<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>

The sailors said to one another,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s cast lots<n id="2" /> to find out<n id="3" /> whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.<n id="4" />&#8221; So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.<n id="5" />

&#8220;Go immediately<n id="1" /> to Nineveh, that large city,<n id="2" /> and proclaim to<n id="3" /> it the message that I tell you.&#8221;

So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the <sc>Lordsc> had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city<n id="1" /> &#8211; it required three days to walk through it!)<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">For this reason I<n id="1" /> will mourn and wail;p> <p class="poetry">I will walk around barefoot<n id="2" /> and without my outer garments.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will howl<n id="4" /> like a wild dog,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and screech<n id="6" /> like an owl.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Does the family<n id="1" /> of Jacob say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s patience<n id="3" /> can&#8217;t be exhausted &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he would never do such things&#8217;?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">To be sure, my commands bring a rewardp> <p class="poetry">for those who obey them,<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">If a lying windbag should come and say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I&#8217;ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he would be just the right preacher for these people!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You implement the regulations of Omri,p> <p class="poetry">and all the practices of Ahab&#8217;s dynasty;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you follow their policies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I will make you an appalling sight,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the city&#8217;s<n id="4" /> inhabitants will be taunted derisively,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and nations will mock all of you.&#8221;<n id="6" />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">Look, I am about to empower<n id="1" /> the Babylonians,p> <p class="poetry">that ruthless<n id="2" /> and greedy<n id="3" /> nation.p> <p class="poetry">They sweep across the surface<n id="4" /> of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.p>

The riders then agreed with the angel of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> who was standing among the myrtle trees, &#8220;We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.&#8221;

I asked, &#8220;Where are you going?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;To measure Jerusalem<n id="1" /> in order to determine its width and its length.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord <sc>Godsc> will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.

He taught what was true;<n id="1" /> sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

You have said, &#8216;It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped<n id="1" /> by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all?<n id="2" />

So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead,<n id="1" /> which they acquired by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s command through Moses.p>

When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel&#8217;s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin&#8217;s border. They will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two!<n id="1" /> He is asking, &#8220;What should I do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;p>

Now, O <sc>Lord,sc> God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, &#8216;You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,<n id="1" /> provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.&#8217;<n id="2" />

Now, O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, &#8216;You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,<n id="1" /> provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.&#8217;<n id="2" />

But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free<n id="1" /> from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you.<n id="2" /> But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so.<n id="3" /> You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go.<n id="4" /> Go wherever you choose.&#8221;<n id="5" />