<p class="poetry">I thirst<n id="1" /> for God,p> <p class="poetry">for the living God.p> <p class="poetry">I say,<n id="2" /> &#8220;When will I be able to go and appear in God&#8217;s presence?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?p> <p class="poetry">Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> God, invincible warrior!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will walk in<n id="1" /> the way of integrity.p> <p class="poetry">When will you come to me?p> <p class="poetry">I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How long will you simpletons<n id="1" /> love naiveté?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How long<n id="3" /> will mockers<n id="4" /> delight<n id="5" /> in mockery<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">and fools<n id="7" /> hate knowledge?p>

<p class="poetry">You will say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;They have struck me, but I am not harmed!p> <p class="poetry">They beat me, but I did not know it!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When will I awake? I will look for another drink.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore my<n id="1" /> people will be deported<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of their lack of understanding.p> <p class="poetry">Their<n id="3" /> leaders will have nothing to eat,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their<n id="5" /> masses will have nothing to drink.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so that you may yet be delivered.p> <p class="poetry">How long will you continue to harbor upp> <p class="poetry">wicked schemes within you?p>

Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning.p> <p class="poetry">The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb.p> <p class="poetry">How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you who remain of Philistia&#8217;s power?<n id="2" />p>

One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, &#8220;When will the end of these wondrous events occur?&#8221;

<p class="poetry">O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol!p> <p class="poetry">My anger burns against them!p> <p class="poetry">They will not survive much longer without being punished,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even though they are Israelites!p>

Then he said to them, &#8220;If you agree<n id="1" /> that I may bury my dead,<n id="2" /> then hear me out.<n id="3" /> Ask<n id="4" /> Ephron the son of Zohar

Indeed,<n id="1" /> you had little before I arrived,<n id="2" /> but now your possessions have increased many times over.<n id="3" /> The <sc>Lordsc> has blessed you wherever I worked.<n id="4" /> But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

&#8220;How long must I bear<n id="1" /> with this evil congregation<n id="2" /> that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

Then the <sc>Lordsc> will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you<n id="1" /> among the nations where the <sc>Lordsc> will drive you.

<p class="poetry">I replied, &#8220;How long, sovereign master?&#8221; He said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated,p> <p class="poetry">and houses are uninhabited,p> <p class="poetry">and the land is ruined and devastated,p>

<p class="poetry">The noisy city is full of raucous sounds;p> <p class="poetry">the town is filled with revelry.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Your slain were not cut down by the sword;p> <p class="poetry">they did not die in battle.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">men of<n id="2" /> Israel.p> <p class="poetry">I am helping you,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">your protector,<n id="3" /> the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">People of Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> I have seen your adulterous worship,p> <p class="poetry">your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I have seen your disgusting acts of worship<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">on the hills throughout the countryside.p> <p class="poetry">You are doomed to destruction!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">How long will you continue to be unclean?&#8217;&#8221;p>