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nsb@2Kings:20:9 @ Isaiah replied: »Jehovah will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. Would you prefer to have the shadow on the stairway go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?«

nsb@2Kings:20:13 @ Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them his wealth. He showed his silver and gold. He also let them look at his spices and perfumes. He even showed all his military equipment. There was nothing in his storerooms or anywhere in his kingdom that he did not show them.

nsb@2Kings:20:17 @ »Jehovah says: ‘The time will come when everything in your palace, everything your ancestors have stored up to this day, will be taken away to Babylon. Nothing will be left.

nsb@2Kings:20:20 @ Everything else about Hezekiah, all his heroic acts and how he made the pool and tunnel to bring water into the city is written in the official records of the Kings of Judah.

nsb@2Kings:20:21 @ Hezekiah slept in death with his ancestors. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Kings:21:1 @ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

nsb@2Kings:21:3 @ He built the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed. He made altars for Baal. Then he made an Asherah as Ahab, king of Israel, had done. Manasseh was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

nsb@2Kings:21:6 @ He made his own son pass through fire. He burned him as an offering to Molech. He practiced reading the future; gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers. He did much evil in the eyes of Jehovah and provoked him to anger.

nsb@2Kings:21:7 @ He made an image of the goddess Asherah and set it in the Temple of Jehovah. This is the same Temple that Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son: »In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.

nsb@2Kings:21:10 @ Jehovah said through his servants the prophets:

nsb@2Kings:21:11 @ »Manasseh king of Judah committed detestable sins. He did more evil than all the Amorites before him. He enticed Judah to do evil with his false gods.

nsb@2Kings:21:12 @ »‘Because of this,’ says Jehovah the God of Israel: ‘I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all who hear of it will burn.

nsb@2Kings:21:15 @ »‘Because they have done evil in my eyes. They moved me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.’«

nsb@2Kings:21:17 @ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.

nsb@2Kings:21:18 @ So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers. He was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son became king in his place.

nsb@2Kings:21:19 @ Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for two years. His mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

nsb@2Kings:21:20 @ He did evil in the eyes of Jehovah as Manasseh his father had done.

nsb@2Kings:21:21 @ He followed all the practices of his father. He was a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant.

nsb@2Kings:21:22 @ Amon turned away from Jehovah the God of his fathers. He did not walk in his ways.

nsb@2Kings:21:23 @ The servants of Amon conspired against him. They killed the king in his house.

nsb@2Kings:21:24 @ But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king. Then they made Josiah his son king in his place.

nsb@2Kings:21:25 @ Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

nsb@2Kings:21:26 @ He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Josiah his son became king in his place.

nsb@2Kings:22:1 @ Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

nsb@2Kings:22:2 @ He did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah. He walked in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

nsb@2Kings:22:11 @ When the king heard what the book of the Law said, he tore his clothes in distress.

nsb@2Kings:22:13 @ »Go inquire of Jehovah on my behalf and for the people. This is concerning the words in this book that has been found. Jehovah’s fierce anger is directed towards us because our ancestors did not obey the things in this book or do everything written in it.«

nsb@2Kings:22:15 @ She told them: »This is what Jehovah God of Israel says: Tell the man who sent you to me:

nsb@2Kings:22:16 @ ‘This is what Jehovah says: »I am going to bring disaster on this place and on the people living here. This is according to everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read.

nsb@2Kings:22:17 @ »‘I will do this because they abandoned me. They sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my burning anger against this place will never be extinguished.« ’«

nsb@2Kings:22:18 @ Huldah added: »Tell Judah's king who sent you to me to ask Jehovah a question. This is what Jehovah God of Israel says about the words you heard:

nsb@2Kings:22:19 @ ‘You had a change of heart and humbled yourself in front of Jehovah when you heard my words against this place and those who live here. I said that those who live here would be destroyed and cursed. You also tore your clothes in distress and cried in front of me. So I will listen to you,’« declares Jehovah.

nsb@2Kings:22:20 @ »That is why I will bring you to your ancestors. I will bring you to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see any of the disaster I will bring on this place.« ’« They reported this to the king.

nsb@2Kings:23:3 @ The king stood beside the pillar and made a promise to Jehovah that he would follow Jehovah and obey his commands, instructions, and laws with all his heart and mind. He confirmed the terms of the promise written in this book. All the people joined in the promise.

nsb@2Kings:23:7 @ He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in Jehovah’s Temple. This is where women did weaving for Asherah.

nsb@2Kings:23:11 @ He also removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the worship of the sun. He burned the chariots used in this worship.

nsb@2Kings:23:16 @ Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the hill. He sent men to take the bones out of the tombs and burn them on the altar to make it unclean. This fulfilled the word of Jehovah announced by the man of God.

nsb@2Kings:23:18 @ He said: »Let him be. Do not move his bones.« So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

nsb@2Kings:23:19 @ Josiah removed all the houses of the high places the kings of Israel built in the towns of Samaria. This provoked Jehovah to anger and he did with them as he had done in Bethel.

nsb@2Kings:23:21 @ The king gave orders to all the people. He said: »Keep the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it says in this book of the law.«

nsb@2Kings:23:23 @ In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

nsb@2Kings:23:25 @ Never before had there been a king like him. He turned to Jehovah with all his heart and his entire mind and all his power. As the Law of Moses says: and after him there was no king like him.

nsb@2Kings:23:26 @ Still the heat of Jehovah’s anger was not turned back from Judah. This is because of all Manasseh had done in moving him to anger.

nsb@2Kings:23:27 @ Jehovah said: »I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel. I will have nothing more to do with this town. It is Jerusalem my town. And the holy house of which I said: ‘My name will be there.’«

nsb@2Kings:23:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all he did are recorded in the book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

nsb@2Kings:23:29 @ In his days, Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went out against him. Josiah was killed when he saw him at Megiddo.

nsb@2Kings:23:30 @ His servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried him there. The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

nsb@2Kings:23:31 @ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

nsb@2Kings:23:32 @ He did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his fathers had done.

nsb@2Kings:23:34 @ Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of Josiah his father. He changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, where he remained till he died.

nsb@2Kings:23:36 @ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

nsb@2Kings:23:37 @ He did evil in the eyes of Jehovah as his fathers had done.

nsb@2Kings:24:2 @ Jehovah sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as Jehovah predicted through his servants the prophets.

nsb@2Kings:24:3 @ This happened to Judah because Jehovah commanded it to happen. He wanted to remove the people of Judah from his sight because of Manasseh's sins and everything he had done,

nsb@2Kings:24:5 @ The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim are written in the Book of the History of the Days of the Kings of Judah.

nsb@2Kings:24:6 @ Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

nsb@2Kings:24:7 @ The king of Egypt did not leave his own country again because the king of Babylon captured all the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River. This territory belonged to the king of Egypt.

nsb@2Kings:24:8 @ Jehoiakin was eighteen years old when he became king. He was king for three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.

nsb@2Kings:24:9 @ Following the example of his father, Jehoiachin sinned against Jehovah.

nsb@2Kings:24:10 @ It was during his reign that the Babylonian army, commanded by King Nebuchadnezzar's officers, marched against Jerusalem and besieged it.

nsb@2Kings:24:12 @ King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his sons, his officers, and the palace officials, surrendered to the Babylonians. In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign he took Jehoiachin prisoner.

nsb@2Kings:24:17 @ The king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in place of Jehoiachin. He changed his name to Zedekiah.

nsb@2Kings:24:18 @ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

nsb@2Kings:24:20 @ This happened in Jerusalem and Judah because of Jehovah’s anger. It continued until he had sent them all away from before him. Then Zedekiah took up arms and rebelled against the king of Babylon.

nsb@2Kings:25:1 @ Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with all his army. He took his position and laid siege to it. They built earthworks all round the town.

nsb@2Kings:25:5 @ But the Chaldaean army went after the king. They overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho. All his army went in flight from him in every direction.

nsb@2Kings:25:7 @ They put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, chained him with iron bands and took him to Babylon.

nsb@2Kings:25:24 @ Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men. He said: Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans. Go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

nsb@2Kings:25:25 @ In the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came with ten men and made an attack on Gedaliah, causing his death and the death of the Jews and the Chaldaeans who were with him at Mizpah.

nsb@2Kings:25:27 @ In the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin king of Judah had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison.

nsb@2Kings:25:28 @ He said kind things to him and placed his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

nsb@2Kings:25:29 @ His prison clothing was changed. He was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

nsb@2Kings:25:30 @ The king gave him a regular amount of food every day for the rest of his life.

nsb@1Chronicles:1:7 @ Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rodanim.

nsb@1Chronicles:1:13 @ Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

nsb@1Chronicles:1:19 @ Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

nsb@1Chronicles:1:31 @ Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

nsb@1Chronicles:1:46 @ When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

nsb@1Chronicles:1:50 @ When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

nsb@1Chronicles:2:13 @ Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,

nsb@1Chronicles:2:18 @ Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

nsb@1Chronicles:2:25 @ The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

nsb@1Chronicles:2:35 @ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.

nsb@1Chronicles:2:42 @ The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.

nsb@1Chronicles:3:3 @ the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.

nsb@1Chronicles:3:9 @ All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

nsb@1Chronicles:3:10 @ Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:3:11 @ Jehoram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:3:12 @ Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:3:13 @ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:3:14 @ Amon his son, Josiah his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:3:16 @ The successors of Jehoiakim: Jehoiachin his son, and Zedekiah.

nsb@1Chronicles:3:17 @ The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive: Shealtiel his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:3:22 @ The descendants of Shecaniah: Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat, six in all.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:9 @ Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez. She said: I gave birth to him in pain.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:10 @ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel: Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. And God granted his request.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:14 @ Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge Harashim. It was called this because its people were craftsmen.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:18 @ His Judean wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:25 @ Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:26 @ The descendants of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son and Shimei his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:27 @ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:41 @ The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

nsb@1Chronicles:4:43 @ They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

nsb@1Chronicles:5:1 @ The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,

nsb@1Chronicles:5:2 @ and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph

nsb@1Chronicles:5:4 @ The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:5:5 @ Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:5:6 @ and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

nsb@1Chronicles:5:14 @ These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.

nsb@1Chronicles:5:19 @ They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab.

nsb@1Chronicles:5:26 @ So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

nsb@1Chronicles:6:20 @ Of Gershon: Libni his son, Jehath his son, Zimmah his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:21 @ Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son and Jeatherai his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:6:22 @ The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:23 @ Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:24 @ Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:6:26 @ Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:27 @ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son and Samuel his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:6:29 @ The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:30 @ Shimea his son, Haggiah his son and Asaiah his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:6:39 @ and Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:44 @ and from their associates, the Merarites, at his left hand: Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:49 @ But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

nsb@1Chronicles:6:50 @ These were the descendants of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:51 @ Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:52 @ Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:6:53 @ Zadok his son and Ahimaaz his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:10 @ The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:14 @ The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:15 @ Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:16 @ Makir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:18 @ His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:20 @ The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:7:21 @ Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son. The native-born men of Gath killed Ezer and Elead, when they went down to seize their livestock.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:22 @ Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:23 @ Then he lay with his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:24 @ His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:25 @ Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:7:26 @ Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

nsb@1Chronicles:7:27 @ Nun his son and Joshua his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:7:35 @ The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

nsb@1Chronicles:8:1 @ Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third,

nsb@1Chronicles:8:8 @ Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

nsb@1Chronicles:8:9 @ By his wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

nsb@1Chronicles:8:10 @ Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

nsb@1Chronicles:8:29 @ Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

nsb@1Chronicles:8:30 @ and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

nsb@1Chronicles:8:37 @ Moza was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:8:39 @ The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second son and Eliphelet the third.

nsb@1Chronicles:9:5 @ Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

nsb@1Chronicles:9:19 @ Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family, the Korahites, were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their fathers had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of Jehovah.

nsb@1Chronicles:9:35 @ Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

nsb@1Chronicles:9:36 @ and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

nsb@1Chronicles:9:43 @ Moza was the father of Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:2 @ The Philistines pressed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:4 @ Saul said to his armor-bearer: »Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.« But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:5 @ When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:6 @ Saul, his three sons and his entire house died together.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:7 @ When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:8 @ The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:9 @ They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:10 @ They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:12 @ all their fighting men took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days.

nsb@1Chronicles:10:13 @ Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah. He asked a medium to request information from a dead person.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:10 @ These were the men in charge of David’s mighty men. They strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:11 @ This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; he had lifted up his spear against three hundred, killed by him at one time.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:19 @ He said: »Far be it from me, O my God, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have placed their lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.« Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:20 @ Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men. He killed them and won a name among these three.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:23 @ And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, seven and a half feet tall. Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand. He went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:25 @ Indeed he was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. David appointed him over his guard.

nsb@1Chronicles:11:45 @ Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

nsb@1Chronicles:12:3 @ Their leader was Ahiezer son of Shemaah from Gibeah; his brother Joash was second-in-command. These were the other warriors: Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth; Beracah and Jehu from Anathoth;

nsb@1Chronicles:12:18 @ Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who later became a leader among the Thirty, and he said: »We are yours, David! We are on your side, son of Jesse. Peace and prosperity be with you, and success to all who help you, for your God is the one who helps you.« So David let them join him, and he made them officers over his troops.

nsb@1Chronicles:12:19 @ Some men from Manasseh defected from the Israelite army and joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. But as it turned out, the Philistine leaders refused to let David and his men go with them. After much discussion, they sent them back, for they said: »It will cost us our lives if David switches loyalties to Saul and turns against us.«

nsb@1Chronicles:12:21 @ They helped David chase down bands of raiders, for they were all brave and able warriors who became commanders in his army.

nsb@1Chronicles:12:27 @ This included Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, who had three thousand seven hundred under his command.

nsb@1Chronicles:12:28 @ This also included Zadok, a young warrior, with twenty-two members of his family who were all officers.

nsb@1Chronicles:12:29 @ From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, there were three thousand warriors. Most of the men from Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul until this time.

nsb@1Chronicles:12:30 @ From the tribe of Ephraim, there were twenty thousand eight hundred warriors, each famous in his own clan.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:1 @ David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:4 @ The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:6 @ David and all the people of Israel with him went to Baalah of Judah. They went to bring the Ark of Jehovah God from there. He is enthroned between the cherubim on the Ark that is called by his name.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:9 @ When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark, because the bulls stumbled.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:10 @ Jehovah’s anger burned against Uzzah. He struck him down because he had put his hand on the Ark. So he died there before God.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:11 @ David was angry because Jehovah’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah. To this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.

nsb@1Chronicles:13:14 @ The Ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months. Jehovah blessed his household and everything he had.

nsb@1Chronicles:14:2 @ David knew that Jehovah had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:14:11 @ David and his men went to Baal Perazim. He defeated them there. He said: »As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.« So that place was called Baal Perazim.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:2 @ David insisted that only the Levites carry God’s Ark because Jehovah had chosen them to carry his Ark and to serve him from generation to generation.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:5 @ Leading Kohath’s descendants were Uriel, who came with one hundred and twenty of his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:6 @ Leading Merari’s descendants were Asaiah, who came with two hundred and twenty of his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:7 @ Leading Gershom’s descendants were Joel, who came with one hundred and thirty of his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:8 @ Leading Elizaphan’s descendants were Shemaiah, who came with two hundred of his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:9 @ Leading Hebron’s descendants were Eliel, who came with eighty of his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:10 @ Leading Uzziel’s descendants were Amminadab, who came with one hundred and twelve of his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:15:17 @ So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel, and from his relatives they appointed Asaph Berechiah’s son. From their own relatives, Merari’s descendants, they appointed Ethan son of Kushaiah.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:7 @ For the first time David entrusted Asaph and his relatives with the task of singing songs of thanks to Jehovah:

nsb@1Chronicles:16:8 @ Give thanks to Jehovah. Call on his name. Make known among the nations what he has done.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:10 @ Praise his holy name. Let the hearts of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:11 @ Search for Jehovah and his strength. Always seek his presence.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:13 @ You are descendants of Israel, his servant. You are descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:14 @ HE IS JEHOVAH OUR GOD. His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:15 @ Remember his promise for a very long time, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations!

