The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.

for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

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

For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord, says: “It will not take place; it will not happen.

This is the message the Lord previously announced about Moab.

They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west.

But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the sovereign Lord.

I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw a basket of summer fruit.

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him and the Lord has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the Lord’s chosen one.”

‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do.

The prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple and the people who were carried into exile.

Because he has done this,” the Lord says, “I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord.”’”

The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons – it is most holy from the gifts of the Lord.