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22004

Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to Me,
a delightful child?
Whenever I speak against him,
I certainly still think about him.
Therefore, My inner being yearns for him;
I will truly have compassion on him.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

22005

He said about Asher:

May Asher be the most blessed of the sons;
may he be the most favored among his brothers
and dip his foot in olive oil.

22006

the priest must examine the infection. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, a skin disease of the head or chin.

22008

Then Absalom sent messengers throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom has become king in Hebron!’”

22009

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.

22010

Since they stayed there many days, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There’s a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

22011

While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive.

22012

“Therefore,” he said, “let the men of authority among you go down with me and accuse him, if there is any wrong in this man.”

22013

Gold cannot be exchanged for it,
and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.

22014

However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

22015

How happy you are, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is the shield that protects you,
the sword you boast in.
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will tread on their backs.

22016

They stretch out like river valleys,
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes the Lord has planted,
like cedars beside the water.

22017

I will take 10 tribes of the kingdom from his son’s hand and give them to you.

22018

for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

22019

Therefore swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.”

22021

Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham:

22022

It will blossom abundantly
and will also rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.

22023

He crouches, he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
Those who bless you will be blessed,
and those who curse you will be cursed.

22024

My own hand founded the earth,
and My right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summoned them,
they stood up together.

22025

The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.”

22026

The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

22027

On that day
the Lord of Hosts will become a crown of beauty
and a diadem of splendor
to the remnant of His people,

22028

About Moab, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

Woe to Nebo, because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!

22030

I give you a king in My anger
and take away a king in My wrath.

22031

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

22033

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

22034

We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.

22035

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

22036

He trains my hands for war;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

22038

serve as His sign to all mankind,
so that all men may know His work.

22039

The king of Israel answered, “Say this: ‘Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’”

22040

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a booth set up by a watchman.

22041

He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!

22042

Will he delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

22043

They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and then proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

22044

When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go unharmed? May the Lord repay you with good for what you’ve done for me today.

22045

Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons to give them glory and beauty.

22046

Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.

22047

This is what the Lord says:

Keep your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,
for the reward for your work will come—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
and your children will return from the enemy’s land.

22048

See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west,
and from the land of Sinim.

22049

The guards who go about the city found me.
I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love?”

22051

The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.

22052

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’

22053

and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai—who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

22054

So the Lord his God handed Ahaz over to the king of Aram. He attacked him and took many captives to Damascus.

Ahaz was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck him with great force:

22055

Would you show partiality to Him
or argue the case in His defense?

22056

There on the stones, Joshua copied the law of Moses, which he had written in the presence of the Israelites.

22057

God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

22058

When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking in the tents, he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

22059

I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.

22060

Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,

22062

You will nurse on the milk of nations,
and nurse at the breast of kings;
you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior
and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

22063

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah. All the Berites came together and followed him.

22064

Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.

22065

“Now, lament for the princes of Israel

22067

I will arise now and go about the city,
through the streets and the plazas.
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.

22068

Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy,
so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.

22071

They are not to be sold as slaves, because they are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt.

22072

He has made me an object of scorn to the people;
I have become a man people spit at.

22073

So he said to the people of Judah, “Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the Lord our God. We sought Him and He gave us rest on every side.” So they built and succeeded.

22074

You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.

22075

You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.

22076

Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Booths,

22077

My people are lost sheep;
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.

22078

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but it was reported to Samuel, “Saul went to Carmel where he set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and went down to Gilgal.”

22079

the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers—12

22080

Then Elijah said, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”

22081

Then the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.

22082

That is why, to this day, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because He struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.

22083

For the land is full of adulterers;
the land mourns because of the curse,
and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.
Their way of life has become evil,
and their power is not rightly used

22084

But if the wicked man is shown favor,
he does not learn righteousness.
In a righteous land he acts unjustly
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.

22085

It is like a groom coming from the bridal chamber;
it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

22086

The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers.

22087

On the seventh time, he reported, “There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming from the sea.”

Then Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.’”

22088

“On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

22089

yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.

22090

he will vanish forever like his own dung.
Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”

22091

They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”

22092

He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

22093

He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

22094

Together with Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service.

22095

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will destroy the heir!’ They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.”

22096

Obed-edom also had sons:
Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second,
Joah the third, Sachar the fourth,
Nethanel the fifth,

22097

and reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

22098

The length of Solomon’s reign in Jerusalem over all Israel totaled 40 years.

22099

Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops 100 times more than they are—while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this?”

22100

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Plead for the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God pleaded for the favor of the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it had been at first.

22101

One of you routed a thousand because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as He promised.

22102

This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die on the same day.

22103

This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord’s release of debts has been proclaimed.

22104

Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree at the high place. His spear was in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.

22105

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

22106

Unleavened bread is to be eaten for those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, and no yeast may be found among you in all your territory.

22107

So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image that he had made, and it was there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.

22108

Then he said, “Why? What has He done wrong?”

But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

22109

He makes wars cease throughout the earth.
He shatters bows and cuts spears to pieces;
He burns up the chariots.

22110

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove,

22111

Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.

22112

When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.
Therefore they forgot Me.

22113

So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite, “Take from here 30 men under your authority and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the cistern before he dies.”

22114

For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. They have even made the children they bore to Me pass through the fire as food for the idols.

22115

Egypt’s help is completely worthless;
therefore, I call her:
Rahab Who Just Sits.

22116

There is a river—
its streams delight the city of God,
the holy dwelling place of the Most High.

22117

A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.

22118

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off his robe, the robe of many colors that he had on.

22119

At Abinadab’s house they set the ark of God on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.

22120

Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

22121

David took this to heart and became very afraid of King Achish of Gath,

22122

I tell you the truth: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.

22123

She extends her hands to the spinning staff,
and her hands hold the spindle.

22124

Every kind of living creature that swarms will live wherever the river flows, and there will be a huge number of fish because this water goes there. Since the water will become fresh, there will be life everywhere the river goes.

22125

Hushai then told the priests Zadok and Abiathar, “This is what Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I advised.

22126

Now Absalom and all the Israelites came to Jerusalem. Ahithophel was also with him.

22127

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.

