The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.

Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have not done wrong.”

You have made the nation larger, O Lord, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the Lord.

“Get another scroll and write on it everything that was written on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.

And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them.”

So he said to me, “All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”

He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

I will make you pass under the shepherd’s staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

You will be profaned within yourself in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.