nsb@1Chronicles:16:16 @ Remember the covenant that he made to Abraham, and his sworn promise to Isaac.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:23 @ Sing to Jehovah, all the earth! Day after day announce that Jehovah saves his people.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:24 @ Tell people about his glory! Tell all the nations about his miracles.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:26 @ This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:27 @ Splendor and majesty are in his presence. Strength and joy are where he is.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:29 @ Ascribe to Jehovah the glory his name deserves. Bring an offering, and come to him. Worship Jehovah in his holy splendor.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:30 @ Tremble in his presence, all the earth! The earth stands firm. It cannot be moved.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:34 @ Give thanks to Jehovah because he is good, because his mercy endures forever!

nsb@1Chronicles:16:37 @ David left Asaph and his relatives to serve continually in front of the Ark of Jehovah’s Covenant, as the daily work required.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:38 @ David also left Obed Edom and sixty-eight of his relatives to serve there. Obed Edom Jeduthun’s son and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:39 @ David left Zadok and his priestly relatives to serve in Jehovah’s Tent at the place of worship in Gibeon.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:40 @ They were ordered to sacrifice burnt offerings to Jehovah. This happened on the altar of burnt offerings continually, morning and evening, as written in the Law of Jehovah that he gave Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:41 @ With Zadok and his relatives were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of the Levites who had been selected. They were chosen by name, to give thanks to Jehovah by singing, because His mercy endures forever.

nsb@1Chronicles:16:43 @ Then all the people went home. David went back to bless his family.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:1 @ David settled in his palace. He said to Nathan the prophet: »Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah is under a tent.«

nsb@1Chronicles:17:4 @ »Go tell my servant David, This is what Jehovah says: ‘You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:5 @ »I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:7 @ Therefore, tell my servant David: »This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘I took you from the pasture and from following the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:10 @ »‘They have done this since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. I declare to you that Jehovah will build a house for you!

nsb@1Chronicles:17:11 @ »‘When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you. It will be one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:12 @ »‘He is the one who will build a house for me. I will establish his throne forever.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:13 @ »‘I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:14 @ »‘I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever! His throne will be established forever.’«

nsb@1Chronicles:17:15 @ Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:16 @ Then King David went in and sat in Jehovah’s presence. He said: »Who am I, O Jehovah? What is my family, that you have brought me this far?

nsb@1Chronicles:17:17 @ »If this were not enough in your sight, O God, you have spoken about the future of the house of your servant. You have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men, O Jehovah my God.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:19 @ »Jehovah. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.

nsb@1Chronicles:17:23 @ »Now, Jehovah, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established from generation to generation. Do as you promised!

nsb@1Chronicles:18:1 @ After this, David defeated and crushed the Philistines. He captured Gath and its surrounding villages from them.

nsb@1Chronicles:18:3 @ David went to establish his control over the territory along the Euphrates River. He defeated King Hadadezer at Hamath.

nsb@1Chronicles:18:6 @ David stationed troops in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus. The Arameans became his subjects and paid taxes to him. Everywhere David went Jehovah gave him victories.

nsb@1Chronicles:18:10 @ he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Tou.

nsb@1Chronicles:18:14 @ So David ruled all Israel. He did what was fair and right for all his people.

nsb@1Chronicles:18:15 @ Zeruiah’s son Joab was in charge of the army. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the royal historian.

nsb@1Chronicles:18:17 @ Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David’s sons were his main officials.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:1 @ In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:2 @ David thought: »I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.« So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. David’s men came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites to express sympathy to him.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:3 @ The Ammonite nobles said to Hanun: »Do you think David honors your father by sending men to you to express sympathy? Or have his men come to you to explore and spy out the country and overthrow it?«

nsb@1Chronicles:19:7 @ They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:8 @ David heard about this and sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:11 @ He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother, and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:13 @ »Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.«

nsb@1Chronicles:19:15 @ When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

nsb@1Chronicles:19:17 @ David was told of this, so he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan. He advanced against them and formed his battle lines opposite them. David formed his lines to meet the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him.

nsb@1Chronicles:20:8 @ These men were the descendants of Haraphah from Gath. David and his men killed them.

nsb@1Chronicles:21:3 @ Joab answered: »May Jehovah make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now! They are all your servants, Your Majesty. Why do you want to do this and make the whole nation guilty?«

nsb@1Chronicles:21:8 @ David said to God: »I have committed a terrible sin in doing this! Please forgive me. I have acted foolishly.«

nsb@1Chronicles:21:12 @ »Three years of famine? Three months of running away from the armies of your enemies? Or: three days in which Jehovah attacks you with his sword and sends an epidemic on your land. He will use his angel to bring death throughout Israel? What answer shall I give Jehovah?«

nsb@1Chronicles:21:15 @ Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. Then he changed his mind. He said to the angel: »Stop! That is enough!« The angel was standing at the threshing place of Araunah, a Jebusite.

nsb@1Chronicles:21:16 @ David saw the angel standing in midair, holding his sword in his hand, ready to destroy Jerusalem. Then David and the leaders of the people, all of whom were wearing sackcloth bowed low, with their faces touching the ground.

nsb@1Chronicles:21:20 @ There at the threshing place Araunah and his four sons were threshing wheat, and when they saw the angel, the sons ran and hid.

nsb@1Chronicles:21:21 @ Araunah saw King David approaching. He left the threshing place and bowed low with his face touching the ground.

nsb@1Chronicles:21:27 @ Jehovah told the angel to put his sword away, and the angel obeyed.

nsb@1Chronicles:21:28 @ David saw by this that Jehovah answered his prayer. So he offered sacrifices on the altar at Araunah’s threshing place.

nsb@1Chronicles:22:5 @ David said: »My son Solomon is young and inexperienced. The house to be built for Jehovah should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it. So David made extensive preparations before his death.«

nsb@1Chronicles:22:6 @ Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:22:8 @ »The word of Jehovah came to me, saying: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my name. This is because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

nsb@1Chronicles:22:9 @ »‘You will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

nsb@1Chronicles:22:10 @ »‘He is the one who will build a house for my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for a very ong time.’«

nsb@1Chronicles:22:17 @ David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.

nsb@1Chronicles:22:18 @ He said to them: »Is not Jehovah your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subject to Jehovah and to his people.

nsb@1Chronicles:23:1 @ When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants from generation to generation, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before Jehovah, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name as long as they live.

nsb@1Chronicles:23:25 @ For David had said: »Since Jehovah, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem from generation to generation,

nsb@1Chronicles:24:27 @ Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri for Merari’s descendants through his son Jaaziah,

nsb@1Chronicles:25:9 @ Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons were twelve.

nsb@1Chronicles:25:10 @ the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:11 @ the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:12 @ the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:13 @ the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:14 @ the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:15 @ the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:16 @ the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:17 @ the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:18 @ the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:19 @ the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:20 @ for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:21 @ for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:22 @ for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:23 @ for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:24 @ for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:25 @ for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:26 @ for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:27 @ for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:28 @ for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:29 @ for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:30 @ for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

nsb@1Chronicles:25:31 @ for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:6 @ His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father’s family because they were very capable men.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:7 @ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also able men.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:10 @ Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first,

nsb@1Chronicles:26:14 @ The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:15 @ The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-Edom, and the lot for the storehouse fell to his sons.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:22 @ the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the temple of Jehovah.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:25 @ His relatives through Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zicri his son and Shelomith his son.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:26 @ Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and by the other army commanders.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:28 @ And everything dedicated by Samuel the seer and by Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner and Joab son of Zeruiah, and all the other dedicated things were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:29 @ From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.

nsb@1Chronicles:26:30 @ From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, seventeen hundred able men, were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of Jehovah and for the king’s service.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:1 @ This is a list of Israelite family heads, regiment and battalion commanders, and officers who were serving the king in all the army’s units. Throughout each year they came for a month at a time and then left. Each unit consisted of twenty-four thousand men.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:2 @ Jashobeam, son of Zabdiel, was in charge of the first unit, the one during the first month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:4 @ Dodai, Ahoh’s descendant, was in charge of the unit during the second month. It was his unit. Mikloth was one of its leaders. In Dodai’s unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:5 @ The third commander of the army during the third month was Benaiah, son of the priest Jehoiada. He was the head, and in his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:6 @ This Benaiah was one of the thirty fighting men and commander of the thirty as well as his own unit. His son was Ammizabad.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:7 @ Asahel, Joab’s brother, was in charge of the fourth unit during the fourth month, and after him was his son Zebadiah. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:8 @ Shamhuth, Izrah’s descendant, was commander of the fifth unit during the fifth month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:9 @ Ira, the son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, was in charge of the sixth unit during the sixth month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:10 @ Helez, a Pelonite from the descendants of Ephraim, was in charge of the seventh unit during the seventh month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:11 @ Sibbecai, a descendant of Zerah from Hushah, was in charge of the eighth unit during the eighth month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:12 @ Abiezer, a member of the tribe of Benjamin from Anathoth, was in charge of the ninth unit during the ninth month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:13 @ Mahrai, a descendant of Zerah from Netophah, was in charge of the tenth unit during the tenth month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:14 @ Benaiah, a member of the tribe of Ephraim from Pirathon, was in charge of the eleventh unit during the eleventh month. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:15 @ During the twelfth month, the twelfth unit was commanded by Heldai from Netophah. He was Othniel’s descendant. In his unit there were twenty-four thousand.

nsb@1Chronicles:27:24 @ Joab, son of Zeruiah, started to count them but did not finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, and the report from it was never included in the official records of King David.

nsb@1Chronicles:28:1 @ David held a meeting in Jerusalem for all the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the army units that served the king, the commanders of regiments and battalions, the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, the palace officials, the soldiers, and the fighting men.

nsb@1Chronicles:28:2 @ King David stood there and said: »Listen to me relatives and subjects. I had my heart set on building the Temple where the Ark of Jehovah’s Covenant could be placed. This Temple will be a stool for our God’s feet, and I have made preparations to build it.«

nsb@1Chronicles:28:6 @ »He told me: ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and my courtyards because I have chosen him to be my son. I will be his father.

nsb@1Chronicles:28:7 @ »‘I will establish his kingdom for a very long time if he will remain determined to obey my commands and laws, as he is doing today.’«

nsb@1Chronicles:28:8 @ »I order you in the sight of Israel, Jehovah’s congregation. And as our God listens dedicate your lives to doing everything Jehovah your God has commanded. Then you will be able to possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance for your descendants.

nsb@1Chronicles:28:10 @ »So be careful, because Jehovah has chosen you to build the Temple as his holy place. Be strong, and do it.«

nsb@1Chronicles:28:11 @ Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the entrance hall and the Temple, the storerooms, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the throne of mercy.

nsb@1Chronicles:28:19 @ David said: »All this was written for me by Jehovah’s hand. He made all the details of the plan clear to me.«

nsb@1Chronicles:28:20 @ David also told his son Solomon: Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do no be afraid or terrified. Jehovah God, my God, will be with you. He will not abandon you until all the work on Jehovah’s Temple is finished.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:1 @ King David announced to the entire assembly: »God has chosen my son Solomon. He is however young and lacks experience. The work to be done is enormous, because this is not a palace for people but a Temple for Jehovah God.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:3 @ »Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God’s Temple.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:14 @ »Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything. This is because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:16 @ »O Jehovah, our God, we have brought together all this wealth to build a Temple to honor your holy name. It all came from you and all belongs to you.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:17 @ »I well know, O my God, that you test everyone’s heart and are pleased with people of integrity. In honesty and sincerity I have willingly given all this to you. I have seen how your people who are gathered here have been happy to bring offerings to you.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:23 @ So Solomon succeeded his father David on the throne Jehovah had established. He was a successful king, and the whole nation of Israel obeyed him.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:28 @ He died at a very old age, wealthy and respected, and his son Solomon succeeded him as king.

nsb@1Chronicles:29:29 @ The history of King David from beginning to end is recorded in the records of the three prophets, Samuel, Nathan, and Gad.

nsb@2Chronicles:1:1 @ Solomon, son of David, strengthened his position over the kingdom. Jehovah, his God, was with him and made him very powerful.

nsb@2Chronicles:1:10 @ »Please give me the wisdom and knowledge I need to rule over them. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?«

nsb@2Chronicles:1:12 @ »For this reason I will give you wisdom and knowledge. And in addition, I will give you more wealth, treasure, and fame than any king has ever had before or will ever have again.«

nsb@2Chronicles:1:15 @ During his reign silver and gold became as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar was as plentiful as ordinary sycamore in the foothills of Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:1:16 @ Solomon’s merchants bought his string of horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue.

nsb@2Chronicles:2:3 @ Solomon sent a message to King Hiram of Tyre: »Do business with me as you did with my father, King David, when you sold him cedar logs for building his palace.

nsb@2Chronicles:2:4 @ »I am building a Temple to honor Jehovah my God. It will be a holy place where my people and I will worship him by burning incense of fragrant spices. We will present offerings of sacred bread to him continuously, and we will offer burnt offerings every morning and evening, as well as on Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other holy days honoring Jehovah our God. He has commanded Israel to do this from generation to generation.

nsb@2Chronicles:2:5 @ »I am determined to build a great Temple. This is because our God is greater than all other gods.

nsb@2Chronicles:2:6 @ »No one can really build a Temple for God. This is because even all the vastness of heaven cannot contain him. How then can I build a Temple that would be anything more than a place to burn incense to God?

nsb@2Chronicles:2:9 @ »Prepare large quantities of timber, because this Temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.

nsb@2Chronicles:2:11 @ King Hiram sent Solomon a letter in reply. He wrote: »Jehovah made you their king because he loves his people.«

nsb@2Chronicles:2:14 @ »He was the son of a woman from the tribe of Daniel. His father is a native of Tyre. Huram knows how to work with gold, silver, copper, iron, stone, wood, purple, violet, and dark red cloth, and linen. He also knows how to make all kinds of engravings and follow any set of plans that will be given to him. He can work with your skilled workmen and the skilled workmen of His Majesty David, your father.

nsb@2Chronicles:2:17 @ Solomon counted all the men who were foreigners in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them. Solomon counted one hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred foreigners.

nsb@2Chronicles:3:1 @ Solomon began to build Jehovah’s Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. That is where Jehovah appeared to his father David. David had prepared the site on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

nsb@2Chronicles:3:2 @ He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. It was in the place David had povided.

nsb@2Chronicles:3:3 @ This is how Solomon laid the foundation to build God’s Temple. It was ninety feet long and thirty feet wide.

nsb@2Chronicles:5:1 @ The work Solomon did on Jehovah’s Temple was finished. He brought the holy things that had belonged to his father David, the silver, gold, and all the utensils. He put them in the storerooms of God’s Temple.

nsb@2Chronicles:5:13 @ the trumpeters and singers praised and thanked Jehovah in unison. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments, they sang in praise to Jehovah: »He is good; his mercy endures forever.« Then Jehovah’s Temple was filled with a cloud.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:4 @ »Thanks be to Jehovah God of Israel. With his mouth he made a promise to my father David. With his hand he carried it out.« He said:

nsb@2Chronicles:6:7 @ »My father David had his heart set on building a Temple for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:12 @ In the presence of the entire assembly of Israel, Solomon stood in front of Jehovah’s altar. He stretched out his hands to pray.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:13 @ Solomon had made a copper platform seven and one half feet long, seven and one half feet wide, and four and one half feet high. He put it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on the platform, knelt in front of the entire assembly, and stretched out his hands toward heaven.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:18 @ »Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven and the highest heaven cannot hold you, then how can this Temple that I have built?

