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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
