for I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,

Then he must bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the people&#8217;s burnt offering. So he is to make atonement<n id="1" /> on behalf of himself and the people.<n id="2" />p>

For you are a people holy<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> your God. He<n id="2" /> has chosen you to be his people, prized<n id="3" /> above all others on the face of the earth.p>

For you are a people holy<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> your God. He<n id="2" /> has chosen you to be his people, prized<n id="3" /> above all others on the face of the earth.

You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages<n id="1" /> and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the <sc>Lordsc> your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother&#8217;s milk.<n id="2" />p>

For the <sc>Lordsc> your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat<n id="1" /> your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent<n id="2" /> among you and turn away from you.p>

He said to them, &#8220;Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord.<n id="1" /> Do not grieve, for the joy of the <sc>LORDsc> is your strength.&#8221;p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">The sinful nation is as good as dead,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the people weighed down by evil deeds.p> <p class="poetry">They are offspring who do wrong,p> <p class="poetry">children<n id="3" /> who do wicked things.p> <p class="poetry">They have abandoned the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and rejected the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They are alienated from him.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, as flaming fire<n id="1" /> devours straw,p> <p class="poetry">and dry grass disintegrates in the flames,p> <p class="poetry">so their root will rot,p> <p class="poetry">and their flower will blow away like dust.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have rejected the law of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">they have spurned the commands<n id="3" /> of the Holy One of Israel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> those left in Israel, those who remain of the family<n id="2" /> of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them.<n id="3" /> Instead they will truly<n id="4" /> rely on the <sc>Lordsc>, the Holy One of Israel.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="poetry">Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who rely on war horses,p> <p class="poetry">and trust in Egypt&#8217;s many chariots<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and in their many, many horsemen.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not seek help from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Call for archers<n id="1" /> to come against Babylon!p> <p class="poetry">Summon against her all who draw the bow!p> <p class="poetry">Set up camp all around the city!p> <p class="poetry">Do not allow anyone to escape!p> <p class="poetry">Pay her back for what she has done.p> <p class="poetry">Do to her what she has done to others.p> <p class="poetry">For she has proudly defied me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>, the Holy One of Israel.<n id="1" />