22128

Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”

22129

Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

22130

The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

22131

My righteousness is near,
My salvation appears,
and My arms will bring justice to the nations.
The coastlands will put their hope in Me,
and they will look to My strength.

22132

Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

22133

I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,
and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,
so that you will not be destroyed.

22135

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
and you have failed to remember
the rock of your strength;
therefore you will plant beautiful plants
and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

22136

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

22137

As for the prophet who prophesies peace—only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.”

22138

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

22139

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

22140

The power of the Lord was on Elijah, and he tucked his mantle under his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

22141

Whose womb did the ice come from?
Who gave birth to the frost of heaven

22142

Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

22143

The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer but were unable to prove that their families and ancestry were Israelite:

22144

If its owner is there with it, the man does not have to make restitution. If it was rented, the loss is covered by its rental price.

22145

“You must not go!” the people pleaded. “If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth 10,000 of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.”

22146

Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster,

22148

When Joab had turned back from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, 19 of David’s soldiers were missing,

22149

Then the high priest stood up before them all and questioned Jesus, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”

22150

Ammiel son of Gemalli from the tribe of Dan;

22151

If they ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ you must tell them: This is what the Lord says:

Those destined for death, to death;
those destined for the sword, to the sword.
Those destined for famine, to famine;
those destined for captivity, to captivity.

22153

Your stature is like a palm tree;
your breasts are clusters of fruit.

22154

You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.

22155

So they carry their wealth and belongings
over the Wadi of the Willows.

22156

When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, “Look, I am the one who has sinned; I am the one who has done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand be against me and my father’s family.”

22157

I clothed you in embroidered cloth and provided you with leather sandals. I also wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

22159

His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.

22160

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?
Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

22161

ו VavLet Your faithful love come to me, Lord,
Your salvation, as You promised.

22162

I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking for his life with a curse.

22163

He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

22164

The messengers then returned and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent messengers to you, saying: You are to give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.

22165

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.

22166

Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.

22168

Then Saul summoned the troops and counted them at Telaim: 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.

22169

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your goods.

22170

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”

22171

With the other half of the tribe, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the Lord’s servant had given them:

22172

None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.

22173

Listen, a tumult on the mountains,
like that of a mighty people!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations being gathered together!
The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

22174

I will give them, in My house and within My walls,
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters.
I will give each of them an everlasting name
that will never be cut off.

22175

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”)

22176

I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.

22177

ח KhetThe Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.

22178

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.

22179

At the time you cross the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up large stones and cover them with plaster.

22180

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

22183

“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

22184

And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

22185

That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.

And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”

22186

Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord.

22187

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

22188

“Indeed, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations where you traveled.

22189

Meanwhile, the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

22190

sends couriers by sea,
in reed vessels on the waters.


Go, swift messengers,
to a nation tall and smooth-skinned,
to a people feared far and near,
a powerful nation with a strange language,
whose land is divided by rivers.

22191

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

22192

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and Your instruction is true.

22193

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

22194

The voice of the Lord is above the waters.
The God of glory thunders—
the Lord, above vast waters,

22195

In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

22196

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

22197

I was a stranger
and you didn’t take Me in;
I was naked
and you didn’t clothe Me,
sick and in prison
and you didn’t take care of Me.’

22198

My heart cries out over Moab,
whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah;
they go up the slope of Luhith weeping;
they raise a cry of destruction
on the road to Horonaim.

22199

Get ready to answer Me like a man;
When I question you, you will inform Me.

22201

I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for the distribution to their colleagues.

22203

So he went out and caught 300 foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

22204

You have humiliated me ten times now,
and you mistreat me without shame.

22205

At Gath there was still another battle. A huge man was there with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—24 in all. He, too, was descended from the giant.

22206

Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd and got a tender, choice calf. He gave it to a young man, who hurried to prepare it.

22207

Surely He would rebuke you
if you secretly showed partiality.

22208

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,
your dwellings, Israel.

22209

He walked in the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it but did what was right in the Lord’s sight.

22210

They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, so that they would support the people and the house of God.

22211

One of Saul’s servants, detained before the Lord, was there that day. His name was Doeg the Edomite, chief of Saul’s shepherds.

22212

The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before Me, or else they will die.”

22213

No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

22214

How will it be known that I and Your people have found favor in Your sight unless You go with us? I and Your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.”

22215

The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the Lord because of her unclean discharge.

22216

Igal son of Joseph from the tribe of Issachar;

22217

if he can later get up and walk around outside leaning on his staff, then the one who struck him will be exempt from punishment. Nevertheless, he must pay for his lost work time and provide for his complete recovery.

22218

Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

22219

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.

22220

Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

22221

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

22222

Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.

22223

Just listen to His thunderous voice
and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

22224

After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around the Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

22226

But a man drew his bow without taking special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armor. So he said to the charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

22227

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them
to a distant or nearby country,

22228

A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Look, the Lord God of your ancestors handed them over to you because of His wrath against Judah, but you slaughtered them in a rage that has reached heaven.

22229

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he didn’t enter the Lord’s sanctuary, but the people still behaved corruptly.

22230

After Amaziah came from the attack on the Edomites, he brought the gods of the Seirites and set them up as his gods. He worshiped before them and burned incense to them.

22231

But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’

22232

I will bring a bit of bread so that you may strengthen yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. Later, you can continue on.”

“Yes,” they replied, “do as you have said.”

22233

For your servant made a vow when I lived in Geshur of Aram, saying: If the Lord really brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.”

22234

Take with you 10 loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

22235

The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites.

22236

from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead—the Gadites, the Reubenites, and the Manassites—from Aroer which is by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

22237

But if this happens after sunrise, there is guilt of bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution. If he is unable, he is to be sold because of his theft.

22238

Abraham named his son who was born to him—the one Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

22239

Next he saw the Kenites and proclaimed his poem:

Your dwelling place is enduring;
your nest is set in the cliffs.

22240

and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.

22241

When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

22243

Therefore, whether it is I or they, so we proclaim and so you have believed.

22244

But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?

22247

He has left His den like a lion,
for their land has become a desolation
because of the sword of the oppressor,
because of His burning anger.

22248

Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.

