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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
