“Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods – do not let them be heard on your lips.

But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

“You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.

This is what the Lord commanded to give to them from the Israelites on the day Moses anointed them – a perpetual allotted portion throughout their generations.

Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”

The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.

Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,

Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.

If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).

Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves – put sackcloth on your waist!

Not one of them will survive. I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you. A day of reckoning is coming for them.”

As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.

they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.