22249

The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Persuade him to tell you where his great strength comes from, so we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless. Each of us will then give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

22250

You are to offer the second lamb at twilight. Offer a grain offering and a drink offering with it, like the one in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

22251

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

22252

I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.

22253

He said about Dan:

Dan is a young lion,
leaping out of Bashan.

22254

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.”

22255

Palti son of Raphu from the tribe of Benjamin;

22256

I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

22257

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

22258

Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you!

22259

may You hear in heaven
and forgive the sin of Your servants
and Your people Israel,
so that You may teach them the good way
they should walk in.
May You send rain on Your land
that You gave Your people for an inheritance.

22260

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.

22261

His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.

22262

Its brood gulps down blood,
and where the slain are, it is there.

22263

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, for the first month; 24,000 were in his division.

22264

The guards were so shaken from fear of him that they became like dead men.

22265

When he became king, as soon as he was seated on his throne, Zimri struck down the entire house of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, including his kinsmen and his friends.

22266

Then David said to Abishai and all his servants, “Look, my own son, my own flesh and blood, intends to take my life—how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse me; the Lord has told him to.

22268

He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I personally consecrate the silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit to make a carved image overlaid with silver.”

22269

The Lord again spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

22270

Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.

22271

The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

22272

Look, Yahweh comes from far away,
His anger burning and heavy with smoke.
His lips are full of fury,
and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

22273

Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples,

22274

I brought you from the ends of the earth
and called you from its farthest corners.
I said to you: You are My servant;
I have chosen you and not rejected you.

22275

However, in Your abundant compassion,
You did not destroy them or abandon them,
for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

22276

Then I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them—the person who does them will live by them.

22277

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

22278

And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.

22280

I pursue the way of Your commands,
for You broaden my understanding.

22281

Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

22282

He surveys everything that is haughty;
he is king over all the proud beasts.

22283

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
when I stand up, You merely look at me.

22284

But the sensible ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.

22285

David and all Israel went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah) to take the ark of God from there, which is called by the name of the Lord who dwells between the cherubim.

22286

He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers.

22287

Then King David went in, sat in the Lord’s presence, and said,

Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?

22288

Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

22289

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here anymore? Let’s ask him.”

22290

the first husband who sent her away may not marry her again after she has been defiled, because that would be detestable to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

22291

Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting. They fell down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

22292

When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

22293

Igal son of Nathan from Zobah,
Bani the Gadite,

22294

Was he not more honored than the Three? He became their commander even though he did not become one of the Three.

22295

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

22296

David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in Horesh when he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

22297

Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Leave and return to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

22298

So he sent messengers secretly to Abimelech, saying, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed, with his brothers, have come to Shechem and are turning the city against you.

22299

He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. This was the time when the women went out to draw water.

22300

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

22302

They didn’t find me disputing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple complex or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.

22303

Did not My hand make all these things?

22304

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

22305

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

22306

“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,
but you are like a monster in the seas.
You thrash about in your rivers,
churn up the waters with your feet,
and muddy the rivers.”

22307

So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. At Jeremiah’s dictation, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah.

22308

The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.

22309

saying:

Woe, woe, the great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet,
adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls,

22310

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,” for he thought: Why not, if there will be peace and security during my lifetime?

22311

From the city, men groan;
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.

22312

If she is displeasing to her master, who chose her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners because he has acted treacherously toward her.

22313

They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with a blinding light so that they were unable to find the entrance.

22314

Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.

22315

When the Lord your God hands it over to you, you must strike down all its males with the sword.

22316

“In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.

22317

Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, and he brought an ephod with him.

22319

But a noble person plans noble things;
he stands up for noble causes.

22320

Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.

22321

You do not have to fight this battle. Position yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. He is with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Tomorrow, go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.’”

22322

However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by—a great assembly—and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah,

22323

when He established a limit for the rain
and a path for the lightning,

22324

For I am full of words,
and my spirit compels me to speak.

22325

Now therefore:

Arise, Lord God, come to Your resting place,
You and Your powerful ark.
May Your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
and may Your godly people rejoice in goodness.

22326

“Now this is what you will say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.

22327

They served idols, although the Lord had told them, “You must not do this.”

22328

greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.

22329

and Samuel asked, “What have you done?”

Saul answered, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn’t come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

22330

These are the animals you may eat:

the ox, the sheep, the goat,

22331

Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

22332

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with 10 men and struck down Gedaliah, and he died. Also, they killed the Judeans and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

22333

“Have you let every female live?” he asked them.

22334

but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations.

22335

Present a burnt offering, a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old—all unblemished—

22336

The fruit you craved has left you.
All your splendid and glamorous things are gone;
they will never find them again.

22337

But they did not welcome Him, because He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

22338

She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from far away.

22339

So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me: ‘He’s my brother.’”

22340

Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

22341

In the same way, unless you use your tongue for intelligible speech, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.

22342

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

22343

This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

22344

or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, ‘Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

22345

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,
who sits securely,
who says to herself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.
I will never be a widow
or know the loss of children.’

22346

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

22347

I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

22348

the ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;

22349

Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.

22350

Stand up, you complacent women;
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.

22351

The Lord is angry with all the nations—
furious with all their armies.
He will set them apart for destruction,
giving them over to slaughter.

22352

A wicked ruler over a helpless people
is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

22354

A priest of Aaronic descent must accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites must take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

22355

Prepare from these a holy anointing oil, a scented blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be holy anointing oil.

22356

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.

22357

Because she nagged him day after day and pleaded with him until she wore him out,

22359

Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me
from the horns of the wild oxen.

22360

He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,
and He has many more things like these in mind.

22361

though he cherishes it and will not let it go
but keeps it in his mouth,

22362

the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:

22363

So He brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

22364

He is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them all into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

22365

Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and put him to death. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.

22366

Shimei son of Gera, a Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

22367

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.

22368

But half of Gilead, and Og’s royal cities in Bashan—Ashtaroth and Edrei—are for the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half the descendants of Machir by their clans.

22369

You must abide by the instruction they give you and the verdict they announce to you. Do not turn to the right or the left from the decision they declare to you.

22370

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the Lord that involves the assessment of people,

22371

One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.

22372

Truth is missing,
and whoever turns from evil is plundered.


The Lord saw that there was no justice,
and He was offended.

22373

and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.

