But he left behind some of the poor and gave them fields and vineyards.

I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”

you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.

“‘Observe – everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

I will make you pass under the shepherd’s staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

“Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

“And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, full of turmoil.

I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.