nsb@2Chronicles:6:20 @ »Day and night may your eyes be on this Temple, the place where you said your name will be. Listen to me as I pray toward this place.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:21 @ »Hear the plea for mercy that your people Israel and I pray toward this place. Hear us in heaven, the place where you live. Hear and forgive.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:22 @ »If anyone sins against another person and is required to take an oath and comes to take the oath in front of your altar in this temple,

nsb@2Chronicles:6:24 @ »An enemy may defeat your people Israel because they have sinned against you. But when your people return, praise your name, pray, and plead with you in this Temple,

nsb@2Chronicles:6:26 @ »When the sky is shut and there is no rain because they are sinning against you and they pray toward this place, praise your name, and turn away from their sin because you made them suffer,

nsb@2Chronicles:6:29 @ hear every prayer for mercy made by one person or by all the people in Israel, all who know suffering or pain, who stretch out their hands toward this Temple.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:32 @ »People who are not Israelites will come from distant countries because of your great name, mighty hand, and powerful arm. When they come to pray facing this Temple,

nsb@2Chronicles:6:33 @ then hear them in heaven, the place where you live. Do everything they ask so that all the people of the world may know your name and respect you like your people Israel and learn that this Temple that I built bears your name.

nsb@2Chronicles:6:34 @ »When your people go to war against their enemies, you send them and they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the Temple I built for your name,

nsb@2Chronicles:6:40 @ »Finally, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:3 @ When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and Jehovah’s glory on the Temple, they knelt down with their faces on the pavement. They worshiped and praised Jehovah. They said: »He is good; his mercy endures forever.«

nsb@2Chronicles:7:6 @ The priests were standing at their posts. So were the Levites who had Jehovah’s musical instruments that King David made for praising Jehovah. They were saying: »his mercy endures forever.« This he used to offer praise. The priests were opposite the Levites blowing trumpets while all Israel was standing there.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:10 @ Solomon dismissed the people to their tents on the twenty-third day of the seventh month. They rejoiced with cheerful hearts for all the blessings Jehovah had given David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:11 @ Solomon finished Jehovah’s Temple and the royal palace and completed everything he had in mind for Jehovah’s Temple and his own palace.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:12 @ JEHOVAH APPEARED TO SOLOMON THAT NIGHT. He said to Solomon: »I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a Temple for sacrifices.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:15 @ »My eyes will be open! My ears will pay attention to the prayers offered at this place.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:16 @ »I have chosen and declared this Temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:20 @ »I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.

nsb@2Chronicles:7:21 @ »Everyone passing by this impressive Temple will be appalled. They will ask: Why did Jehovah do these things to this land and to this Temple?

nsb@2Chronicles:7:22 @ »They will answer their own question: ‘They abandoned Jehovah the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt. They adopted other gods, worshiped, and served them. That is why he brought this disaster on them.’«

nsb@2Chronicles:8:1 @ It took Solomon twenty years to build Jehovah’s house and his own house.

nsb@2Chronicles:8:6 @ He also rebuilt Baalath and all the storage cities that he owned. He built all the cities for his chariots, all the cities for his warhorses, and whatever else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or the entire territory that he governed.

nsb@2Chronicles:8:9 @ Solomon did not make any of the Israelites slaves for his projects. Instead, they were the soldiers, officers, generals, and commanders of his chariot and cavalry units.

nsb@2Chronicles:8:14 @ As Solomon’s father David had directed, he set up the divisions of priests for their service and the divisions of Levites for their appointed places. The Levites were to lead in praising Jehovah and to serve beside the priests by doing whatever needed to be done each day. Solomon also set up divisions of doorkeepers at every gate because this was what David, the man of God, had commanded.

nsb@2Chronicles:8:18 @ Huram sent his own servants and his experienced sailors with ships to Solomon. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir. There they procured thirty three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.

nsb@2Chronicles:9:4 @ the food on his table, his officers’ seating arrangement, the organization of his officials and the uniforms they wore, his cupbearers and their uniforms, and the burnt offerings that he sacrificed at Jehovah’s Temple, she was breathless.

nsb@2Chronicles:9:8 @ »I thank Jehovah your God, who is pleased with you. He has put you on his throne to be king on behalf of Jehovah your God. Because of your God’s love for the people of Israel, he has established them permanently and made you king over them so that you would maintain justice and righteousness.«

nsb@2Chronicles:9:19 @ Twelve lions stood on six steps, one on each side. Nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.

nsb@2Chronicles:9:21 @ The king had ships going to Tarshish with Huram’s sailors. Once every three years the Tarshish ships would bring gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

nsb@2Chronicles:9:24 @ Everyone who came brought him gifts such as articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. This happened year after year.

nsb@2Chronicles:9:31 @ Solomon lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:10:6 @ King Rehoboam sought advice from the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked: »What do you advise? How should I respond to these people?«

nsb@2Chronicles:10:10 @ The young men who had grown up with him answered: »This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is heavier than my father’s whole body.

nsb@2Chronicles:10:16 @ When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king: »What share do we have in David’s kingdom? We will not receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel! Now look after your own house, David!« So all Israel went home to their tents.

nsb@2Chronicles:10:18 @ King Rehoboam sent Hadoram to the Israelites. He was in charge of forced labor, but they stoned him to death. So King Rehoboam got on his chariot as fast as he could and fled to Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:10:19 @ Israel has rebelled against David’s dynasty to this day.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:2 @ God spoke his word to Shemaiah, the man of God. He said:

nsb@2Chronicles:11:9 @ Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

nsb@2Chronicles:11:14 @ The priests abandoned their land and property and went to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his descendants rejected them as Jehovah’s priests.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:15 @ As an alternative, Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:21 @ Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom’s granddaughter, more than all his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines. He fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:22 @ Rehoboam appointed Abijah, son of Maacah, as family head and prince among his brothers. By doing this, Rehoboam could make him king.

nsb@2Chronicles:11:23 @ He wisely placed his sons in every region of Judah and Benjamin, in every fortified city. He gave them allowances and obtained many wives for them.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:1 @ Rehoboam established his kingdom and made himself strong. He and all Israel abandoned Jehovah’s teachings.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:2 @ King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. This took place in the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign. It happened because all Israel was not loyal to Jehovah.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:3 @ Shishak had twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horses, and an army of countless Libyans, Sukkites, and Sudanese from Egypt.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:5 @ Shemaiah the prophet approached Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them: »Jehovah says: ‘You have forsaken me, so I also have forsaken you to Shishak.’«

nsb@2Chronicles:12:7 @ Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves. The word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah. He said: »They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them. I will grant them deliverance. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:8 @ »However, they will become his servants. They must learn the difference between serving me and serving foreign kings.«

nsb@2Chronicles:12:9 @ King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures from Jehovah’s temple and the royal palace. He took them all! He even took the gold shields Solomon had made.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:13 @ King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. He was forty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah chose from all the tribes of Israel, and the city where Jehovah put his name. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:14 @ He did evil because he did not seriously dedicate his life to Jehovah.

nsb@2Chronicles:12:16 @ Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:13:2 @ His mother was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. He ruled from Jerusalem for three years when war broke out between Abijah of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:13:5 @ »Do you not know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, made an unbreakable covenant with David, giving him and his descendants kingship over Israel from generation to generation?

nsb@2Chronicles:13:6 @ »Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against Solomon, his king.

nsb@2Chronicles:13:12 @ »God is with us as our leader. His priests will sound their trumpets to call the army to fight you. Men of Israel do not wage war against Jehovah the God of your ancestors. You will not succeed.«

nsb@2Chronicles:13:17 @ Abijah and his men defeated them decisively. Five hundred thousand of the best men of Israel were killed.

nsb@2Chronicles:13:19 @ Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some of his cities: Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages.

nsb@2Chronicles:13:22 @ The history of Abijah, including how he lived, is written by the prophet Iddo.

nsb@2Chronicles:14:1 @ Abijah slept in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa succeeded him as king. In Asa’s time the land had peace for ten years.

nsb@2Chronicles:14:2 @ Asa did what Jehovah his God considered good and right.

nsb@2Chronicles:14:4 @ He told the people of Judah to dedicate their lives to Jehovah. They were to serve the God of their ancestors and observe his teachings and commandments.

nsb@2Chronicles:14:5 @ He got rid of the illegal places of worship and destroyed the altars for incense in all the cities of Judah. The kingdom was at peace during his reign.

nsb@2Chronicles:14:11 @ Asa prayed: »Jehovah, only you can help a powerless army defeat a stronger one. We depend on you to help us. We will fight against this powerful army to honor your name! We know that you will not be defeated. You are Jehovah our God. Do not let man prevail against you.«

nsb@2Chronicles:14:12 @ Jehovah helped Asa and his army defeat the Ethiopians. The enemy soldiers ran away,

nsb@2Chronicles:14:13 @ Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. It was a total defeat! The Ethiopians could not even fight back! The soldiers from Judah took everything that had belonged to the Ethiopians.

nsb@2Chronicles:14:14 @ Asa and his army attacked all the cities around Gerar because the cities were in dread of Jehovah. The army looted all the cities because there were many things to take.

nsb@2Chronicles:15:5 @ »No one could come and go in peace at that time. This is because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil.

nsb@2Chronicles:15:16 @ King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother. She made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa immediately cut the statue down, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

nsb@2Chronicles:15:17 @ Although the illegal worship sites in Israel were not taken down, Asa remained committed to Jehovah his entire life.

nsb@2Chronicles:15:18 @ He brought into God’s Temple the silver, the gold, and the utensils he and his father had set apart as holy.

nsb@2Chronicles:16:4 @ Benhadad agreed to do what King Asa requested. He sent his generals and their armies to attack the cities of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities in the territory of Naphtali.

nsb@2Chronicles:16:10 @ Asa was so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.

nsb@2Chronicles:16:11 @ All the events of Asa’s reign from beginning to end are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:16:14 @ Asa was buried in the rock tomb that he had carved out for himself in David’s City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial. They built a huge bonfire to mourn his death.

nsb@2Chronicles:17:1 @ Jehoshaphat succeeded his father Asa as king and strengthened his position against Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:17:3 @ Jehovah blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early life and did not worship Baal.

nsb@2Chronicles:17:4 @ He served his father’s God. He obeyed God’s commandments, and did not act the way the kings of Israel did.

nsb@2Chronicles:17:6 @ His heart was devoted to the ways of Jehovah. He destroyed all the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah in Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:17:7 @ In the third year of his reign he sent out the following officials to teach in the cities of Judah: Benhail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.

nsb@2Chronicles:18:10 @ One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: This is what Jehovah says: »With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:18 @ Micaiah continued: »Now listen to what Jehovah says! I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne in heaven. All his angels were standing beside him.«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:22 @ Micaiah concluded: »This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he has decreed that you will meet with disaster!«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:23 @ Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah and slapped his face. He asked: »Since when did Jehovah’s spirit leave me and speak to you?«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:25 @ Then King Ahab ordered one of his officers: »Arrest Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Prince Joash.«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:26 @ Say: »This is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return home safely.’«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:27 @ Micaiah said: »If you really do come back safely, then Jehovah was not speaking through me. Pay attention to this, everyone!«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:33 @ One man aimed his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between his scale armor and his breastplate. Ahab told the chariot driver: »Turn around, and get me away from these troops for I am badly wounded.«

nsb@2Chronicles:18:34 @ The battle raged on and King Ahab remained propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians. At sunset he died.

nsb@2Chronicles:19:1 @ King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:19:3 @ »Regardless of this, there is some good in you. You have removed all the symbols of the goddess Asherah that people worshiped. You have tried to follow God’s will.«

nsb@2Chronicles:19:10 @ »Warn your relatives living in other cities about every case they bring to you, even if the case involves bloodshed or commandments, rules, or regulations derived from the law. Then your relatives will not become guilty in front of Jehovah. Otherwise, he will become angry with you and your relatives. Do this and you will not be guilty of anything.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:7 @ »You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs from generation to generation.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:8 @ »Our ancestors lived in this land and built a Temple to honor you.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:9 @ »They believed that whenever this land is struck by war, judgement, disease, or famine, your people can pray to you at the Temple. You will hear their prayer and save them.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:12 @ »You are our God. Will you judge them? We do not have the strength to face this large crowd that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, so we are looking to you.«

nsb@2Chronicles:20:15 @ Jahaziel said: »Pay attention to me, everyone from Judah, everyone living in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what Jehovah says to you: ‘Do not be frightened or terrified by this large crowd. The battle is not yours. It is God’s.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:17 @ »‘You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait. You will see Jehovah give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid.’ Go out to battle. Jehovah will be with you!

nsb@2Chronicles:20:18 @ »Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low. His face was touching the ground. All the people bowed with him and worshiped Jehovah.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:20 @ »Early the next morning the people went out to the wild country near Tekoa. Before they began Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: ‘People of Judah and Jerusalem! Put your trust in Jehovah your God. You will stand your ground. Believe what his prophets tell you, and you will succeed.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:21 @ »After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army. They sang: ‘Praise Jehovah! His love is eternal!’«

nsb@2Chronicles:20:25 @ Jehoshaphat and his troops came to take the loot. They found among them a lot of goods, clothes, and valuables. They found more than they could carry. They spent three days collecting the loot.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:30 @ Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was peaceful, since his God surrounded him with peace.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:31 @ Jehoshaphat ruled as king of Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to rule. He ruled for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:32 @ Jehoshaphat carefully followed the example his father Asa had set and did what Jehovah considered right.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:35 @ After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:36 @ Jehoshaphat joined him in making ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.

nsb@2Chronicles:20:37 @ Eliezer was the son of Dodavahu from Mareshah. He prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said: »Jehovah will destroy your work because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah.« The ships were wrecked and could not go to Tarshish.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:1 @ Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the royal tombs in David’s City and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:3 @ Their father gave them large amounts of gold, silver, and other valuable possessions, and placed each one in charge of one of the fortified cities of Judah. But because Jehoram was the oldest, Jehoshaphat made him his successor.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:4 @ Jehoram was in firm control of the kingdom. He had all his brothers killed, and also some Israelite officials.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:7 @ Jehovah was not willing to destroy the dynasty of David. This is because he made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would always continue to rule.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:9 @ Jehoram took all his chariot commanders to attack. The Edomites and their chariot commanders surrounded him. He got up during the night and broke through their lines.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:10 @ So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At the same time Edom rebelled, Libnah rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned Jehovah the God of his ancestors.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:11 @ Jehoram made illegal places of worship in the hills of Judah. This caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to chase after foreign gods as if they were prostitutes. So he led Judah astray.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:12 @ A letter came to him from the prophet Elijah. It read: This is what Jehovah the God of your ancestor David says: You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of King Asa of Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:14 @ Jehovah will strike a great blow to your people, your sons, your wives, and all your property because you did this.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:17 @ They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace. They led Jehoram’s wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah, his youngest son.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:18 @ After this happened; Jehovah struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease.

nsb@2Chronicles:21:19 @ Two years later Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him. The people had done this for his ancestors, but not him.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:1 @ The people of Jerusalem made Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, because the raiders who came to the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king of Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:2 @ Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to rule. He ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:3 @ Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab’s family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:4 @ He did what Jehovah considered evil the same as Ahab’s family had done. After his father died, they advised him to do what Ahab’s family had done. They did this to destroy him.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:6 @ He returned to the city of Jezreel to recover from his wounds. Ahaziah went there to visit him.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:7 @ God used this visit to Joram to bring about Ahaziah’s downfall. While Ahaziah was there, a man named Jehu confronted him and Joram. Jehu was the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah chose to destroy the dynasty of Ahab.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:8 @ Jehu carried out God’s sentence on the dynasty. He came across a group made up of Judean leaders and of Ahaziah’s nephews that had accompanied Ahaziah on his visit. Jehu killed them all.

nsb@2Chronicles:22:9 @ A search was made for Ahaziah. He was found hiding in Samaria. They took him to Jehu and put him to death. But they did bury his body out of respect for his grandfather King Jehoshaphat, who had done all he could to serve Jehovah. No member of Ahaziah’s family was left who could rule the kingdom.

nsb@2Chronicles:23:4 @ You must do this: One third of you, the priests and Levites who are on duty on the day of worship, must guard the gates.

nsb@2Chronicles:23:7 @ The Levites should surround the king. Each man should have his weapon in his hand. Kill anyone who tries to come into the Temple. Stay with the king wherever he goes.

