His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.

Remember this, so you can be brave! Think about it, you rebels!

Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

“The Lord says, ‘That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, ‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

ל (Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,

You came near on the day I called to you; you said, “Do not fear!”

Watch them from morning to evening; I am the object of their mocking songs.

The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.

“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’

When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.

Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.

I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.

The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.

Many nations will come, saying, “Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws.” For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.

Plague goes before him; pestilence marches right behind him.

Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,