<p class="poetry">In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot stand still<n id="2" /> when the trumpet is blown.p>

<p class="poetry">The law of the <sc>Lordsc> is perfectp> <p class="poetry">and preserves one&#8217;s life.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The rules set down by the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> are reliable<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will always extend my loyal love to him,p> <p class="poetry">and my covenant with him is secure.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The rules you set down<n id="1" /> are completely reliable.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Holiness<n id="3" /> aptly adorns your house, O <sc>Lordsc>, forever.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will favor the honest people of the land,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and allow them to live with me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is a faithful messenger to those who send him,p> <p class="poetry">for he refreshes the heart<n id="2" /> of his masters.p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> he speaks graciously,<n id="2" /> do not believe him,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for there are seven<n id="4" /> abominations<n id="5" /> within him.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">How tragic that the once-faithful cityp> <p class="poetry">has become a prostitute!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">She was once a center of<n id="2" /> justice,p> <p class="poetry">fairness resided in her,p> <p class="poetry">but now only murderers.<n id="3" />p>

Then I will summon<n id="1" /> as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.&#8221;

I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place;<n id="1" /> he will bring honor and respect to his father&#8217;s family.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">This is the person who will live in a secure place;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will have foodp> <p class="poetry">and a constant supply of water.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1492; (<i>Hei>)p> <p class="poetry">Those who once feasted on delicacies<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">are now starving to death<n id="2" /> in the streets.p> <p class="poetry">Those who grew up<n id="3" /> wearing expensive clothes<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">are now dying<n id="5" /> amid garbage.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">What I am declaring<n id="2" /> to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The people<n id="1" /> of Nineveh believed in God,<n id="2" /> and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Do not rely on a friend;p> <p class="poetry">do not trust a companion!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!<n id="1" />p>

They told him, &#8220;Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!&#8221; Jacob was stunned,<n id="1" /> for he did not believe them.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Moses answered again,<n id="2" /> &#8220;And if<n id="3" /> they do not believe me or pay attention to me,<n id="4" /> but say, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has not appeared to you&#8217;?&#8221;

&#8220;that they may believe that the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.&#8221;p>

and the people believed. When they heard<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> had attended to<n id="2" /> the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.<n id="3" />p>

When Israel saw<n id="1" /> the great power<n id="2" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> had exercised<n id="3" /> over the Egyptians, they<n id="4" /> feared the <sc>Lordsc>, and they believed in<n id="5" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and in his servant Moses.<n id="6" />p>