nsb@2Chronicles:23:8 @ The Levites and all the Judeans did what the priest Jehoiada had ordered them. Each took his men who were coming on duty on the day of worship as well as those who were about to go off duty. Jehoiada did not dismiss the priestly divisions.

nsb@2Chronicles:23:11 @ Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him. They gave him the testimony and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him. They said: »Long live the king!«

nsb@2Chronicles:23:13 @ She saw the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance. The captains and the trumpeters were beside the king. All the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. The singers with their musical instruments lead the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and said: »This is treason! Treason!«

nsb@2Chronicles:23:18 @ Jehoiada put the priests and Levites in charge of the work of the Temple. They were to carry out the duties assigned to them by King David. This included burning the sacrifices offered to Jehovah in accordance with the Law of Moses. They were also in charge of the music and the celebrations.

nsb@2Chronicles:24:1 @ Joash began to rule when he was seven years old. He ruled for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba.

nsb@2Chronicles:24:11 @ When the Levites brought the box to the king’s officers and they saw a lot of money. The king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would empty the box and put it back in its place. They would do this every day. They collected a lot of money.

nsb@2Chronicles:24:16 @ He was buried in the royal tombs in Jerusalem. This was because he had done so much good for the people of Israel, for God, and for the Temple.

nsb@2Chronicles:24:20 @ God’s Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: »Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.«

nsb@2Chronicles:24:22 @ King Joash forgot that Zechariah’s father had always been a loyal friend. So when the people of Judah plotted to kill Zechariah, Joash joined them and gave orders for them to stone him to death in the courtyard of the Temple. As Zechariah was dying, he said: »I pray that Jehovah will see this and punish all of you.«

nsb@2Chronicles:24:25 @ The Arameans withdrew. They left him suffering from many wounds. His own officials plotted against him for murdering the son of the priest Jehoiada. They killed Joash in his bed and buried him in the City of David. But they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

nsb@2Chronicles:24:27 @ The record about his sons, the many divine revelations against him, and the rebuilding of God’s Temple is in the notes made in the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:1 @ Amaziah began to rule at age twenty-five. He ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan from Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:3 @ Once he had firm control over the kingdom, he executed the officials who killed his father, the former king.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:4 @ He did not execute their children. He obeyed Jehovah’s command written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings: »Parents must never be put to death for the crimes of their children, and children must never be put to death for the crimes of their parents. Each person must be put to death for his own crime.«

nsb@2Chronicles:25:7 @ A man of God approached him and said: »Your Majesty, Israel’s army must not go with you. This is because Jehovah is not with Israel. He is not with these men from Ephraim.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:11 @ Amaziah courageously led his troops. When he came to the Dead Sea region, he killed ten thousand men from Seir.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:14 @ After Amaziah came back from defeating the Edomites, he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up as his gods, bowed down to them, and burned sacrifices to them.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:16 @ The king asked him: »Did we make you an adviser to the king? Stop! Do you want me to have you killed?« The prophet stopped. He said: »I know that God has decided to destroy you because you did this. Yet you refuse to listen to my advice.«

nsb@2Chronicles:25:17 @ After receiving counsel from his advisers, King Amaziah of Judah sent messengers to King Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu of Israel, to declare war on Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:18 @ King Jehoash of Israel sent this message to King Amaziah of Judah: »A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon. It said: ‘Let your daughter marry my son, but a wild animal from Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:20 @ But Amaziah would not listen. God made this happen because he wanted to hand over the Judeans to Jehoash because they had sought help from Edom’s gods.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:27 @ Amaziah turned away from Jehovah. So conspirators in Jerusalem plotted against him. Amaziah fled to Lachish, but they sent men to Lachish after him and killed him there.

nsb@2Chronicles:25:28 @ They brought him back by horse and buried him in the city of Judah with his ancestors.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:1 @ All the people of Judah took Uzziah and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:3 @ Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to rule. He ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:4 @ He did what Jehovah considered right, as his father Amaziah had done.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:5 @ He dedicated his life to serving God in the days of Zechariah. Zechariah taught him to respect God. As long as he dedicated his life to serve God, Jehovah gave him success.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:8 @ The Ammonites paid taxes to Uzziah. His fame spread to the border of Egypt because he became very powerful.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:11 @ He had a large army ready for battle. Its records were kept by his secretaries Jeiel and Maaseiah under the supervision of Hananiah, a member of the king’s staff.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:16 @ However when he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He was unfaithful to Jehovah his God. He went into Jehovah’s Temple to burn incense on the incense altar.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:18 @ They opposed King Uzziah. They said to him: »Uzziah, you have no right to burn incense as an offering to Jehovah. That right belongs to the priests, Aaron’s descendants, who have been given the holy task of burning incense. Get out of the holy place because you have been unfaithful. Jehovah God will not honor you for this.«

nsb@2Chronicles:26:19 @ Uzziah held an incense burner in his hand. He became angry. As his anger with the priests grew, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in Jehovah’s Temple as Uzziah was at the incense altar.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:20 @ When the chief priest Azariah and all the priests turned toward him, a skin disease was on his forehead. They rushed him away. Uzziah was in a hurry to get out because Jehovah had inflicted him with the disease.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:21 @ King Uzziah had a skin disease until the day he died. Since he had a skin disease, he lived in a separate house and was barred from Jehovah’s Temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the royal palace and governed the country.

nsb@2Chronicles:26:23 @ Uzziah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in a field containing tombs that belonged to the kings. People said: »He has a skin disease.« His son Jotham succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:27:1 @ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to rule. He ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.

nsb@2Chronicles:27:2 @ He did what Jehovah considered right, as his father Uzziah had done. Unlike his father, he did not illegally enter Jehovah’s Temple. The people continued their corrupt ways.

nsb@2Chronicles:27:6 @ Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to live the way Jehovah his God wanted.

nsb@2Chronicles:27:7 @ Everything else about Jotham, all his wars and his life, is written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:27:9 @ Jotham lay down in death with his ancestors. They buried him in the City of David. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:28:1 @ Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to rule. He ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what Jehovah considered right, as his ancestor David had done.

nsb@2Chronicles:28:3 @ He burned sacrifices in the valley of Ben Hinnom. He sacrificed his son by burning him alive. This was one of the disgusting things done by the nations that Jehovah had driven out from the land Israel possessed.

nsb@2Chronicles:28:5 @ Jehovah his God handed him over to the king of Aram, who defeated him, captured many prisoners, and brought them to Damascus. He also handed him over to the king of Israel, who decisively defeated him.

nsb@2Chronicles:28:9 @ A prophet of Jehovah named Oded was there. He went to meet the army coming home to Samaria. He said: »Jehovah the God of your ancestors handed Judah over to you in his anger. You killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

nsb@2Chronicles:28:13 @ They said to the army: »Do not bring the prisoners here. You will make us responsible for this sin against Jehovah. Do you intend to add to all our sins? Jehovah is very angry at Israel because we have already sinned.«

nsb@2Chronicles:28:22 @ When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to Jehovah!

nsb@2Chronicles:28:25 @ And in each city of Judah, he made places of worship to sacrifice to other gods. He angered Jehovah the God of his ancestors.

nsb@2Chronicles:28:27 @ Ahaz slept in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the city of Jerusalem because they did not put him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:29:1 @ Hezekiah began to rule as king when he was twenty-five years old. He ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.

nsb@2Chronicles:29:2 @ He did right in the eyes of Jehovah, as his ancestor David had done.

nsb@2Chronicles:29:3 @ In the first month of his first year as king, he opened the doors of Jehovah’s temple and repaired them.

nsb@2Chronicles:29:9 @ »Our fathers were killed in battle. Our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this.

nsb@2Chronicles:29:10 @ »Now I intend to make a pledge to Jehovah the God of Israel so that he may turn his burning anger away from us.

nsb@2Chronicles:29:11 @ »Do not be negligent, my sons. Jehovah has chosen you to stand in front of him, serve him, be his servants, and burn sacrifices.«

nsb@2Chronicles:29:18 @ Then they went to King Hezekiah. They said: »We have made Jehovah’s entire temple clean. This includes the altar for burnt offerings, all its utensils, the table for the rows of bread and all its utensils,

nsb@2Chronicles:29:19 @ and all the utensils King Ahaz refused to use during his reign when he was unfaithful. We have restored them and made them holy. They are in front of Jehovah’s altar.«

nsb@2Chronicles:29:36 @ King Hezekiah and the people were happy. For God helped them to do all this so quickly.

nsb@2Chronicles:30:2 @ The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.

nsb@2Chronicles:30:6 @ Messengers carried letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. The king’s order said: »Israelites should return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Then he will return to the few of you who escaped from the power of the kings of Assyria.

nsb@2Chronicles:30:8 @ »Do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to Jehovah and enter his sanctuary that he has consecrated from generation to generation. Serve Jehovah your God that His burning anger may turn away from you.

nsb@2Chronicles:30:9 @ »If you return to Jehovah, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. Jehovah your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.«

nsb@2Chronicles:30:19 @ who have their hearts set on dedicating their lives to serve God. May Jehovah the God of their ancestors do this for those who are not clean as required for the holy place.«

nsb@2Chronicles:30:26 @ There was great joy in Jerusalem. Nothing occurred like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:1 @ When this ended, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh. They destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:8 @ King Hezekiah and his officials saw how much had been given. They praised Jehovah and praised his people Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:10 @ and Azariah the High Priest, a descendant of Zadok, said to him: Since the people started bringing their gifts to the temple, there has been enough to eat and a large surplus besides. We have all this because Jehovah has blessed his people.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:12 @ and put all the gifts and tithes in them for safekeeping. They placed a Levite named Conaniah in charge and made his brother Shimei his assistant.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:13 @ Ten Levites were assigned to work under them: Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah. This was done by authority of King Hezekiah and Azariah the High Priest.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:15 @ In the other cities where priests lived, he was faithfully assisted in this by other Levites: Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah. They distributed the food equally to their fellow Levites according to what their duties were.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:20 @ This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to Jehovah his God.

nsb@2Chronicles:31:21 @ Hezekiah incorporated Moses’ teachings and commands into worship and dedicated his life to serving God. Whatever he did for the worship in God’s Temple, he did wholeheartedly, and he succeeded.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:3 @ He and his officers and military staff made plans to stop the water from flowing out of the springs outside the city. They helped him do it.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:9 @ Sennacherib and his troops were camped at the town of Lachish. He sent a message to Hezekiah and the people in Jerusalem. It said:

nsb@2Chronicles:32:16 @ Sennacherib’s officers said more against Jehovah God and his servant Hezekiah.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:17 @ Sennacherib wrote letters cursing Jehovah the God of Israel. These letters said: The gods of the nations in other countries could not rescue their people from me. Hezekiah’s God cannot rescue his people from me.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:20 @ King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, prayed about this and called to heaven.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:21 @ Jehovah sent an angel who exterminated all the soldiers, officials, and commanders in the Assyrian king’s camp. Sennacherib was humiliated and returned to his own country. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with a sword.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:23 @ Many people still went to Jerusalem to bring gifts to Jehovah and expensive presents to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that point in history he was considered important by all the nations.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:25 @ But Hezekiah was conceited. So he did not repay Jehovah for his kindness. Jehovah became angry with him, with Judah, and with Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:26 @ Hezekiah and the people living in Jerusalem humbled themselves when they realized they had become conceited. Thus Jehovah did not vent his anger on them during Hezekiah’s time.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:31 @ When the leaders of Babylon sent ambassadors to ask him about the miraculous sign that had happened in the land, God left him. God did this to test him, to find out everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:32 @ Everything else about Hezekiah, including his devotion to God, is written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, and in the records of the kings of Judah and Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:32:33 @ Hezekiah slept in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. When Hezekiah died, all of Judah and the people in Jerusalem honored him. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:3 @ He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He set up altars dedicated to other gods such as the Baals. He erected a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:6 @ He burned his son as a sacrifice in the valley of Ben Hinnom, he consulted fortunetellers, and he cast evil spells. He also practiced witchcraft, and appointed royal mediums and psychics. He did many things that made Jehovah furious.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:7 @ Manasseh had a carved idol made. Then he set it up in God’s Temple, where God had said to David and his son Solomon: »I have chosen this temple and Jerusalem from all the tribes of Israel. I will put my name here from generation to generation.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:10 @ Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and his people. But they would not pay attention.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:11 @ So Jehovah made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:12 @ When he experienced distress, he begged Jehovah his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:13 @ He prayed to Jehovah. And Jehovah accepted his prayer and listened to his request. Jehovah brought him back to his kingdom in Jerusalem. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah is God.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:18 @ Everything else about Manasseh, including his prayer to his God and the words that the seers spoke to him in the name of Jehovah the God of Israel are in the records of the kings of Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:19 @ His prayer and how God accepted it are written in the records of Hozai. The things he did before he humbled himself are also written there. This includes all his sins and unfaithfulness and the places where he built illegal worship sites and set up idols and poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:20 @ Manasseh lay down in death with his ancestors. They buried him in his own palace. His son Amon succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:22 @ He did what Jehovah considered evil, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon sacrificed to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and he worshiped them.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:23 @ He did not humble himself in front of Jehovah as his father Manasseh had humbled himself. Instead, Amon continued to sin.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:24 @ His officials conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

nsb@2Chronicles:33:25 @ The people of the land killed everyone who conspired against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:2 @ He did what Jehovah considered right. He lived in the ways of his ancestor David and never stopped living this way.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:3 @ It was the eighth year of his reign. He was still a boy when he dedicated his life to service of the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year as king he purged Judah and Jerusalem by destroying the illegal places of worship, poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, carved idols, and metal idols.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:8 @ In his eighteenth year as king as he was making the land and the temple clean, Josiah sent Shaphan, son of Azaliah, Maaseiah, the mayor of the city, and Joah, the royal historian and son of Joahaz, to repair the Temple of Jehovah his God.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:19 @ As soon as the king heard what the Law said, he tore his clothes in distress.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:21 @ »On behalf of those who are left in Israel and Judah and me, ask Jehovah about the words in this book that was found. Jehovah’s fierce anger has been poured on us because our ancestors did not obey the word of Jehovah by doing everything written in this book.«

nsb@2Chronicles:34:22 @ Hilkiah and the king’s officials went to talk to the prophet Huldah about this matter. She was the wife of Shallum, son of Tokhath and grandson of Hasrah. Shallum was in charge of the royal wardrobe. Huldah was living in the Second Part of Jerusalem.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:23 @ She told them: »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: »Tell the man who sent you to me,

nsb@2Chronicles:34:24 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘I am going to bring disaster on this place and on the people living here. This is according to the curses written in the book that was read to the king of Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:25 @ »‘I will do this because they have abandoned me. They have sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my anger will be poured on this place and it will not be extinguished.’«

nsb@2Chronicles:34:26 @ Huldah continued: »Tell Judah’s king who sent you to me to ask Jehovah a question: ‘This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says about the words you heard:

nsb@2Chronicles:34:27 @ »‘»You had a change of heart and humbled yourself in front of God when you heard my words against this place and those who live here. You humbled yourself, tore your clothes in distress, and cried in front of me. So I will listen to you, proclaims Jehovah.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:28 @ »‘‘That is why I am going to bring you to your ancestors. I am going to bring you to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see any of the disaster I am going to bring on this place and those who live here.« ’« They reported this to the king.

