened against you – the end is upon you! Look, it is coming!

Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.

“Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it.

Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others –

Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.

Then the king of the north will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land.

They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!

Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!

This is the Lord’s message that was given to Joel the son of Pethuel:

The Lord said to Jonah son of Amittai,

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish

The Lord said to Jonah a second time,

This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.

What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:

The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”