Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have you come against me to attack my land?”

When he got home, he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”

Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.

Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king’s presence,

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”

Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

A voice cries out, “In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.

For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.

But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’”

א (Alef)Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner.

The Dedanites were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!

I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.