nsb@2Chronicles:34:31 @ The king stood in his place and made a promise to Jehovah that he would follow Jehovah and obey his commandments, instructions, and laws with his entire heart and being. He said he would live by the terms of the covenant written in this book.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:3 @ He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to Jehovah: Put the Holy Ark in the Temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It should not be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve Jehovah your God and his people Israel.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:4 @ Get yourselves ready with the family groups of your divisions, which are listed in the records of King David of Israel and the records of his son Solomon.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:7 @ Josiah donated thirty thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand bulls from his own flocks and herds for the people to offer as sacrifices.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:9 @ Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, gave the Levites five thousand sheep and goats and five hundred bulls as Passover sacrifices.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:14 @ After this was done, the Levites provided meat for themselves and for the priests descended from Aaron. Since the priests were kept busy until night, burning the animals that were burned whole and the fat of the sacrifices.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:16 @ Everything was done that day as King Josiah commanded for the worship of Jehovah. This included the keeping of the Passover Festival, and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:18 @ The Passover had not been celebrated like this since the days of the prophet Samuel. None of the former kings had ever celebrated a Passover like this one celebrated by King Josiah, the priests, the Levites, and the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem

nsb@2Chronicles:35:19 @ This was the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:22 @ But Josiah would not stop his attack. He disguised himself as he went into battle. He refused to listen to Necho’s words, which came from God. He went to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:23 @ Some archers shot King Josiah. The king told his officers: »Take me away because I am badly wounded.«

nsb@2Chronicles:35:24 @ His officers took him out of the chariot and brought him to Jerusalem in his other chariot. He died and was buried in the tombs of his ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:25 @ Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. All the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. They made them an ordinance in Israel. They are also written in the Lamentations.

nsb@2Chronicles:35:26 @ The rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of devotion as written in the law of Jehovah,

nsb@2Chronicles:35:27 @ and his acts, first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:1 @ The people of the land crowned Josiah’s son Jehoahaz as their new king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:5 @ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king. He ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what Jehovah his God considered evil.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:7 @ Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the utensils of Jehovah’s Temple to Babylon. He put them in his palace in Babylon.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:8 @ Everything about Jehoiakim, the disgusting things he did and all the charges against him are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:12 @ He did what Jehovah his God considered evil. He did not humble himself in front of the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke Jehovah’s word.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:15 @ Jehovah the God of their ancestors repeatedly sent messages through his prophets because he wanted to spare his people and his dwelling place.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:16 @ They mocked God’s messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:18 @ He brought to Babylon each of the utensils from God’s temple, the treasures from Jehovah’s Temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:20 @ The survivors were taken to Babylonia as prisoners. They served as slaves of the king and his sons, until Persia became a powerful nation.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:21 @ This fulfilled the word of Jehovah that was spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept Sabbath until seventy years were complete.

nsb@2Chronicles:36:22 @ In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia. He sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing. He said:

nsb@2Chronicles:36:23 @ Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: »Jehovah, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up!«

nsb@Ezra:1:1 @ It was the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia. In order that the word of Jehovah given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, Jehovah moved the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia. He made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying:

nsb@Ezra:1:4 @ »‘If any of his people in exile need help to return, their neighbors should give them help. They are to provide them with silver and gold, supplies and pack animals, as well as offerings to present in the Temple of God in Jerusalem.’«

nsb@Ezra:1:7 @ King Cyrus gave back the bowls and cups that King Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem and put in the temple of his god.

nsb@Ezra:1:9 @ Now this was their inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes and 29 duplicates.

nsb@Ezra:2:1 @ These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom. Included were those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town.

nsb@Ezra:2:50 @ The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,

nsb@Ezra:3:2 @ Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and built the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings. This was according to the Law of Moses, the man of God.

nsb@Ezra:3:9 @ Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.

nsb@Ezra:3:11 @ They praised Jehovah and thanked him, saying: »He is good; his loving kindness to Israel is for all generations.« All the people gave a joyful cry. They praised Jehovah because the foundation of Jehovah’s house was in place.

nsb@Ezra:3:12 @ Some of the priests, Levites, heads of families and old men who had seen the first house were present. When the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes they were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

nsb@Ezra:4:7 @ In the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his friends, sent a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, writing it in the Aramaic language.

nsb@Ezra:4:11 @ »This is a copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king: ‘Your servants living across the river send these words:

nsb@Ezra:4:15 @ »That way a search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled. It has been a cause of trouble to kings and countries. There were outbursts against authority in the past. That is the reason the town was laid waste.

nsb@Ezra:4:16 @ »We give you word, that if this town and its walls is completely rebuilt, your power in the country across the river will end.«

nsb@Ezra:4:19 @ »I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

nsb@Ezra:4:22 @ »Be sure to do this with all care. Do not let trouble increase to damage the king.«

nsb@Ezra:5:3 @ At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, »Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?«

nsb@Ezra:5:4 @ Then they said these words to them: »What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?«

nsb@Ezra:5:6 @ This is a copy of the letter Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, from across the river, sent to Darius the king.

nsb@Ezra:5:8 @ »This is to give the king word that we went to the land of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is made of large stones and has its walls supported with wood. The work is going on with diligence and they are making rapid progress.

nsb@Ezra:5:9 @ »Then we asked the men responsible: ‘Who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?’

nsb@Ezra:5:12 @ »‘But when our fathers moved the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean. He sent destruction on this house and took the people away to Babylon.

nsb@Ezra:5:13 @ »‘In the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God.

nsb@Ezra:5:14 @ »‘The gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem, were put into the house of his god in Babylon. Cyrus the king took these from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave them to Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler.’

nsb@Ezra:5:16 @ »Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its foundations. From that time until now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.«

nsb@Ezra:5:17 @ »If it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's storehouse at Babylon. See if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem. Let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.«

nsb@Ezra:6:1 @ Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records. This is where the things of value were stored in Babylon.

nsb@Ezra:6:2 @ In the great house of the king in the land of Media, at Achmetha they came across a roll. This statement was put on record:

nsb@Ezra:6:7 @ »Let the work of this house of God continue. Let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men construct this house of God in its place.

nsb@Ezra:6:8 @ »Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: That from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped.

nsb@Ezra:6:10 @ »That they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.

nsb@Ezra:6:11 @ »I further give orders that if anyone makes any change in this word; one of the supports is to be pulled out of his house. He is to be lifted up and fixed to it and his house is to be destroyed.

nsb@Ezra:6:12 @ »May the God who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings and peoples whose hands are outstretched to make any change in this or to do damage to this house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given this order. Let it be done with all care.«

nsb@Ezra:6:15 @ The construction of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

nsb@Ezra:6:16 @ The children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

nsb@Ezra:6:17 @ They gave a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep and four hundred lambs as offerings at the opening of this house of God. They gave twelve he goats as a sin offering for all of Israel. Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel.

nsb@Ezra:6:18 @ They put the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their order, for the worship of God at Jerusalem. This is recorded in the book of Moses.

nsb@Ezra:7:6 @ Ezra came from Babylon. He was a scribe and an expert in the Law of Moses which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given. The king was moved by Jehovah his God to give him whatever he requested.

nsb@Ezra:7:9 @ He started his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month. He arrived at Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.

nsb@Ezra:7:11 @ This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe-copyist, who put into writing the words of the orders of Jehovah and of his rules for Israel:

nsb@Ezra:7:14 @ »The king and his seven wise men send you to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem. The Law of your God orders you.

nsb@Ezra:7:15 @ »You are to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, who’s Temple is in Jerusalem,

nsb@Ezra:7:17 @ »Use this money to buy bulls, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.

nsb@Ezra:7:23 @ »Whatever the God of heaven orders let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven. Let there not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

nsb@Ezra:7:24 @ »In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.

nsb@Ezra:7:26 @ »If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him. This is by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.«

nsb@Ezra:7:28 @ He has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. I was made strong by the hand of Jehovah my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

nsb@Ezra:8:17 @ I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.

nsb@Ezra:8:18 @ With the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

nsb@Ezra:8:19 @ And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

nsb@Ezra:8:22 @ I would not make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might attack us on the way. We said to the king: »The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who have turned away from him.«

nsb@Ezra:8:23 @ So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

nsb@Ezra:8:25 @ I gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God that the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

nsb@Ezra:8:35 @ Those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offering to Jehovah.

nsb@Ezra:9:2 @ »They have taken their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons. They have mingled the holy race with peoples around them. In fact the leaders and officials were first to do this evil.«

nsb@Ezra:9:3 @ Hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

nsb@Ezra:9:7 @ »From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners. Because of our sins, the kings of the lands captured us. We were given to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.

nsb@Ezra:9:8 @ »Now for a little time grace has come to us from Jehovah our God, to let a small band of us go free and to give us a nail in his holy place. Our God gives light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.

nsb@Ezra:9:10 @ »And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? For we have not obeyed your laws,

nsb@Ezra:9:13 @ »After all this and because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment that you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

nsb@Ezra:9:15 @ »O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteousness is yours. We are only a small band that has been kept from death this day. See, we are before you in our sin. For no one may keep his place before you because of this.«

nsb@Ezra:10:1 @ While Ezra was saying his prayer and his confession of wrongdoing he wept and fell down before the house of God. A very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together around him, for the people were weeping bitterly.

nsb@Ezra:10:2 @ Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land. But still there is hope for Israel in this question.

nsb@Ezra:10:4 @ »Up, now! For this is your business, and we are with you. Take heart and do it.«

nsb@Ezra:10:5 @ Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

nsb@Ezra:10:8 @ And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse. He himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.

nsb@Ezra:10:9 @ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God. They shook with fear because of this business of this business and because of the great rain.

nsb@Ezra:10:10 @ Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them: »You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, thus increasing the sin of Israel.

nsb@Ezra:10:11 @ « Give praise to Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.«

nsb@Ezra:10:13 @ »The number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside. This is not a thing that may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

nsb@Ezra:10:14 @ »So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people. Let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.«

nsb@Ezra:10:15 @ Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were against this, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.

nsb@Ezra:10:18 @ Among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.

nsb@Nehemiah:1:1 @ The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the castle,

nsb@Nehemiah:1:2 @ Hanani, one of my brothers, came with men from Judah. This was in answer to my request for news about the Jews who had been prisoners and escaped from captivity and about Jerusalem.

nsb@Nehemiah:1:5 @ I said: »O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be respected, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

nsb@Nehemiah:1:6 @ »Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open. Please give ear to the prayer of your servant. At this time, day and night I pray for the children of Israel, your servants. I put before you the sins of the children of Israel that we have done against you: truly, my father’s people and I are sinners.

nsb@Nehemiah:1:11 @ »O Jehovah, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant. Of the prayers of all your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Jehovah, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man.« Now I was the king's wine-servant.

nsb@Nehemiah:2:2 @ The king said to me: »Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.« Then I was full of fear.

nsb@Nehemiah:2:8 @ »I need a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine.« The king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.

nsb@Nehemiah:2:20 @ I answered them: »The God of heaven will be our help; so we, his servants, will go on with our building. But you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.«

nsb@Nehemiah:3:1 @ The high priest Eliashib worked with his brother priest to rebuild the Sheep Gateway. They made it holy and put its doors in position. They sanctified everything as far as the tower of Hammeah including to the tower of Hananel.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:10 @ By his side was Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, opposite his house. And by him was Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:12 @ Near them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:16 @ By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family and as far as the pool that had been made and the house of the men of war.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:17 @ Then came the Levites and Rehum the son of Bani. By his side was working Hashabiah, ruler of half the division of Keilah, for his division.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:19 @ And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:21 @ After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:28 @ Further on, past the Horse Gate, the priests were at work, every one opposite his house.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:29 @ After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him was Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.

nsb@Nehemiah:3:30 @ After him Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, were making good another part. After him Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, made good the wall opposite his room.

nsb@Nehemiah:4:1 @ Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

nsb@Nehemiah:4:2 @ And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said: »What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they make themselves strong? Will they make offerings? Will they get the work done in a day? Will they make the stones that have been burned come again out of the dust?«

nsb@Nehemiah:4:15 @ When our enemies heard that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work.

nsb@Nehemiah:4:17 @ Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part. Everyone worked with one hand and with his spear in the other.

nsb@Nehemiah:4:18 @ Every builder was working with his sword at his side. By my side was a man for sounding the warning horn.

nsb@Nehemiah:4:22 @ At the same time I said to the people: »Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night. At night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.«

nsb@Nehemiah:5:5 @ »But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children. Now we give our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants. Some of our daughters are servants even now. We have no power to stop this. For other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.«

nsb@Nehemiah:5:7 @ After giving it much thought, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them: »Everyone of you is collecting interest from his brothers.« I organized a big meeting of protest.

nsb@Nehemiah:5:10 @ »Even I and my servants have been collecting interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give this up.

nsb@Nehemiah:5:11 @ »Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil that you have taken from them.«

nsb@Nehemiah:5:12 @ They said: »We will give them back, and take nothing for them. We will do as you say.« Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

nsb@Nehemiah:5:13 @ Shaking out the folds of my robe, I said: »So, may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement. Even so let him be sent out and made as nothing.« All the people said: »Amen!« They praised Jehovah. The people did as they said.

nsb@Nehemiah:5:16 @ I kept on with the work of this wall. We got no land for ourselves. All my servants helped with the work.

nsb@Nehemiah:5:19 @ Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

nsb@Nehemiah:6:4 @ They sent this to me four times. I sent them the same answer.

nsb@Nehemiah:6:5 @ Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

nsb@Nehemiah:6:6 @ There was written in it: »It has been heard among the nations what Geshem is saying. / He is saying that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority. That this is why you are building the wall. They say that it is your purpose to be their king.

nsb@Nehemiah:6:10 @ And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined in his house. He said: »Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be closed for they will come to kill you. Truly, in the night they will come to kill you.«

nsb@Nehemiah:6:13 @ For this reason they paid him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong. Then they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

nsb@Nehemiah:6:16 @ When our enemies had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed. They saw that our God had done this work.

nsb@Nehemiah:6:18 @ For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him. For he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

nsb@Nehemiah:7:3 @ I said to them: »Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high and when the watchmen are in their places. Shut the doors and lock them. Let the people of Jerusalem be responsible for the watch, every one in his watch near his house.«

nsb@Nehemiah:7:6 @ These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town:

nsb@Nehemiah:8:4 @ Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood that they had made for the purpose. By his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.

nsb@Nehemiah:8:9 @ Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people: »This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Let there be no sorrow or weeping.« For all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.

nsb@Nehemiah:8:10 @ He said to them: »Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.«

nsb@Nehemiah:8:16 @ The people went out and got them and made themselves tents. Every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the House of God, and in the wide place of the Water Gate, and the wide place of the Gate of Ephraim.

nsb@Nehemiah:9:1 @ Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting sackcloth and dust on their bodies.

nsb@Nehemiah:9:8 @ »You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours.

nsb@Nehemiah:9:10 @ »You did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land. You saw how cruel they were to them. So you made a name for yourself as it is today.

nsb@Nehemiah:9:18 @ »Even when they made for themselves a bull out of metal, and said: ‘This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry.’

nsb@Nehemiah:9:32 @ »Now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be respected, who keeps faith and mercy, do not let his trouble seem small to you. It has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.

nsb@Nehemiah:9:38 @ »And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing. Our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.«

nsb@Nehemiah:10:29 @ They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Jehovah, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules.

nsb@Nehemiah:10:39 @ The children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are. This is together with the priests and the gatekeepers and the makers of music. We will not give up caring for the House of our God.

nsb@Nehemiah:11:3 @ These are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

nsb@Nehemiah:11:13 @ His brothers, heads of families, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

nsb@Nehemiah:11:17 @ And Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who had to give the first note of the song of praise in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

nsb@Nehemiah:11:20 @ And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, in all the towns of Judah, every one in his heritage.

nsb@Nehemiah:11:30 @ And Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its villages. So they were living from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.

nsb@Nehemiah:12:8 @ The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-makers, he and his brothers.

nsb@Nehemiah:12:23 @ The sons of Levi, heads of families, were recorded in the book of the histories, even till the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.

nsb@Nehemiah:12:36 @ His brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;

nsb@Nehemiah:12:44 @ Men were stationed over the houses where the contributions and the first fruits and the tenths were stored. They were to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town. The law fixed this for the priests and the Levites: Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

nsb@Nehemiah:12:45 @ They kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean. So did the music-makers and the gatekeepers, as David and Solomon his son ordered it.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:2 @ This is because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them. Our God turned the curse into a blessing.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:4 @ Before this, Eliashib the priest had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God. He was a friend of Tobiah.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:5 @ Had made a great room ready for him. This is where they once kept the meal offerings, the perfume, the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil. They were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:6 @ I was not at Jerusalem all this time in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon. I went to the king; and after some days, I got the king to let me go.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:10 @ I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support. So the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:14 @ Nehemiah’s prayer: »Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.«

nsb@Nehemiah:13:17 @ Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them: »What is this evil you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?

