The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.”

In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

He remained in hiding in God’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”

“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the Lord. “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?

“You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, ‘We will not stay in this land.’

“Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

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

And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.

Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!

“Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?

And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”

Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!