<p class="bodytext">I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them &#8211; namely, my servant David.<n id="1" /> He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal<n id="1" /> before the <sc>Lordsc>; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.&#8221;p>

It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the <sc>Lordsc> to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The remainder, one and two-thirds miles<n id="1" /> in width and eight and a quarter miles<n id="2" /> in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;

As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze.

it is you,<n id="1" /> O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

The vision of the evenings and mornings that was told to you is correct.<n id="1" /> But you should seal up the vision, for it refers to a time many days from now.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">On the twenty-fourth day of the first month<n id="1" /> I was beside the great river, the Tigris.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">They approach him, all the while plotting against him.p> <p class="poetry">Their hearts are like an oven;p> <p class="poetry">their anger smolders all night long,p> <p class="poetry">but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.p>

<p class="poetry">That idol was made by a workman &#8211; it is not God!p> <p class="poetry">The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.p>

<p class="poetry">The labor pains of a woman will overtake him,p> <p class="poetry">but the baby will lack wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">when the time arrives,p> <p class="poetry">he will not come out of the womb!p>

<p class="poetry">For Israel&#8217;s sake I destroyed the Amorites.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They were as tall as cedars<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and as strong as oaks,p> <p class="poetry">but I destroyed the fruit on their branches<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and their roots in the ground.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Woe<n id="1" /> to those who wish for the day of the <sc>Lord!sc>p> <p class="poetry">Why do you want the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s day of judgment to come?p> <p class="poetry">It will bring darkness, not light.p>

When they had completely consumed the earth&#8217;s vegetation, I said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, forgive Israel!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How can Jacob survive?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He is too weak!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">In the future<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it will be more prominent than other hills.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">People will stream to it.p>

<p class="poetry">They are determined to be experts at doing evil;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">government officials and judges take bribes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">prominent men make demands,p> <p class="poetry">and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">In that day people<n id="1" /> will come to you<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from Assyria as far as<n id="3" /> Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">from the seacoasts<n id="5" /> and the mountains.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is no other God like you!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="2" /> forgive sinp> <p class="poetry">and pardon<n id="3" /> the rebellionp> <p class="poetry">of those who remain among your people.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">You do not remain angry forever,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">but delight in showing loyal love.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is a zealous<n id="1" /> and avenging<n id="2" /> God;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is avenging and very angry.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> takes vengeance<n id="4" /> against his foes;p> <p class="poetry">he sustains his rage<n id="5" /> against his enemies.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>