22374

Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Do we have any portion or inheritance in our father’s household?

22375

They also did this to Me: they defiled My sanctuary on that same day and profaned My Sabbaths.

22377

ל LamedCrushing all the prisoners of the land
beneath one’s feet,

22379

A king sitting on a throne to judge
sifts out all evil with his eyes.

22380

Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

22381

A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”

22382

The earth trembles under three things;
it cannot bear up under four:

22383

The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the upright will stand.

22384

Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.

22385

I will walk freely in an open place
because I seek Your precepts.

22386

no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.

22387

Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on Yahweh, He handed them over to you.

22388

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.

22389

The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

22390

He uncovers their ears at that time
and terrifies them with warnings,

22391

He obscures the view of His throne,
spreading His cloud over it.

22392

You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Ask, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

22393

Then the priest will order that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

22394

When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

22395

But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “First, please ask what the Lord’s will is.”

22396

But Samson stayed in bed until midnight when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate along with the two gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

22397

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before His tabernacle—that person will be considered guilty. He has shed blood and must be cut off from his people.

22398

Ships will come from the coast of Kittim;
they will afflict Asshur and Eber,
but they too will come to destruction.

22399

“Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings so that it will be holy.

22400

“Where have you put him?” He asked.

“Lord,” they told Him, “come and see.”

22401

“Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

22403

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but the testimonies did not agree.

22404

Place the table outside the veil and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table; put the table on the north side.

22405

When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his officials.

22407

Then He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I replied, “Lord God, only You know.”

22408

Magdiel, and Iram.
These are Edom’s chiefs,
according to their settlements in the land they possessed.
Esau was father of the Edomites.

22409

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

22410

so you will summon a nation you do not know,
and nations who do not know you will run to you.
For the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,
has glorified you.”

22411

I will make man scarcer than gold,
and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.

22412

His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!

22413

When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.

22414

He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.

22415

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash;
your defenses are made of clay.

22416

They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

22417

In those days the Lord began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

22418

“Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib as I commanded you. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.

22419

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had caused Israel to commit.

22420

I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

22421

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

22422

When it was reported to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

22423

Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God.

22424

Then the sanctuary was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from His power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

22425

So Balak did as Balaam directed, and they offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

22426

The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve Him.”

22427

If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,

22428

“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure its pattern,

22430

When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.

22431

Because your shame was double,
and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”
therefore, they will possess double in their land,
and eternal joy will be theirs.

22432

Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, requesting, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us!”

22433

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

22434

Don’t speak to a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.

22435

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
you righteous ones;
shout for joy,
all you upright in heart.

22436

A song of ascents.Lord, remember David
and all the hardships he endured,

22437

Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.

22438

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

22439

Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

22440

So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed 85 men who wore linen ephods.

22441

Ahimelech replied to the king: “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

22442

I would plead my case before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.

22443

If a man informs on his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

22444

You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

22445

Five of you will pursue 100, and 100 of you will pursue 10,000; your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

22446

I also arranged for the donation of wood at the appointed times and for the firstfruits.

Remember me, my God, with favor.

22447

Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.

22448

He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Open Spaces and said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

22449

Let Reuben live and not die
though his people become few.

22450

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

22451

I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

22452

“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of My festival offering must not remain until morning.

22453

Also, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’

22454

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official employed in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

22455

When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case and asked for a judgment against him.

22456

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

22457

The windstorm comes from its chamber,
and the cold from the driving north winds.

22458

Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”

22459

Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land.
I will gather them from remote regions of the earth
the blind and the lame will be with them,
along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth.
They will return here as a great assembly!

22460

Because of You we are slain all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

22461

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

22462

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my presence so I can eat from her hand.”

22463

A psalm of the sons of Korah. A song.His foundation is on the holy mountains.

22464

They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise in the evening.

22465

“Bring the meal to the bedroom,” Amnon told Tamar, “so I can eat from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.

22466

I am just like you before God;
I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

22467

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.
Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

22468

All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

22469

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

22470

and so that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God. There is no other!

22471

“When a man presents a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or flock, it has to be unblemished to be acceptable; there must be no defect in it.

22472

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

22473

The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it only if they have kept themselves from women.”

22474

Zadok son of Ahitub
and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;
Shavsha was court secretary;

22475

“My lord the king,” he replied, “my servant Ziba betrayed me. Actually your servant said: ‘I’ll saddle the donkey for myself so that I may ride it and go with the king’—for your servant is lame.

22476

and the families of scribes who lived in Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of Rechab’s family.

22477

Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

22478

Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

22479

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer,
the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope,
and the mountain sheep.

22480

As to the terror you cause,
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

22481

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.

22482

In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.

22483

Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you—you will be free from my oath.’

22484

“But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, Yahweh, who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

22485

and say: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

22486

Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

22487

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.

22488

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

22489

For this is what the Lord says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of his father Josiah: “He has left this place—he will never return here again,

22491

So I thought: I will die in my own nest
and multiply my days as the sand.

22492

Answer a fool according to his foolishness
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

22493

Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?

22494

They ate and drank with great joy in the Lord’s presence that day.

Then, for a second time, they made David’s son Solomon king; they anointed him as the Lord’s ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

22495

For what does he care about his family once he is dead,
when the number of his months has run out?

22496

So the angel of the Lord ordered Gad to tell David to go and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

22497

He may be flogged with 40 lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight.

22498

Now the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz wrote about the rest of the events of Uzziah’s reign, from beginning to end.

22499

When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

22500

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him.

22501

For the Lord your God is the One who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.’

22502

He went back and told his father and his mother: “I have seen a young Philistine woman in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

22503

The Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

22504

David went up in obedience to Gad’s command, just as the Lord had commanded.

22505

The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My chosen people.

22506

So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.

22507

He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,
from the destructive plague.

22509

When a Levite leaves one of your towns where he lives in Israel and wants to go to the place the Lord chooses,

22510

The Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; they camped by their banners in this way and moved out the same way, each man by his clan and by his ancestral house.

22511

For He does not enjoy bringing affliction
or suffering on mankind.

22513

Then Jacob got up and put his children and wives on the camels.

22514

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

22516

The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.

22517

Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.

22518

You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.

22520

All who serve carved images,
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.
All the gods must worship Him.

