“‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley,

The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance,” declares the sovereign Lord.

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

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

When the time appointed by the king arrived, the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.

Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end.

The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire –

O LORD, we have been humiliated – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, “When will the end of these wondrous events occur?”

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.

Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

(4:1) For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem.

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

Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.

Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:

You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves,