While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.

then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)!

You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people!

I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.

At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes – that great and terrible day!

You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country.

“Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!

“I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies!

Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’

Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, “Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!”

“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done.