He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action!

Your plunder disappears as if locusts were eating it; they swarm over it like locusts!

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.

Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord’s temple.

‘So pay attention to what I, the Lord, have said, all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.’

“Hazor will become a permanent wasteland, a place where only jackals live. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it.”

“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

The Lord says, “I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia.

And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.

“The Lord who rules over all says, ‘Ask the priests about the law.

“Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the Lord.

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.