I will prepare for them a healthy planting. They will no longer be victims of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

There will arise after him one who will send out an exactor of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or battle.

The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!

They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!

I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man – the Holy One among you – I will not come in wrath!

People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me.” The Lord is speaking!

You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.

Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the Lord who rules over all.

The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly!

But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph – he forgot him.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

“‘I will put my tabernacle in your midst and I will not abhor you.

But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.

So I responded to you, “Do not be terrified of them!

You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the Lord your God detests.