who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

How deserted will that once-famous city be, that city that was once filled with joy!

and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.

Elijah replied, “I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.

ז (Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the Lord’s temple as if it were a feast day.

But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work.

So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.

For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”

The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently.

The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”

The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

Peter began to speak to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you!”