nsb@Nehemiah:13:18 @ »Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? You are causing more anger to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.«

nsb@Nehemiah:13:22 @ I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the gates and make the Sabbath holy. »Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.«

nsb@Nehemiah:13:26 @ »Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? Among a number of nations there was no king like him. He was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But even he was made to do evil by strange women.

nsb@Nehemiah:13:27 @ »Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?«

nsb@Nehemiah:13:30 @ I made them clean from all strange people. Regular watches were fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work.

nsb@Esther:1:2 @ When King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

nsb@Esther:1:3 @ In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants. The captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him.

nsb@Esther:1:4 @ For a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honor that was his.

nsb@Esther:1:8 @ The drinking was in keeping with the law. No one was forced: for the king gave orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

nsb@Esther:1:12 @ But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come. The king was very angry. His heart was burning with wrath.

nsb@Esther:1:14 @ The closest to the king were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media. They were friends of the king, and had the first places in the kingdom.

nsb@Esther:1:16 @ Before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: »Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but also to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus.

nsb@Esther:1:20 @ »When the king’s order is made public through all his great kingdom all the wives will give honor to their husbands, great as well as small.«

nsb@Esther:1:21 @ This suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains. The king did as Memucan said.

nsb@Esther:1:22 @ He sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom where their language is used. The letter said that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given out in the language of his people.

nsb@Esther:2:1 @ When the king's rage subsided, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her came back to his mind.

nsb@Esther:2:3 @ »Let the king give authority to some men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town. Send them to the women's house. This is under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women. Let the things needed for making them clean be given to them.

nsb@Esther:2:4 @ »And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti.« The king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.

nsb@Esther:2:7 @ And he had been a father to Hadassah who is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother. When her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter. She was very beautiful.

nsb@Esther:2:11 @ Every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.

nsb@Esther:2:12 @ Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus. After undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean.

nsb@Esther:2:13 @ In this way the girl was presented to the king. Whatever she desired was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.

nsb@Esther:2:15 @ When the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And all who saw her looked on Esther kindly.

nsb@Esther:2:16 @ Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

nsb@Esther:2:17 @ Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women. To his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins. So he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

nsb@Esther:2:18 @ The king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants and Esther. He gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a release to the provinces, and gave wealth from his store.

nsb@Esther:2:19 @ When the virgins came together in the second house of the women, Mordecai took his seat in the gate of the king's house.

nsb@Esther:3:4 @ Now when they repeatedly said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they told Haman about it. To see if Mordecai's behavior would be overlooked: for he said to them that he was a Jew.

nsb@Esther:3:6 @ But it was not enough for him to attack Mordecai only. They made clear to him who Mordecai's people were. So Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

nsb@Esther:3:8 @ Haman said to King Ahasuerus, »There is a nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of any other nation. They do not keep the king's laws. For this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

nsb@Esther:3:10 @ The king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

nsb@Esther:3:12 @ Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were summoned. They put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people. It was to be for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs. It was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

nsb@Esther:4:1 @ When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes, and walked through the city, wailing loudly and bitterly,

nsb@Esther:4:4 @ Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. The queen’s grief was great indeed. She sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not wear them.

nsb@Esther:4:5 @ Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs whom he had given her to wait on her. She gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.

nsb@Esther:4:8 @ He gave him the copy of the order that was given in Shushan for their destruction. He ordered him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her. To say to her that she was to go in to the king to request his mercy and make prayer for her people.

nsb@Esther:4:11 @ »It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death. Only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives. I have not been sent for to come before the king in the past thirty days.«

nsb@Esther:4:12 @ They conveyed this message to Mordecai.

nsb@Esther:4:13 @ Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: »Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.

nsb@Esther:4:14 @ »If at this time you say nothing. Then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place. But you and your father's family will come to destruction. Who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?«

nsb@Esther:4:15 @ Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:

nsb@Esther:5:1 @ Esther put on her queen's robes on the third day and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house. The king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.

nsb@Esther:5:2 @ When the king saw Esther the queen waiting in the inner room, looking kindly on her he put out the rod of gold in his hand to her. So Esther came near and put her fingers on top of the rod.

nsb@Esther:5:7 @ Esther answered: »My prayer and my request is this:

nsb@Esther:5:9 @ Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart. When he saw Mordecai in the king's gate and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.

nsb@Esther:5:10 @ But controlling himself, he went to his house; and he sent for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.

nsb@Esther:5:11 @ He gave them an account of the glories of his wealth. The number of children he had. He recalled the ways in which he had been honored by the king. How the king put him over the captains and servants of the king.

nsb@Esther:5:13 @ »But all this is nothing to me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's gate.«

nsb@Esther:5:14 @ Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him: »Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him. In the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai. Then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart.« Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.

nsb@Esther:6:3 @ The king said: »What honor and reward have been given to Mordecai for this?« The servants waiting on the king said: »Nothing has been done for him.«

nsb@Esther:6:8 @ »Let them take the robes that the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown that is on his head:

nsb@Esther:6:12 @ Mordecai came back to the king's gate. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

nsb@Esther:6:13 @ And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what took place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, »If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.«

nsb@Esther:7:5 @ Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen: »Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?«

nsb@Esther:7:6 @ Esther said: »Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman.« Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

nsb@Esther:7:7 @ The king in his anger got up from the feast and went into the garden. Haman got to his feet to plead to Esther the queen for his life. He saw that the king had already decided against him.

nsb@Esther:8:2 @ The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.

nsb@Esther:8:3 @ Then Esther again came before the king. She fell down at his feet and wept as she requested: that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs that he had made against the Jews.

nsb@Esther:8:5 @ She said: »If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom.

nsb@Esther:8:7 @ Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew: »See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

nsb@Esther:8:10 @ The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

nsb@Esther:8:17 @ And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy. They had a feast and a good day. A large number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

nsb@Esther:9:14 @ The king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan. The hanging of Haman's ten sons was carried out.

nsb@Esther:9:17 @ This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

nsb@Esther:9:25 @ But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design that he had made against the Jews was to be turned against him. That he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

nsb@Esther:9:26 @ So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

nsb@Esther:9:31 @ Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen. This was in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their descendents, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.

nsb@Esther:10:2 @ And all his acts of power and his great strength and the full story of the high place that the king gave Mordecai are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia?

nsb@Esther:10:3 @ For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen. He worked for the good of his people. He said words of peace to all his descendents.

nsb@Job:1:5 @ The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

nsb@Job:1:10 @ »You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does. You have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country.

nsb@Job:1:20 @ Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face down on the ground.

nsb@Job:2:3 @ Jehovah asked Satan: »Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity! He is decent and he respects God. He stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You are trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.«

nsb@Job:2:4 @ Satan answered Jehovah: »Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life.

nsb@Job:2:5 @ »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!«

nsb@Job:2:6 @ Jehovah told Satan: »He is in your power, but you must spare his life!«

nsb@Job:2:7 @ Satan left Jehovah’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

nsb@Job:2:8 @ Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes.

nsb@Job:2:9 @ His wife asked him: »Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!«

nsb@Job:2:10 @ He said to her: »You are talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Should we not also accept the bad?« Through all this Job did not speak sinful words.

nsb@Job:2:11 @ Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.

nsb@Job:2:12 @ They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.

nsb@Job:3:1 @ JOB OPENED HIS MOUTH and cursed the day of his birth.

nsb@Job:3:19 @ »The small and the great are there. The slave is freed from his master.

nsb@Job:4:7 @ »Now think about this: Which innocent person ever died an untimely death? Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.

nsb@Job:4:9 @ »God destroys them with his breath and kills them with a blast of his anger.

nsb@Job:4:12 @ Eliphaz of Teman continued: »I was told something secretly and heard something whispered in my ear.

nsb@Job:4:17 @ »Can any mortal be righteous to God? Can any human being be pure to his maker?

nsb@Job:4:18 @ »You see God does not trust his own servants. He accuses his angels of making mistakes.

nsb@Job:5:3 @ »I have seen a stubborn fool take root and I quickly cursed his house.

nsb@Job:5:4 @ »His children are far from help. They are crushed at the court of justice at the city gate. No one is there to rescue them.

nsb@Job:5:5 @ »Hungry people eat what a stubborn fool gathers. They take it even from among the thorns. Thirsty people pant after his wealth.

nsb@Job:5:18 @ »God inflicts wounds and he bandages. He strikes but his hands make you well.

nsb@Job:5:27 @ »We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself.«

nsb@Job:6:7 @ »I refuse to touch it! This repugnant food makes me ill.

nsb@Job:6:9 @ »Oh that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!

nsb@Job:6:10 @ »Then I would still have this consolation, my joy in unrelenting pain, that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

nsb@Job:6:14 @ »A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty.

nsb@Job:7:1 @ »Is this not the struggle of all humanity? A person’s life is long and hard like that of a hired hand.

nsb@Job:7:15 @ »I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.

nsb@Job:8:15 @ »He leans on his web, but it gives way! He clings to it, but it does not hold.

nsb@Job:9:5 @ »He removes the mountains, and they do not know when he overturns them in his anger!

nsb@Job:9:13 @ »God will not withdraw his anger. The allies of the proud lie thrown down beneath him.

nsb@Job:9:33 @ »Nor is there any mediator between us who may lay his hand on us both.

nsb@Job:9:34 @ »Let God remove his rod from me. Do not let dread of him terrify me.

nsb@Job:9:35 @ »I would speak and not respect God. But I cannot do this!

nsb@Job:10:13 @ »‘Yet this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:

nsb@Job:11:2 @ »Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?

nsb@Job:11:5 @ »How I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

nsb@Job:11:6 @ and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

nsb@Job:12:9 @ »Which of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?

nsb@Job:12:10 @ »In his hand are the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

nsb@Job:12:13 @ »To God belong wisdom and power. Counsel and understanding are his.

nsb@Job:12:16 @ »To him belong strength and victory. Both deceived and deceivers are his.

nsb@Job:13:1 @ »My eyes have seen all this and my ears have heard and understood it.

nsb@Job:13:11 @ »Would not his excellence terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?

nsb@Job:13:16 @ »Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless man would dare come before him!

nsb@Job:14:5 @ »Man’s days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

nsb@Job:14:6 @ »So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man.

nsb@Job:14:10 @ »On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!

nsb@Job:14:20 @ »You overpower him once and for all, and he is gone! You change his countenance and send him away.

nsb@Job:14:21 @ »His sons are honored and he does not know it. They are brought low and he does not see it.

nsb@Job:14:22 @ »He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.«

nsb@Job:15:15 @ »If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

nsb@Job:15:20 @ »All his days the wicked man suffers torment and the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.

nsb@Job:15:21 @ »Terrifying sounds fill his ears. When all seems well, marauders attack him.

nsb@Job:15:25 @ »He shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

nsb@Job:15:27 @ »His face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh.

nsb@Job:15:29 @ »He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

nsb@Job:15:30 @ »He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

nsb@Job:15:32 @ »Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.

nsb@Job:16:9 @ »His anger has torn me and hunted me down. He has gnashed at me with his teeth. My adversary glares at me.

nsb@Job:16:12 @ »I was at ease, but he shattered me. He has grabbed me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces. He has also set me up as his target.

nsb@Job:16:13 @ »His arrows surround me. Without mercy he splits my kidneys open. He pours out my gall on the ground.

nsb@Job:16:21 @ »O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!

nsb@Job:17:5 @ »Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children's eyesight fail.

nsb@Job:17:8 @ »This shocks decent people. The innocent are against the godless people.

nsb@Job:17:9 @ »Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

nsb@Job:18:5 @ »The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire shall not shine.

nsb@Job:18:6 @ »The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.

nsb@Job:18:7 @ »The vigor of his step is weakened. His own schemes will bring his downfall.

nsb@Job:18:8 @ »His feet cast him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.

nsb@Job:18:10 @ »A noose is hidden for him on the ground and a trap lies in his path.

nsb@Job:18:11 @ »Terrors startle him on every side and chase him at his heels.

nsb@Job:18:13 @ »It eats away parts of his skin. Death’s firstborn devours his limbs.

nsb@Job:18:14 @ »He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

nsb@Job:18:15 @ »Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

nsb@Job:18:16 @ »His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

nsb@Job:18:19 @ »He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

nsb@Job:18:21 @ »This is the dwelling of an evil man! This is the place of one who does not know God!«

nsb@Job:19:6 @ then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.

nsb@Job:19:11 @ »He is very angry with me. He considers me his enemy.

nsb@Job:19:12 @ »His troops assemble against me. They build a ramp to attack me. They camp around my tent.

nsb@Job:19:25 @ »I know that my redeemer lives, and in later days he will take his stand on the earth.

nsb@Job:19:26 @ »Even after my skin is gone and this body destroyed, I will see God in my own flesh.

nsb@Job:20:6 @ »Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

nsb@Job:20:7 @ he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say: Where is he?

nsb@Job:20:9 @ »The eye that saw him will not see him again. His place will look on him no more.

nsb@Job:20:10 @ »His children must make amends to the poor. He must give back his wealth.

nsb@Job:20:11 @ »The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

nsb@Job:20:12 @ »Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

nsb@Job:20:13 @ though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

nsb@Job:20:14 @ yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.

nsb@Job:20:15 @ »He will spit out the riches he swallowed. God will make his stomach vomit them up.

nsb@Job:20:18 @ »What he toiled for he must give back uneaten. He will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

nsb@Job:20:20 @ »He will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

nsb@Job:20:21 @ »There is nothing left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.

nsb@Job:20:22 @ »Distress will overtake him in the midst of his plenty. The full force of misery will come upon him.

nsb@Job:20:23 @ »With his belly full, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows upon him.

nsb@Job:20:25 @ »He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him.

nsb@Job:20:26 @ »Total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

nsb@Job:20:27 @ »The heavens will expose his guilt. The earth will rise up against him!

nsb@Job:20:28 @ »A flood will carry off his house. Rushing waters will wash away his possessions on the day of God’s wrath.

nsb@Job:20:29 @ »This is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.«

nsb@Job:21:2 @ »Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.

nsb@Job:21:17 @ »How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does calamity come upon them? How often does God distribute pains and sorrow in his anger?

nsb@Job:21:24 @ »His loins are full of milk and the marrow of his bones is moist.

nsb@Job:22:21 @ »Agree with God, and be at peace. In this way good will come to you.

nsb@Job:22:22 @ »Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

nsb@Job:23:3 @ »Oh that I knew where I might find him that I might come to his seat!

nsb@Job:23:6 @ »Would He contend with me using his great power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.

nsb@Job:23:11 @ »My foot has held fast to his path. I have kept his way and not turned aside.

nsb@Job:23:12 @ »I have not departed from the command of his lips. I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

nsb@Job:23:15 @ »Therefore, I would be dismayed at his presence. I stand in awe of him.

nsb@Job:24:1 @ »Why does the Almighty not keep time? Why do those who know him never see his days?

nsb@Job:24:15 @ »The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight. He says: ‘No eye will see me.’ Then he disguises his face.

nsb@Job:24:22 @ »Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power and they rise up when they despair of life.

nsb@Job:24:23 @ »He gives them security and they are supported. His eyes are upon their ways.

nsb@Job:25:3 @ »Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?

nsb@Job:25:5 @ »If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,

nsb@Job:26:8 @ »He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not burst by them.

nsb@Job:26:9 @ »He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads his cloud over it.

nsb@Job:26:11 @ »The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.

nsb@Job:26:12 @ »He stills the sea with his power. He struck down Rahab with his understanding.

nsb@Job:26:13 @ »By his wind the heavens were made fair. His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

nsb@Job:26:14 @ »These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear from him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?

nsb@Job:27:8 @ »What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

nsb@Job:27:9 @ »Does God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

nsb@Job:27:12 @ »You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

nsb@Job:27:13 @ »Here is the fate God accords the wicked. This is the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:

nsb@Job:27:14 @ »No mater how many his children, their fate is the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.

nsb@Job:27:17 @ what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

nsb@Job:27:21 @ »The east wind carries him off. He is gone and it sweeps him out of his place.

nsb@Job:27:23 @ »Men will clap their hands in derision and hiss him out of his place.

nsb@Job:28:4 @ »They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. In this shaft men dangle and swing back and forth.

nsb@Job:28:13 @ »No man knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.

nsb@Job:29:3 @ when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness.

nsb@Job:29:12 @ »This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.

nsb@Job:29:25 @ »I chose their way, and sat as chief. I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.

nsb@Job:30:24 @ »Does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster cry out for help?

nsb@Job:31:2 @ »What is man’s lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?

nsb@Job:31:23 @ »I was in terror of destruction from God and I could not face his majesty.

nsb@Job:31:28 @ this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied God above.

nsb@Job:31:31 @ »If those of my tent ever said: ‘Who is not satisfied with his food?«

nsb@Job:32:1 @ So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

nsb@Job:32:12 @ »I gave you my attention, but there was in fact no one that disproved Job, no one among you that answered his words.

nsb@Job:32:14 @ »He has not directed his words against me. I will not answer him with your speeches.

nsb@Job:33:10 @ »Yet God has found fault with me. He considers me his enemy!

nsb@Job:33:12 @ »But I tell you, Job, in this you are not right, for God is greater than man.

nsb@Job:33:18 @ »It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.

nsb@Job:33:19 @ »On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones.

nsb@Job:33:20 @ »His very being finds food repulsive and he loathes the choicest meal.

nsb@Job:33:21 @ »His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.

nsb@Job:33:23 @ »Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

nsb@Job:33:25 @ »His flesh is renewed like a child’s. It is restored as in the days of his youth.

nsb@Job:33:26 @ »He prays to God and finds favor with him. He sees God’s face and shouts for joy! God restores him to his righteous state.

nsb@Job:34:14 @ »If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

nsb@Job:34:16 @ »But if you understand, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.

nsb@Job:34:19 @ »The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.

nsb@Job:34:21 @ »God's eyes are on a person's ways. He sees all his steps.

nsb@Job:34:27 @ »This is because they turned away from following him. They did not consider any of his ways.

nsb@Job:34:29 @ »If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face, we would be helpless.

nsb@Job:34:37 @ »To his sins he adds rebellion and in front of us all he mocks God.

nsb@Job:35:2 @ »Do you think this to be just? You say: ‘I am in the right before God.’

nsb@Job:35:15 @ »Because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,

nsb@Job:35:16 @ »Job opens his mouth in empty talk. He multiplies words without knowledge.«

nsb@Job:36:7 @ »He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous. He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

nsb@Job:36:22 @ »God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

nsb@Job:36:23 @ »Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him: You have done wrong?

nsb@Job:36:24 @ »Remember to extol his work, which men have praised in song.

nsb@Job:36:26 @ »How great is God! He is beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

nsb@Job:36:29 @ »Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?

nsb@Job:36:30 @ « See how he scatters his lightning, bathing the depths of the sea.

nsb@Job:36:31 @ »This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.

nsb@Job:36:32 @ »He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

nsb@Job:36:33 @ »His thunder announces the coming storm. Even the cattle make known its approach.

nsb@Job:37:2 @ »Listen! All of you listen to the voice of God, to the thunder that comes from his mouth.

nsb@Job:37:4 @ »He thunders with the roar of his voice! It is like the majestic sound of thunder, and all the while the lightning flashes.

nsb@Job:37:7 @ »He seals the hand of every man and all men may know His work.

nsb@Job:37:13 @ »He causes it to happen for correction, for his land and for his loving kindness.

nsb@Job:37:14 @ « Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.

nsb@Job:38:2 @ »Who is this that conceals counsel using words without knowledge?

nsb@Job:38:11 @ when I said: ‘This far you may come and no farther’; here is where your proud waves halt?

nsb@Job:38:18 @ »Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

nsb@Job:38:38 @ This when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?

nsb@Job:39:6 @ »Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling?

nsb@Job:39:8 @ »The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

nsb@Job:39:11 @ »Will you rely on him for his great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to him?

nsb@Job:39:17 @ »This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding.

nsb@Job:39:18 @ »When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and his rider.

nsb@Job:39:19 @ »Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

nsb@Job:39:20 @ »Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

nsb@Job:40:9 @ »Do you have an arm like God’s? Can your voice thunder like his?

nsb@Job:40:16 @ »What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly!

nsb@Job:40:17 @ »His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

nsb@Job:40:18 @ »His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron.

nsb@Job:40:19 @ »He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

nsb@Job:40:23 @ »The river rages, but he is not alarmed. He is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.

nsb@Job:40:24 @ »Can anyone capture him by the eyes, or trap him and pierce his nose?

nsb@Job:41:2 @ »Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope?

nsb@Job:41:3 @ »Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws?

nsb@Job:41:8 @ »Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon?

nsb@Job:41:12 @ »I will not conceal his limbs, his mighty power, or his graceful proportions.

nsb@Job:41:13 @ »Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

nsb@Job:41:14 @ »Who can open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around?

nsb@Job:41:15 @ »His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as a seal.

nsb@Job:42:3 @ »You asked: ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.’

nsb@Job:42:8 @ »So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has.«

nsb@Job:42:10 @ After Job had prayed for his friends, Jehovah made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

nsb@Job:42:11 @ All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble Jehovah allowed to come upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

nsb@Job:42:16 @ After this Job lived a hundred and forty years. He saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

nsb@Psalms:1:2 @ But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and on his law he meditates day and night.

nsb@Psalms:1:4 @ This is not so for the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

nsb@Psalms:2:2 @ The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against Jehovah and against his Anointed One.

nsb@Psalms:2:5 @ Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his rage. He says:

nsb@Psalms:2:12 @ Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

nsb@Psalms:3:2 @ Many are saying about me: »Even with God on his side, he will not have victory.«

nsb@Psalms:3:4 @ I call aloud to Jehovah. He answers me from his holy mountain.

nsb@Psalms:7:3 @ O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

nsb@Psalms:7:12 @ If one does not repent God will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow.

nsb@Psalms:7:13 @ He has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

nsb@Psalms:7:17 @ I will give to Jehovah the thanks due to his righteousness. I will sing praise to the name of Jehovah, the Most High.

nsb@Psalms:8:6 @ You made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control:

nsb@Psalms:9:7 @ Yet, Jehovah lives forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

nsb@Psalms:9:16 @ Jehovah has revealed himself by his righteous judgments. The wicked are trapped by their deeds.

nsb@Psalms:10:3 @ The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses the covetous, which Jehovah abhors.

nsb@Psalms:10:4 @ In his arrogant attitude he does not search for God. His faulty reasoning concludes: »There is no God.«

nsb@Psalms:10:5 @ He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents.

nsb@Psalms:10:7 @ His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

nsb@Psalms:10:8 @ He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. He searches for victims.

nsb@Psalms:10:9 @ He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net.

nsb@Psalms:10:10 @ His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall into the power of the wicked.

nsb@Psalms:10:11 @ He says in his heart: »God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!«

nsb@Psalms:10:13 @ Why does the wicked person despise God? Why does he say in his heart: »God does not require it?«

nsb@Psalms:10:15 @ Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Pursue his wickedness until you find no more evil.

nsb@Psalms:10:16 @ Jehovah is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.

nsb@Psalms:11:4 @ Jehovah is in his holy temple. Jehovah’s throne is in heaven. His eyes see. They examine the sons of men.

nsb@Psalms:11:7 @ Jehovah is righteous. He loves a righteous way of life. Upright people will see his face.

nsb@Psalms:14:1 @ The fool says in his heart: »There is no God (Psalm strkjv@10:4).« They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. No one does good things.

nsb@Psalms:14:7 @ If only salvation for Israel would come from Zion! When Jehovah restores his captive people, Jacob will rejoice. Israel will be glad.

nsb@Psalms:15:2 @ The one who walks with integrity and does what is righteous. He speaks the truth in his heart.

nsb@Psalms:15:3 @ The one who does not malign with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor or close friend.

nsb@Psalms:17:14 @ With your power rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.

nsb@Psalms:18:6 @ I called on Jehovah in my distress. I cried to my God for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears.

nsb@Psalms:18:8 @ Smoke went up from his nostrils. A raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals were kindled by it.

nsb@Psalms:18:9 @ He spread apart the heavens and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.

nsb@Psalms:18:11 @ He made the darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about, the dark rain clouds his covering.

nsb@Psalms:18:13 @ Jehovah thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.

nsb@Psalms:18:14 @ He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning to agitate them.

nsb@Psalms:18:22 @ All his judgments are in front of me and I have not turned away from his laws.

nsb@Psalms:18:50 @ He gives great victories to his king. He shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forever.

nsb@Psalms:19:1 @ The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made.

nsb@Psalms:20:2 @ He will send you help from his holy place. He will support you from Zion.

nsb@Psalms:20:6 @ Now I know that Jehovah will save his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty deeds of his powerful hand.

nsb@Psalms:21:2 @ You gave him his heart's desire. You did not refuse the prayer from his lips.

nsb@Psalms:21:3 @ You come to him with the blessings of good things. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

nsb@Psalms:21:5 @ Because of your salvation his glory is great. You place magnificence and majesty on him.

nsb@Psalms:21:9 @ When you appear, you will make them burn like a blazing furnace. Jehovah will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them.

nsb@Psalms:22:24 @ Jehovah has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. Jehovah heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help.

nsb@Psalms:22:28 @ This is because the kingdom belongs to Jehovah and he rules the nations.

nsb@Psalms:23:3 @ He restores me and he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

nsb@Psalms:24:3 @ Who will go up to the mountain of Jehovah? Who may stand in His holy place?

nsb@Psalms:24:5 @ He will obtain blessing from Jehovah and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

nsb@Psalms:24:6 @ This is the person who seeks him, who searches for the face of the God of Jacob.

nsb@Psalms:24:8 @ Who is this king of glory? Jehovah, strong and mighty! Jehovah, powerful in battle!

nsb@Psalms:24:10 @ Who, then, is this king of glory? Jehovah of Hosts is the king of glory!

nsb@Psalms:25:9 @ He leads humble people to do what is right, and he teaches them his way.

nsb@Psalms:25:10 @ All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for those who cling to his promise and written instructions.

nsb@Psalms:25:12 @ Who is this person who respects Jehovah? He is the one whom Jehovah will teach the way he should choose.

nsb@Psalms:25:13 @ He will enjoy good things in life, and his descendants will inherit the land.

nsb@Psalms:25:14 @ Jehovah is intimate with those who respect him. He reveals the intent of his covenant to them.

nsb@Psalms:27:4 @ I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah’s beauty and search for an answer in his temple.

nsb@Psalms:27:5 @ He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble. He keeps me hidden in his tent. He puts me high on a rock.

nsb@Psalms:27:6 @ Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies who surround me. I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes I will sing praises to Jehovah.

nsb@Psalms:27:13 @ I believe that I will see the goodness of Jehovah in this world of the living.

nsb@Psalms:28:5 @ Jehovah will tear them down and never build them up again. This is because they never consider what he has done or what his hands have made.

nsb@Psalms:28:8 @ Jehovah is the strength of his people and a fortress for the victory of his anointed.

nsb@Psalms:29:2 @ Give to Jehovah the glory his name deserves. Worship Jehovah in his holy splendor.

nsb@Psalms:29:9 @ The voice of Jehovah makes the deer to calve and strips the forests bare. In His temple everything says: »Glory!«

nsb@Psalms:29:11 @ Jehovah will give power to his people. Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

nsb@Psalms:30:4 @ Sing praise to Jehovah, you his godly ones, and give thanks to his holy name.

nsb@Psalms:30:5 @ For His anger is only for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime! Weeping may last for the night but a shout of joy comes in the morning.

nsb@Psalms:31:13 @ I have heard the whispering of many people, terror on every side, while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.

nsb@Psalms:31:21 @ Blessed is Jehovah! He has shown me the miracle of his loving-kindness in a city under attack.

nsb@Psalms:32:6 @ For this reason let all godly people pray to you when you may be found. Then raging floodwater will not reach them.

nsb@Psalms:33:4 @ The word of Jehovah is upright. All his works are true.

nsb@Psalms:33:6 @ The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

nsb@Psalms:33:7 @ He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He puts the ocean depth in his storehouses.

nsb@Psalms:33:11 @ The counsel of Jehovah and the plans of his heart stand from generation to generation, forever.

nsb@Psalms:33:12 @ Blessed is the nation who’s God is Jehovah. Happy are the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

nsb@Psalms:33:14 @ He looks from his dwelling place on all the inhabitants of the earth,

nsb@Psalms:33:18 @ Remember, the eye of Jehovah is on those who respect him, on those who hope for his loving-kindness.

nsb@Psalms:33:21 @ Our heart rejoices in him, for we trust in his holy name.

nsb@Psalms:34:3 @ Come magnify Jehovah with me. Let us highly honor his name together.

nsb@Psalms:34:6 @ The poor man called out. Jehovah heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

nsb@Psalms:34:15 @ Jehovah’s eyes watch over righteous people. His ears hear their cry for help.

nsb@Psalms:34:20 @ Jehovah guards all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.

nsb@Psalms:34:22 @ Jehovah protects and redeems his servants. All who take refuge in him will never be condemned.

nsb@Psalms:35:9 @ I will find joy in Jehovah and be joyful about his salvation.

nsb@Psalms:35:27 @ Let those who are happy when I am declared innocent joyfully sing and rejoice. Let them continually say: »Jehovah is great. He is happy when his servant has peace.«

nsb@Psalms:36:1 @ Sin speaks to the ungodly deep within his heart. There is no reverence for God before his eyes.

nsb@Psalms:36:2 @ He flatters himself and does not hate or even recognize his sin.

nsb@Psalms:36:3 @ The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit and he ceased to be wise and do good.

nsb@Psalms:36:4 @ He plans wickedness upon his bed. He walks on a path that is not good. He does not despise evil.

nsb@Psalms:37:7 @ Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

nsb@Psalms:37:10 @ A short time from now the wicked man will be no more. You will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

nsb@Psalms:37:12 @ The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds at him with his teeth.

nsb@Psalms:37:13 @ Jehovah laughs at him, for he sees that his day will come.

nsb@Psalms:37:23 @ Jehovah directs a person's steps and Jehovah delights in his way.

nsb@Psalms:37:24 @ When he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst because Jehovah holds on to his hand.

nsb@Psalms:37:25 @ I have been young, and now I am old, but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned or his descendants begging for food.

nsb@Psalms:37:26 @ He is always generous and lends freely. His descendants are a blessing.

nsb@Psalms:37:28 @ Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed.

nsb@Psalms:37:30 @ The mouth of the righteous reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair.

nsb@Psalms:37:31 @ The law of his God is in his heart. His steps do not waver.

nsb@Psalms:37:33 @ Jehovah will not leave him in his hand or let him be condemned when he is judged.

nsb@Psalms:37:34 @ Wait for Jehovah and keep his way and he will exalt you to inherit the earth. You will see it when the wicked are destroyed.

nsb@Psalms:37:37 @ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright. His future will be filled with peace.

nsb@Psalms:39:5 @ »Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

nsb@Psalms:39:9 @ »I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you have done this.

nsb@Psalms:40:4 @ Blessed is the man who has made Jehovah his security. He has not turned to the proud, or to those who turn aside into falsehood.

nsb@Psalms:41:2 @ Jehovah will guard him and keep him alive. He will be blessed in the land. Do not place him at the mercy of his enemies.

nsb@Psalms:41:3 @ Jehovah will support him on his sickbed. You will restore him to health when he is ill.

nsb@Psalms:41:5 @ My enemies say evil things about me: »When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?«

nsb@Psalms:41:6 @ When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks falsehood. His heart collects gossip. Then he leaves to tell others.

