As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead.

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.

At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children’s teeth become numb?’

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, Libya, and the people of the covenant land will die by the sword along with them.

Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’

He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.

Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord.

He ordered strong soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.

Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law.

Amaziah then said to Amos, “Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew! And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

He replied, “To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.