22521

No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

22522

He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
He has veiled my paths with darkness.

22523

When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.’ This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land.

22524

Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

22525

But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,
since God is greater than man.

22526

God hands me over to unjust men;
He throws me into the hands of the wicked.

22527

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the corner buttress, and he fortified them.

22528

Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. Not even one will be left of all the men with him.

22529

Benjamin’s descendants:
from Geba, Michmash, Aija,
and Bethel—and its villages,

22530

Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

22531

Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but he did have an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.

22532

Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house?”

22533

These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own gain.

22534

Then Moses recited aloud every single word of this song to the entire assembly of Israel:

22535

and that the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly fired clay—part of the kingdom will be strong, and part will be brittle.

22536

“In this Year of Jubilee, each of you will return to his property.

22537

The Lord spoke to Moses,

22538

because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their fathers, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

22539

Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.

22541

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld children from you?”

22542

At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court.

22543

Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” and she named him Gad.

22544

One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.

22545

if he did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

22546

Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;
its tent pegs will not be pulled up
nor will any of its cords be loosened.

22547

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

22549

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images.

22550

4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”

22551

Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.

22552

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”

22553

Tell the Israelites: When a man dies without having a son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

22554

and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,

22555

So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

22556

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.

22557

Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community.

22558

for the Lord had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

22559

Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand,
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore, the nations go mad.

22560

Dan will judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.

22561

Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things.

22562

When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.

22563

Yet My people have forgotten Me.
They burn incense to false idols
that make them stumble in their ways
on the ancient roads
and walk on new paths, not the highway.

22565

The disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them.

22566

Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.

22567

executing justice for the exploited
and giving food to the hungry.
The Lord frees prisoners.

22568

When they heard me, they blessed me,
and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.

22569

Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders’ willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord with a whole heart. King David also rejoiced greatly.

22570

“Be very strong and continue obeying all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you do not turn from it to the right or left

22571

I called to the Lord in my distress;
I called to my God.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry for help reached His ears.

22572

Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?

22573

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

22574

At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the Lord’s sanctuary and from the doorposts he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.

22575

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?

22576

Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

22577

The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

22578

He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”

She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.”

22579

King David sent word to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace? The talk of all Israel has reached the king at his house.

22580

stated, “This man said, ‘I can demolish God’s sanctuary and rebuild it in three days.’”

22581

Now there were about 12 men in all.

22582

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

22584

“This is what the Lord God says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

22585

For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Davidic Miktam for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing 12,000.God, You have rejected us;
You have broken out against us;
You have been angry. Restore us!

22586

All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep His covenant and decrees.

22587

Return it to its sheath!

I will judge you
in the place where you were created,
in the land of your origin.

22588

Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

22589

His bones may be full of youthful vigor,
but will lie down with him in the grave.

22590

While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell with his face to the ground and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

22591

Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, so he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

22592

Is there no end to your empty words?
What provokes you that you continue testifying?

22593

“What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’ father-in-law said to him.

22594

who said to them, “Tell your master this, ‘The Lord says: Don’t be afraid because of the words you have heard, that the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed Me with.

22595

And say to them: This is the fire offering you are to present to the Lord:

“Each day present two unblemished year-old male lambs as a regular burnt offering.

22596

Then the border ascended to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to the Gilgal that is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, which is south of the ravine. The border proceeded to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel.

22597

The leaders of all the people and of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 armed foot soldiers.

22598

the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei; he was one of the remaining Rephaim.

Moses struck them down and drove them out,

22599

Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea.

22600

Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

22601

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and about 3,000 men fell dead that day among the people.

22602

So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”

22603

The blessings of your father excel
the blessings of my ancestors
and the bounty of the eternal hills.
May they rest on the head of Joseph,
on the crown of the prince of his brothers.

22604

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

22605

I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on Ahaz’s stairway go back by 10 steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back the 10 steps it had descended.

22606

For this is what the Lord says:

I will make peace flow to her like a river,
and the wealth of nations like a flood;
you will nurse and be carried on her hip
and bounced on her lap.

22607

The total number of persons belonging to Jacob—his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons—who came to Egypt: 66.

22608

So Isaac left there, camped in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there.

22609

and go out to the Valley of Hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.

22610

The Lord’s sword is covered with blood.
It drips with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

22611

About our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but he was not at all willing to come now. However, he will come when he has an opportunity.

22614

“The sensible ones answered, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell, and buy oil for yourselves.’

22616

A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds.

22617

These nations feared the Lord but also served their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue doing as their fathers did until today.

22618

All You have made will thank You, Lord;
the godly will praise You.

22619

“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:

22620

When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent to him to inquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.

22621

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

22622

Then Elihu continued, saying:

22623

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

22624

So David set out with his 600 men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

22625

“All these curses will come, pursue, and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the Lord your God and keep the commands and statutes He gave you.

22626

Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day.

22627

Micah replied, “Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.” So the Levite went in

22628

Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,

22629

You must only sacrifice the Passover animal at the place where Yahweh your God chooses to have His name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt.

22630

They departed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor on the edge of the land of Edom.

22631

with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

22632

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that those who were burned had presented, and they were hammered into plating for the altar,

22633

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

22634

Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

22635

So now, say to the men of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: This is what the Lord says: I am about to bring harm to you and make plans against you. Turn now, each from your evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds.

22637

“Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel—the Valley of the Travelers east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.

22638

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and a man for the words of his praise.

22639

Ambassadors will come from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands to God.

22640

My mountains in the countryside.
I will give up your wealth
and all your treasures as plunder
because of the sin of your high places
in all your borders.

22641

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

22642

My heart is like unvented wine;
it is about to burst like new wineskins.

22643

These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

22644

The gatekeepers’ descendants included:

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139

22645

The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.

22646

They gathered their brothers together, consecrated themselves, and went according to the king’s command by the words of the Lord to cleanse the Lord’s temple.

22647

When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.

22648

Then the Levites from the sons of the Kohathites and the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel shouting with a loud voice.

22649

So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey Him.”

22650

You are not to present any animal to the Lord that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash, or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a fire offering to the Lord.

22651

And out of all my sons—for the Lord has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.

