<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Edom is there with her kings and all her princes. Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;You said, &#8220;These two nations, these two lands<n id="1" /> will be mine, and we will possess them,&#8221;<n id="2" /> &#8211; although the <sc>Lordsc> was there &#8211;

But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, &#8216;These are the people of the <sc>Lordsc>, yet they have departed from his land.&#8217;

Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile<n id="1" /> any longer.

When he brought me there, I saw<n id="1" /> a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

Then he said to me, &#8220;These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Because of all their evil in Gilgal,p> <p class="poetry">I hate them there.p> <p class="poetry">On account of their evil deeds,p> <p class="poetry">I will drive them out of my land.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will no longer love them;p> <p class="poetry">all their rulers are rebels.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">O Israel, you have sinned since the time<n id="1" /> of Gibeah,p> <p class="poetry">and there you have remained.p> <p class="poetry">Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?p>

<p class="poetry">He struggled<n id="1" /> with an angel and prevailed;p> <p class="poetry">he wept and begged for his favor.p> <p class="poetry">He found God<n id="2" /> at Bethel,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and there he spoke with him!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the nations be roused and let them go upp> <p class="poetry">to the valley of Jehoshaphat,p> <p class="poetry">for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.p>

<p class="poetry">They say to the people:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Journey over to Calneh and look at it!p> <p class="poetry">Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then go down to Gath of the Philistines!p> <p class="poetry">Are they superior to our two<n id="3" /> kingdoms?p> <p class="poetry">Is their territory larger than yours?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even when their enemies drive them into captivity,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from there<n id="2" /> I will command the sword to kill them.p> <p class="poetry">I will not let them out of my sight;p> <p class="poetry">they will experience disaster, not prosperity.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Where now is the den of the lions,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the feeding place<n id="2" /> of the young lions,p> <p class="poetry">where<n id="3" /> the lion, lioness,<n id="4" /> and lion cub once prowled<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one disturbed them?<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s great day of judgment<n id="1" /> is almost here;p> <p class="poetry">it is approaching very rapidly!p> <p class="poetry">There will be a bitter sound on the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s day of judgment;p> <p class="poetry">at that time warriors will cry out in battle.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then he said to me, &#8220;The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests<n id="1" /> who approach the <sc>Lordsc> will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings &#8211; the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

<p class="bodytext">Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram&#8217;s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.

<p class="bodytext">After Lot had departed, the <sc>Lordsc> said to Abram,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Look<n id="2" /> from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

When God made me wander<n id="1" /> from my father&#8217;s house, I told her, &#8216;This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me:<n id="2" /> Every place we go, say about me, &#8220;He is my brother.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">But God heard the boy&#8217;s voice.<n id="1" /> The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, &#8220;What is the matter,<n id="2" /> Hagar? Don&#8217;t be afraid, for God has heard<n id="3" /> the boy&#8217;s voice right where he is crying.

God<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Take your son &#8211; your only son, whom you love, Isaac<n id="2" /> &#8211; and go to the land of Moriah!<n id="3" /> Offer him up there as a burnt offering<n id="4" /> on one of the mountains which I will indicate to<n id="5" /> you.&#8221;p>