and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

“For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.

Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us to restore the temple of our God and to raise up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!

Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.

Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.

In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.”

But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.