22652

But the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming soon to ask you about her son, for he is sick. You are to say such and such to her. When she arrives, she will be disguised.”

22653

When a foreigner resides with you or someone else is among you and wants to prepare a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he is to do exactly as you do throughout your generations.

22654

Then Abigail got up quickly, and with her five female servants accompanying her, rode on the donkey following David’s messengers. And so she became his wife.

22655

When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Mephibosheth, why didn’t you come with me?”

22656

She makes her own bed coverings;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.

22657

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

22658

When we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the border of your territory.

22659

came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him.

22660

The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ochran.

22661

When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath,” (that is, Bethlehem).

22662

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

22664

Meanwhile, Peter was following Him at a distance right to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the temple police to see the outcome.

22665

People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security.

22666

So King Uzziah was diseased to the time of his death. He lived in quarantine with a serious skin disease and was excluded from access to the Lord’s temple, while his son Jotham was over the king’s household governing the people of the land.

22667

Then you will see and be radiant,
and your heart will tremble and rejoice,
because the riches of the sea will become yours
and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

22668

The officials then said to the king, “This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but disaster.”

22669

The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.

22670

Israel, put your hope in the Lord.
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with Him is redemption in abundance.

22671

The one who plots evil
will be called a schemer.

22673

Then the angel of the Lord returned for a second time and touched him. He said, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”

22674

Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.

22675

Look, God and His priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

22677

But Micaiah said, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he said, “Listen, all you people!”

22678

Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehoiachin to Babylon. Also, he took the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

22679

From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s temple and the treasuries of what had been dedicated.

22680

“My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,

22681

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

22682

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the Lord your God, but the rest we destroyed.”

22683

So the entire community brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

22684

For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they pay the penalty for their sin, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

22685

They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘This is the Lord’s declaration,’ when the Lord did not send them, yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

22686

“You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

22687

and told them, “You have done everything Moses the Lord’s servant commanded you and have obeyed me in everything I commanded you.

22689

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

22691

Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?

22692

He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian kingdom.

22693

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam.Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
Do you judge people fairly?

22695

There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.

22696

But come back and try again, all of you.
I will not find a wise man among you.

22697

But Achish’s servants said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Don’t they sing about him during their dances:

Saul has killed his thousands,
but David his tens of thousands?”

22698

Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,

22699

I wipe them out and crush them,
and they do not rise;
they fall beneath my feet.

22700

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, because it will shame your family.

22701

In the spring Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable utensils of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

22702

Hezro the Carmelite,
Naarai son of Ezbai,

22703

Abishai, Joab’s brother and son of Zeruiah, was leader of the Three. He raised his spear against 300 men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.

22704

“The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumors, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured.

22705

a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with two quarts of oil must be presented with the bull.

22706

Watch, and when you see the young women of Shiloh come out to perform the dances, each of you leave the vineyards and catch a wife for yourself from the young women of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

22707

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

22708

Then the two of them made a covenant in the Lord’s presence. Afterward, David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

22709

That day, Gideon’s father called him Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal plead his case with him,” because he tore down his altar.

22710

The congregation sent 12,000 brave warriors there and commanded them: “Go and kill the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including women and children.

22711

from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab near the Pisgah highlands that overlook the wasteland.

22712

If, however, it is known that the ox was in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not restrained it, he must compensate fully, ox for ox; the dead animal will become his.

22713

“When there is a burn on the skin of one’s body produced by fire, and the patch made raw by the burn becomes reddish-white or white,

22714

I will make them and the area around My hill a blessing: I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing.

22715

Jesus answered, “You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you.”

22716

and gave the purchase agreement to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah. I did this in the sight of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement, and all the Judeans sitting in the guard’s courtyard.

22717

So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

22718

When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

22719

The older one was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah represents Samaria and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.

22720

When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.

22721

You were secure in your wickedness;
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge
led you astray.
You said to yourself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.’

22722

But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

22723

“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of bread, to send famine through it, and to wipe out both man and animal from it,

22724

This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had left Jerusalem.

22725

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

22726

They seek Me day after day
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”

22727

The Lord God has opened My ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I did not turn back.

22728

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

22729

Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.

22730

All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you
and go up on My altar as an acceptable sacrifice.
I will glorify My beautiful house.

22731

The Lord put it into the mind of the Philistines and the Arabs who live near the Cushites to attack Jehoram.

22732

“Note that Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all matters related to the Lord, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all matters related to the king, and the Levites are officers in your presence. Be strong; may the Lord be with those who do what is good.”

22733

He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.

22734

What do you know that we don’t?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?

22735

Then Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until they had no survivors, for they were crushed before Yahweh and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great supply of loot.

22736

He also defeated the Moabites, and they became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

22737

There were 1,000 men from Benjamin with him. Ziba, an attendant from the house of Saul, with his 15 sons and 20 servants also rushed down to the Jordan ahead of the king.

22738

ram skins dyed red and manatee skins; acacia wood;

22739

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.

22740

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the 10 concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

22741

The Lord will also hand Israel over to the Philistines along with you. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and the Lord will hand Israel’s army over to the Philistines.”

22742

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

22744

From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir whose name used to be Kiriath-sepher,

22745

The Lord will make you prosper abundantly with children, the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce in the land the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.

22746

“Go up Mount Nebo in the Abarim range in the land of Moab, across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan I am giving the Israelites as a possession.

22747

After Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

22748

She makes and sells linen garments;
she delivers belts to the merchants.

22749

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

22751

Sethur son of Michael from the tribe of Asher;

22752

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

22753

After dismissing the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

22754

The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of confusion.
The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does,
as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.

22755

The word the Lord spoke about Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

22756

Labor pains come on him.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.

22757

The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am Yahweh;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

22758

“Listen, you deaf!
Look, you blind, so that you may see.

22760

A Davidic Maskil. When he was in the cave. A prayer.I cry aloud to the Lord;
I plead aloud to the Lord for mercy.

22761

Sin/ ShinPrinces have persecuted me without cause,
but my heart fears only Your word.

22762

So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.

22763

He lies under the lotus plants,
hiding in the protection of marshy reeds.

22764

Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.

22765

When the Ammonites realized they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 38 tons of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

22766

The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. Look, I’ve earned five more talents.’

