<p class="poetry">Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a sword not made by humankind will destroy them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will run away from this sword<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.p>

<p class="poetry">Their webs cannot be used for clothing;p> <p class="poetry">they cannot cover themselves with what they make.p> <p class="poetry">Their deeds are sinful;p> <p class="poetry">they commit violent crimes.<n id="1" />p>

He has said, &#8216;They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again.<n id="1" /> Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.&#8217; I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm this!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and they will be my people.p> <p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power;<n id="1" /> they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">It sprouted and became a vine,p> <p class="poetry">spreading low to the ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">its branches turning toward him,<n id="2" /> its roots were under itself.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.p>

They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

I will prepare for them a healthy<n id="1" /> planting. They will no longer be victims<n id="2" /> of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine.<n id="1" /> Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

He must put on a holy linen tunic,<n id="1" /> linen leggings are to cover his body,<n id="2" /> and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash<n id="3" /> and wrap his head with a linen turban.<n id="4" /> They are holy garments, so he must bathe<n id="5" /> his body in water and put them on.

Along with the loaves of bread,<n id="1" /> you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs,<n id="2" /> one young bull,<n id="3" /> and two rams.<n id="4" /> They are to be a burnt offering to the <sc>Lordsc> along with their grain offering<n id="5" /> and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="6" />

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed<n id="1" /> all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then the priest will have the woman stand before the <sc>Lordsc>, uncover the woman&#8217;s head, and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.<n id="1" />

You must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the <sc>Lordsc>: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs each one year old, all of them without blemish.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now, my lord, as surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as surely as you live, it is the <sc>Lordsc> who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

The king asked the Cushite, &#8220;How is the young man Absalom?&#8221; The Cushite replied, &#8220;May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you<n id="1" /> be like that young man!&#8221;p>

So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.&#8221;p>

Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.p> <p class="bodytext">For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God,p> <p class="poetry">for God is in heaven and you are on earth!p> <p class="poetry">Therefore, let your words be few.p>