for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.

The night watchmen found me – the ones who guard the city walls. “Have you seen my beloved?”

The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

But Ahaz responded, “I don’t want to ask; I don’t want to put the Lord to a test.”

Who comprehends the mind of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor?

They help one another; one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’

So the Lord said, “Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.

The Lord said to me, “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”

So I bought the shorts as the Lord had told me to do and put them on.

“Go down at once to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.”

all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.

“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.

“But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.