22767

The dying man blessed me,
and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.

22768

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put My name.”

22769

Isaiah had not yet gone out of the inner courtyard when the word of the Lord came to him:

22770

From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not lived in a house; instead, I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

22771

His father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as young men were accustomed to do.

22772

Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

22773

Joab said, “I’m not going to waste time with you!” He then took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the oak tree,

22774

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the foreign residents in Israel who presents his offering—whether they present freewill gifts or payment of vows to the Lord as burnt offerings—

22775

He took all the gold and silver, all the articles found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

22776

Once again, David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will hand the Philistines over to you.”

22777

Every day Jesse’s son lives on earth you and your kingship are not secure. Now send for him and bring him to me—he deserves to die.”

22778

If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him.

22779

the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease.

22780

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

22781

I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.

22782

and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

22783

Therefore we will not be afraid,
though the earth trembles
and the mountains topple
into the depths of the seas,

22784

They were subject to Chedorlaomer for 12 years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

22785

And they were saying many other blasphemous things against Him.

22786

Uzziah, with a firepan in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But when he became enraged with the priests, in the presence of the priests in the Lord’s temple beside the altar of incense, a skin disease broke out on his forehead.

22788

Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.

22789

“This is what the Lord God says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

22790

He will deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing land as a reward.

22791

For the Lord loves justice
and will not abandon His faithful ones.
They are kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

22792

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.God of my praise, do not be silent.

22793

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
and He will exalt you to inherit the land.
You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

22794

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

22795

No bird of prey knows that path;
no falcon’s eye has seen it.

22796

Lord, hear my voice when I call;
be gracious to me and answer me.

22797

They had lived according to the customs of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites and the customs the kings of Israel had introduced.

22798

The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath of the Lord blows on them;
indeed, the people are grass.

22799

An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.

22800

The Amalekites and Canaanites are right in front of you, and you will fall by the sword. The Lord won’t be with you, since you have turned from following Him.”

22801

But the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

22802

But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.

22803

“When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

22804

You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do exactly as they instruct you.

22805

The princes dug the well;
the nobles of the people hollowed it out
with a scepter and with their staffs.


They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

22806

Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain.
When I called him, he was only one;
I blessed him and made him many.

22807

“Come, gather together,
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.

22808

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

22809

Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die!” So as she sat nearby, she wept loudly.

22810

The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.

22811

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

22812

A Davidic psalm.I will sing of faithful love and justice;
I will sing praise to You, Lord.

22813

From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons:
Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six—under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.

22814

because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord their God but violated His covenant—all He had commanded Moses the servant of the Lord. They did not listen, and they did not obey.

22815

Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand can deliver you.

22816

The Philistines also raided the cities of the Judean foothills and the Negev of Judah and captured Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, Gimzo and its villages, and they lived there.

22817

The high places were not taken away; but Asa’s heart was completely devoted to the Lord his entire life.

22818

although we have both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man with your servant. There is nothing we lack.”

22819

Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.

22820

But all the wicked are like thorns raked aside;
they can never be picked up by hand.

22821

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestors had done.

22822

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei was going along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he cursed David, and threw stones and dirt at him.

22823

Its grain offering is to be four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a fire offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart of wine.

22824

That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

22825

The king said to him, “Why keep on speaking about these matters of yours? I hereby declare: you and Ziba are to divide the land.”

22826

But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Would you plead Baal’s case for him? Would you save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead his own case because someone tore down his altar.”

22827

“When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security.

22828

“You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales,

22829

On the eighth day she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

22830

They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.

22831

Asher’s descendants by their clans:
the Imnite clan from Imnah;
the Ishvite clan from Ishvi;
the Beriite clan from Beriah.

22832

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them, since even your accent gives you away.”

22833

To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;
he refreshes the life of his masters.

22834

“Who is He, Sir, that I may believe in Him?” he asked.

22835

Then the Lord said to him, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.”

22837

“Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,

22838

The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.

22839

So they went back and told him, and he said, “This fulfills the Lord’s word that He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, the dogs will eat Jezebel’s flesh.

22840

“Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

22841

The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

22842

Anyone who touches a body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person will be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean because the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

22843

“You will certainly wear out both yourself and these people who are with you, because the task is too heavy for you. You can’t do it alone.

22844

Their homes are secure and free of fear;
no rod from God strikes them.

22845

David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon

22846

So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,

22847

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

22848

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

22849

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.

22850

Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.

22851

Although from a distance you will view the land that I am giving the Israelites, you will not go there.”

22852

Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Even though this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wrongdoing and sin, and accept us as Your own possession.”

22853

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

22854

As soon as Jacob saw his uncle Laban’s daughter Rachel with his sheep, he went up and rolled the stone from the opening and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.

22855

also to submit to such people, and to everyone who works and labors with them.

22856

The one who takes an oath by the sanctuary takes an oath by it and by Him who dwells in it.

22857

It will be as if a reaper had gathered standing grain—
his arm harvesting the heads of grain—
and as if one had gleaned heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.

22858

I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in My people.
The sound of weeping and crying
will no longer be heard in her.

22859

They will not hunger or thirst,
the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;
for their compassionate One will guide them,
and lead them to springs of water.

22860

As I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.

22862

The sound of a cry from Babylon!
The sound of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!

22863

The fortress disappears from Ephraim,
and a kingdom from Damascus.
The remnant of Aram will be
like the splendor of the Israelites.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

22864

Our fathers trusted in You;
they trusted, and You rescued them.

22865

and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the Lord saves, for the battle is the Lord’s. He will hand you over to us.”

22866

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
who then can stand against Me?

22867

I rejoice over Your promise
like one who finds vast treasure.

22868

When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly.
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.

22869

Sing to Him; sing praise to Him;
tell about all His wonderful works!

22870

If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,

22871

The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases.

22872

Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?

22873

Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel killed 5,000 men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck 2,000 more dead.

22874

The Benjaminites said, “We are defeating them as before.”

But the Israelites said, “Let’s flee and draw them away from the city to the highways.”

22875

“These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

22877

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

22878

“What do you want Me to do for you?”

“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”

22879

Since I was at a loss in a dispute over such things, I asked him if he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there concerning these matters.

