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O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
