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Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