22880

You have left Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
You have turned your back,
so I have stretched out My hand against you
and destroyed you.
I am tired of showing compassion.

22881

This is the length of Ishmael’s life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people.

22882

“Now these are the names of the tribes:

From the northern end, along the road of Hethlon, to Lebo-hamath as far as Hazar-enon, at the northern border of Damascus, alongside Hamath and extending from the eastern side to the sea, will be Dan—one portion.

22883

The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.

22884

The voices of your watchmen
they lift up their voices,
shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the Lord returns to Zion.

22885

This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.

22886

Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.

22887

Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.

22889

Don’t be agitated by evildoers,
and don’t envy the wicked.

22890

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!

22891

ק QofI call with all my heart; answer me, Lord.
I will obey Your statutes.

22892

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.

22893

He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;
His lightning to the ends of the earth.

22895

The prophet said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you released from your hand the man I had set apart for destruction, it will be your life in place of his life and your people in place of his people.’”

22896

the smell of water makes it thrive
and produce twigs like a sapling.

22897

In a little while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a downpour. So Ahab got in his chariot and went to Jezreel.

22898

Terrors are turned loose against me;
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

22899

In the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, along with Maaseiah the governor of the city and the court historian Joah son of Joahaz, to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

22900

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem.

22901

The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.

22902

But while your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.”

The king of Israel said to him, “That will be your sentence; you yourself have decided it.”

22903

so Saul’s servants said to him, “You see that an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.

22904

Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. “The Lord hasn’t chosen this one either,” Samuel said.

22905

So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” Then he offered the burnt offering.

22906

But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce food. You may cut them down to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

22907

Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin: Is Jesse’s son going to give all of you fields and vineyards? Do you think he’ll make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

22908

as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out: “Who is like the great city?”

22909

Then the border reached to the slope north of Ekron, curved to Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went to Jabneel, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

22910

But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in the spot and it is not beneath the skin but is faded, the priest must quarantine him seven days.

22911

Put these on your brother Aaron and his sons; then anoint, ordain, and consecrate them, so that they may serve Me as priests.

22912

In the tent of meeting outside the veil that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations.

22913

So Moses spoke to the people, “Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the Lord’s vengeance on them.

22914

God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

22915

“Son of man, explain Jerusalem’s detestable practices to her.

22916

And I will also purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

22917

“He relies on the Lord;
let Him rescue him;
let the Lord deliver him,
since He takes pleasure in him.”

22918

Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

22919

The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong
will suddenly fall.

22921

For You are my rock and my fortress;
You lead and guide me
because of Your name.

22922

My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.

22923

The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

22924

The messenger who went to call Micaiah instructed him, “Look, the words of the prophets are unanimously favorable for the king. So let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”

22925

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

22927

“When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering.

22928

Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let you know what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate to you.”

22929

Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

22930

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

22931

Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so He will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be deported from the land you are entering to possess.

22932

If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, though no one is with us, understand that God will be a witness between you and me.”

22933

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, all the Medeba plateau as far as Dibon,

22934

He sent yet another slave, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

22935

Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

22936

And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.

22937

You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am Yahweh.”

22938

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

22940

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet!
Eat and drink!
Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

22941

They all respond to you, saying:
“You too have become as weak as we are;
you have become like us!

22942

Look at the strength of his loins
and the power in the muscles of his belly.

22943

For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”

22944

Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

22945

I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.

22946

Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
they gnawed the dry land,
the desolate wasteland by night.

22947

if you reject My statutes and despise My ordinances, and do not observe all My commands—and break My covenant,

22948

when His lamp shone above my head,
and I walked through darkness by His light!

22949

I would be as I was in the days of my youth
when God’s friendship rested on my tent,

22950

Why are we regarded as cattle,
as stupid in your sight?

22951

Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord. Josiah did the same things to them that he had done at Bethel.

22952

They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

22953

For the Lord your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything improper among you or He will turn away from you.

22954

They made a circuit throughout Judah. They gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

22955

These are the men who served with their sons.

From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,
son of Joel, son of Samuel,

22956

“I will do whatever you think is best,” the king replied to them. So he stood beside the gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands.

22957

“Every Israelite is to prepare these things in this way when he presents a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

22958

For their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I am Yahweh.”

22959

Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

22960

When I arrive, I will send with letters those you recommend to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

22961

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.

22962

“You are to make upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

22963

“Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

22964

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your business partners, trading with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

22965

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself!” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

22966

Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

22967

a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying,

Praise the Lord of Hosts,
for the Lord is good;
His faithful love endures forever


as they bring thank offerings to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.

22968

“Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your detestable things.

22970

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

22971

That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Hosts,
a day of vengeance to avenge Himself
against His adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the God of Hosts,
in the northern land by the Euphrates River.

22973

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

22974

I declared the past events long ago;
they came out of My mouth; I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.

22975

You will be brought down;
you will speak from the ground,
and your words will come from low in the dust.
Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;
your speech will whisper from the dust.

22976

Then the leaders of the households, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.

22977

Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites for the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord, each division corresponding to his service among the priests and Levites.

22978

My words come from my upright heart,
and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

22979

All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, were given by the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

22980

above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

22981

“All of you are standing today before the Lord your God—your leaders, tribes, elders, officials, all the men of Israel,

22982

Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?

22983

You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

22984

If my father intends to bring evil on you, may God punish Jonathan and do so severely if I do not tell you and send you away so you may go in peace. May the Lord be with you, just as He was with my father.

22985

When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

22986

So Lot chose the entire Jordan Valley for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

22987

Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

22988

“If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,

22989

They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest:

Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

22990

His military division numbers 40,500.

22991

Judah recognized them and said, “She is more in the right than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her intimately again.

22992

“Listen to us, lord. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place. None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

22993

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

22994

These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders of their clans.

22995

This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

22996

If this man were not from God, He wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

22997

For look, the Lord is coming from His place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.

22998

“Now, son of man, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won’t be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.

22999

At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.

23000

Hope of Israel,
its Savior in time of distress,
why are You like a foreigner in the land,
like a traveler stopping only for the night?

23001

The Lord helps all who fall;
He raises up all who are oppressed.

23003

The Lord will send against you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you do until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of the wickedness of your actions in abandoning Me.