Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.&#8221; So he brought out robes for them.

They worshiped<n id="1" /> the disgusting idols<n id="2" /> in blatant disregard of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s command.<n id="3" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors.<n id="1" /> He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Who is the Almighty, that<n id="1" /> we should serve him?p> <p class="poetry">What would we gainp> <p class="poetry">if we were to pray<n id="2" /> to him?&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You rescue me from a hostile army;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you make me<n id="2" /> a leader of nations;p> <p class="poetry">people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">All who worship idols are ashamed,p> <p class="poetry">those who boast about worthless idols.p> <p class="poetry">All the gods bow down before him.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The produce of the land is seized<n id="1" /> by all of them,p> <p class="poetry">even the king is served<n id="2" /> by the fields.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The oxen and donkeys used in plowing<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;p> <p class="poetry">such nations will be totally destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

The answer will come back, &#8220;It is because they broke their covenant with the <sc>Lordsc> their God and worshiped and served other gods.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">But they will be subject<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> their Godp> <p class="poetry">and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.<n id="2" />p>

The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

<t /><p class="poetry">Jacob fled to the country of Aram,p> <p class="poetry">then Israel worked<n id="1" /> to acquire a wife;p> <p class="poetry">he tended sheep to pay for her.p>

Instead he will say, &#8216;I am no prophet &#8211; indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.&#8217;<n id="1" />

Our livestock must<n id="1" /> also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind! For we must take<n id="2" /> these animals<n id="3" /> to serve the <sc>Lordsc> our God. Until we arrive there, we do not know what we must use to serve the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Isn&#8217;t this what we told you<n id="1" /> in Egypt, &#8216;Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians,<n id="2" /> because it is better for us to serve<n id="3" /> the Egyptians than to die in the desert!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Then they cried out to the <sc>Lordsc> and admitted,<n id="1" /> &#8216;We have sinned, for we have forsaken the <sc>Lordsc> and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth.<n id="2" /> Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.&#8217;<n id="3" />

Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu<n id="1" /> said to the servants of Baal, &#8220;Make sure there are no servants of the <sc>Lordsc> here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged<n id="1" /> all who were in Israel to worship the <sc>Lordsc> their God. Throughout the rest of his reign<n id="2" /> they did not turn aside from following the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.p>

&#8220;So then, Jeremiah,<n id="1" /> when your people<n id="2" /> ask, &#8216;Why has the <sc>Lordsc> our God done all this to us?&#8217; tell them, &#8216;It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So<n id="3" /> you must serve foreigners<n id="4" /> in a land that does not belong to you.&#8217;p>