Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.

For her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,” says the Lord who rules over all.

O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

At that time,” the Lord says, “I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! the advisers from Esau’s mountain!

You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.

Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple.

“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died.

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.