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It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