nsb@Psalms:41:7 @ All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they devise my hurt, saying:

nsb@Psalms:41:9 @ Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

nsb@Psalms:41:11 @ By this I know that you are pleased with me, because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

nsb@Psalms:42:8 @ Jehovah commands his mercy during the day, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

nsb@Psalms:44:16 @ This is because of the words of those who insult and slander us, because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

nsb@Psalms:44:17 @ Although all of this happened to us, we never forgot you. We never ignored your promise.

nsb@Psalms:45:1 @ Beautiful words fill my mind and stir my heart, as I compose this song for the king. Like the pen of a skilful writer my tongue is ready with a poem.

nsb@Psalms:46:6 @ The nations made uproar and the kingdoms tumbled. He raised his voice and the earth dissolved.

nsb@Psalms:47:8 @ God rules over the nations, God sits on His holy throne.

nsb@Psalms:48:1 @ Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, his sacred mountain.

nsb@Psalms:48:2 @ His situation if beautiful. Mount Zion is the joy of the whole earth. The city of the great King is in the far reaches of the north.

nsb@Psalms:48:3 @ God is in his citadel. He has made himself known.

nsb@Psalms:48:7 @ You break the ships of Tarshish using the east wind.

nsb@Psalms:48:14 @ This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us until death.

nsb@Psalms:49:1 @ Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world.

nsb@Psalms:49:7 @ No one can ever redeem his brother or pay God a ransom for his life.

nsb@Psalms:49:13 @ This is the final outcome for fools and their followers who are delighted by what they say:

nsb@Psalms:49:16 @ Do not be afraid when someone becomes rich, when the greatness of his house increases.

nsb@Psalms:49:17 @ He will not take anything with him when he dies. Even his greatness cannot follow him.

nsb@Psalms:49:19 @ He must join the generation of his ancestors who will never see light again.

nsb@Psalms:50:4 @ He addresses heaven and earth to judge his people:

nsb@Psalms:50:6 @ The heavens declare his righteousness because God is the judge.

nsb@Psalms:50:22 @ »Consider this, you who do not remember God. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to deliver.

nsb@Psalms:52:7 @ Here is the man who did not make God his strength. He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.

nsb@Psalms:53:1 @ The fool has said in his heart: »There is no God *.« They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity. There are none who do good.

nsb@Psalms:53:6 @ Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Jehovah brings his people back from captivity, Jacob and Israel will rejoice and be glad.

nsb@Psalms:54:7 @ For he has delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye has seen his defeat of my enemies.

nsb@Psalms:55:3 @ This is because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.

nsb@Psalms:55:20 @ He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him. He has violated his covenant.

nsb@Psalms:55:21 @ His speech was smoother than butter, but his heart was war! His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

nsb@Psalms:56:9 @ Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me!

nsb@Psalms:57:3 @ He will send from heaven, and save me, He rebukes the one who is pursuing me. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.

nsb@Psalms:58:10 @ The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

nsb@Psalms:59:12 @ This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.

nsb@Psalms:60:6 @ God has spoken from his sanctuary: I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

nsb@Psalms:62:4 @ They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.

nsb@Psalms:62:8 @ Trust him at all times, you people. Pour out your hearts in his presence. God is our refuge.

nsb@Psalms:64:7 @ But God will shoot his arrows and quickly wound them.

nsb@Psalms:65:6 @ He established the mountains with his power. He is girded with mighty strength.

nsb@Psalms:66:2 @ Praise the glory of his name with music. Make his praise glorious.

nsb@Psalms:66:5 @ Come and see the works of God, his awe-inspiring deeds for the sons of men.

nsb@Psalms:66:7 @ He rules forever with his might. His eyes watch the nations. Rebels will not be able to oppose him.

nsb@Psalms:66:8 @ Bless our God, you peoples. Make the sound of his praise heard.

nsb@Psalms:66:20 @ Thanks be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or taken away his loving kindness from me.

nsb@Psalms:67:1 @ May God be merciful to us and bless us. May he cause his face to shine on us.

nsb@Psalms:68:1 @ Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered. Let those who hate him run from him.

nsb@Psalms:68:4 @ Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him who rides upon the heavens by his name, Jehovah, and rejoice before him.

nsb@Psalms:68:5 @ In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.

nsb@Psalms:68:17 @ The chariots of God are myriads in number, thousands upon thousands. Jehovah is among them. The God of Sinai is in his holy place.

nsb@Psalms:68:21 @ Certainly, God will crush the heads of his enemies and destroy even the hair on the heads of those who continue to be guilty.

nsb@Psalms:68:33 @ God rides through the highest heavens, which are from ancient times, the highest heaven. Listen! He makes his powerful voice heard.

nsb@Psalms:68:34 @ Acknowledge the power of God. His majesty is over Israel, and his power is in the skies.

nsb@Psalms:68:35 @ God, the God of Israel, is awe-inspiring in his holy place. He gives strength and power to his people. Praise God!

nsb@Psalms:69:33 @ For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

nsb@Psalms:69:36 @ The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell in it.

nsb@Psalms:71:18 @ And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your strength to this generation, your power to all who are to come.

nsb@Psalms:72:7 @ In his day the righteous will flourish. There will be abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

nsb@Psalms:72:9 @ Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

nsb@Psalms:72:10 @ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

nsb@Psalms:72:14 @ He will redeem them from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

nsb@Psalms:72:17 @ His name will endure forever. His name will continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and call him blessed.

nsb@Psalms:72:19 @ Blessed be to his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!

nsb@Psalms:73:10 @ Therefore his people return here and here they drink waters of abundance.

nsb@Psalms:73:16 @ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me.

nsb@Psalms:74:18 @ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Jehovah. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

nsb@Psalms:75:8 @ Jehovah holds a cup in his hand. The wine foams and is well mixed. So he pours from it. Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

nsb@Psalms:76:1 @ God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel.

nsb@Psalms:76:2 @ His tabernacle is in Salem. His dwelling place also is in Zion.

nsb@Psalms:76:5 @ The strong and valiant were plundered, they sank into sleep. None of the warriors could use his hands.

nsb@Psalms:77:8 @ Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?

nsb@Psalms:77:9 @ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?

nsb@Psalms:78:4 @ We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength and his wondrous works that he has done.

nsb@Psalms:78:5 @ He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel. This he commanded our fathers that they should teach them to their children,

nsb@Psalms:78:7 @ That they should put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments.

nsb@Psalms:78:10 @ They did not keep the covenant of God. They refused to walk in his law.

nsb@Psalms:78:11 @ They forgot his deeds and his miracles that he had shown them.

nsb@Psalms:78:20 @ Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, and streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?

nsb@Psalms:78:22 @ Because they did not believe in God and did not trust in his salvation.

nsb@Psalms:78:26 @ He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens and by his power he directed the south wind.

nsb@Psalms:78:32 @ In spite of all this they still sinned. They did not believe in his wonderful works.

nsb@Psalms:78:33 @ He brought their days to an end like a whisper in the wind. He brought their years to an end in terror.

nsb@Psalms:78:37 @ Their hearts were not loyal to him. They were not faithful to his promise.

nsb@Psalms:78:38 @ But he is compassionate. He forgave their sin. He did not destroy them. He restrained his anger many times. He did not display all of his fury.

nsb@Psalms:78:42 @ They did not remember his power and the day he freed them from their oppressor,

nsb@Psalms:78:43 @ when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders in the fields of Zoan.

nsb@Psalms:78:49 @ He sent his fierce burning anger, his rage and fury against them. He sent an army of destroying angels.

nsb@Psalms:78:50 @ He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death. He let the plague take their lives.

nsb@Psalms:78:52 @ He led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through the wilderness.

nsb@Psalms:78:54 @ He brought them into his holy land, to this mountain that his power had won.

nsb@Psalms:78:56 @ They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions.

nsb@Psalms:78:60 @ He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.

nsb@Psalms:78:61 @ He allowed his power to be taken captive and handed his glory over to an oppressor.

nsb@Psalms:78:62 @ He let swords kill his people. He was furious with those who belonged to him.

nsb@Psalms:78:63 @ Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins were not given in marriage.

nsb@Psalms:78:64 @ His priests were cut down with swords. The widows of his priests could not even weep for them.

nsb@Psalms:78:66 @ He struck his enemies from behind and disgraced them forever.

nsb@Psalms:78:69 @ He built his holy place to be like the high heavens, like the earth that he made to last for a long time.

nsb@Psalms:78:70 @ He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

nsb@Psalms:79:7 @ They have devoured Jacob. They have destroyed his home.

nsb@Psalms:80:12 @ Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.

nsb@Psalms:80:14 @ O God, commander of armies, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine.

nsb@Psalms:81:4 @ For this is required by the law of Israel. It is an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

nsb@Psalms:81:6 @ »I relieved his shoulder of the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

nsb@Psalms:85:8 @ I want to hear what the Lord Jehovah says, because he promises peace to his people, to his godly ones. But they must not go back to their stupidity.

nsb@Psalms:85:9 @ Indeed, his salvation is near those who reverence him, and his glory will remain in our land.

nsb@Psalms:85:13 @ Righteousness will go ahead of him and make a path for his steps.

nsb@Psalms:87:1 @ His foundation is in the holy mountains.

nsb@Psalms:87:4 @ I will mention Rahab (Isaiah strkjv@30:7) and Babylon among those who know me. Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: »This one was born there.«

nsb@Psalms:87:5 @ But of Zion it shall be said: »This one and that one were born in her and the Most High will establish her.«

nsb@Psalms:87:6 @ Jehovah will count when he registers the peoples: »This one was born there.«

nsb@Psalms:89:23 @ I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him.

nsb@Psalms:89:24 @ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

nsb@Psalms:89:25 @ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

nsb@Psalms:89:29 @ I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven.

nsb@Psalms:89:30 @ If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules,

nsb@Psalms:89:36 @ His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.

nsb@Psalms:89:39 @ You have refused to recognize the covenant to your servant and have thrown his crown into the dirt.

nsb@Psalms:89:40 @ You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins.

nsb@Psalms:89:41 @ Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors' scorn.

nsb@Psalms:89:42 @ You lifted up the right hand of his enemies and made all of his adversaries rejoice.

nsb@Psalms:89:43 @ You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle.

nsb@Psalms:89:44 @ You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground.

nsb@Psalms:89:45 @ You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame.

nsb@Psalms:91:4 @ He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.

nsb@Psalms:91:11 @ He will put his angels in charge of you to protect you in all your ways.

nsb@Psalms:92:3 @ To do this on a ten-stringed instrument with a melody on a harp.

nsb@Psalms:94:14 @ Jehovah will not abandon his people. He will not desert those who belong to him.

nsb@Psalms:94:16 @ Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

nsb@Psalms:95:2 @ Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

nsb@Psalms:95:4 @ Deep places of the earth are in his hand. The strength of the mountains is also His.

nsb@Psalms:95:5 @ The sea is his. He made it and his hands formed the dry land.

nsb@Psalms:95:7 @ For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today hear His voice!

nsb@Psalms:95:10 @ For forty years I was grieved with this generation. I said: »It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.«

nsb@Psalms:96:2 @ Sing to Jehovah, bless his name! Declare the good news of his salvation from day to day.

nsb@Psalms:96:3 @ Proclaim his glory among the nations, his wonders among all people.

nsb@Psalms:96:6 @ Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

nsb@Psalms:96:8 @ Give to Jehovah the glory due to his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts.

nsb@Psalms:96:13 @ He comes before Jehovah! Yes, he comes to judge the earth! He will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth.

nsb@Psalms:97:2 @ Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

nsb@Psalms:97:3 @ A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies round about.

nsb@Psalms:97:4 @ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees and trembles.

nsb@Psalms:97:6 @ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

nsb@Psalms:97:10 @ You who love Jehovah hate evil! He preserves his anointed ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

nsb@Psalms:97:12 @ Rejoice in Jehovah, you righteous ones; and give thanks at the memory of his holy name.

nsb@Psalms:98:1 @ Sing a new song to Jehovah for he has done miraculous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gained victory for him.

nsb@Psalms:98:2 @ Jehovah has made his salvation known. He has uncovered his righteousness for the nations to see.

nsb@Psalms:98:3 @ He remembered his loving kindness and faithfulness to Israel's descendants. All the ends of the earth have seen how our God saves them.

nsb@Psalms:98:9 @ This is in Jehovah’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with fairness.

nsb@Psalms:99:5 @ Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at his footstool! (Isaiah strkjv@66:1) He is holy.

nsb@Psalms:99:6 @ Moses and Aaron were among his priests. Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called upon Jehovah and he answered them.

nsb@Psalms:99:7 @ He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept His testimonies and the commandment that he gave them.

nsb@Psalms:99:9 @ Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at his holy mountain, for Jehovah our God is holy.

nsb@Psalms:100:2 @ Serve Jehovah with gladness and come before his presence with a joyful song.

nsb@Psalms:100:3 @ Know that Jehovah is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

nsb@Psalms:100:4 @ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courtyard with praise: thank him and bless his name.

nsb@Psalms:100:5 @ For Jehovah is good. His loving kindness is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations.

nsb@Psalms:101:5 @ I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

nsb@Psalms:102:10 @ This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away.

nsb@Psalms:102:16 @ For Jehovah has built up Zion. He has appeared in His glory.

nsb@Psalms:102:18 @ This will be written for the generation to come: That a people yet to be created may praise Jehovah.

nsb@Psalms:102:19 @ He looked down from his holy height. Jehovah gazed upon the earth from heaven.

nsb@Psalms:102:21 @ Let men tell of the Jehovah’s name in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

nsb@Psalms:103:1 @ Bless Jehovah with all my being. With all that I am I praise his holy name!

nsb@Psalms:103:7 @ He made known his ways to Moses, His deeds to the sons of Israel.

nsb@Psalms:103:9 @ He will not always chasten, nor will he keep his anger forever.

nsb@Psalms:103:11 @ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is his mercy toward those who reverence him.

nsb@Psalms:103:13 @ Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children.

nsb@Psalms:103:17 @ But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

nsb@Psalms:103:18 @ It is to those who keep his covenant, and to those who remember to do his commandments.

nsb@Psalms:103:19 @ Jehovah has prepared his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

nsb@Psalms:103:20 @ Bless Jehovah you angels of his, you who excel in strength, who obey his command, and listen to the voice of his Word.

nsb@Psalms:103:21 @ Bless Jehovah all his hosts. Bless Jehovah you ministers of his who do his will.

nsb@Psalms:103:22 @ Bless Jehovah, all his works in all places he rules. Bless Jehovah with all my being.

nsb@Psalms:104:15 @ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

nsb@Psalms:104:23 @ Man goes to his work and to his labor until evening.

nsb@Psalms:104:31 @ Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. May Jehovah find joy in his works.

nsb@Psalms:105:1 @ O give thanks to Jehovah! Call upon his name. Make his work known among the people.

nsb@Psalms:105:2 @ Sing to him, give praise to him! Declare all his wondrous works.

nsb@Psalms:105:3 @ Praise his holy name! Let the heart of those rejoice who seek Jehovah.

nsb@Psalms:105:4 @ Seek Jehovah and seek his strength. Seek his presence constantly!

nsb@Psalms:105:5 @ Remember the marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

nsb@Psalms:105:6 @ You seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen ones.

nsb@Psalms:105:7 @ He is Jehovah our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

nsb@Psalms:105:8 @ He has remembered his covenant forever! It is the word he commanded to a thousand generations.

nsb@Psalms:105:9 @ He made this covenant with Abraham and gave his oath to Isaac.

nsb@Psalms:105:19 @ Jehovah’s presence tested him through fiery trials until the time that his word came.

nsb@Psalms:105:21 @ He made Joseph the master of his palace and the ruler of all his possessions.

nsb@Psalms:105:22 @ Joseph trained the king's officers the way he wanted and taught his respected leaders wisdom.

nsb@Psalms:105:24 @ Jehovah made his people grow rapidly in number and stronger than their enemies.

nsb@Psalms:105:25 @ He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.

nsb@Psalms:105:26 @ He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.

nsb@Psalms:105:27 @ They displayed his miraculous signs among them and did amazing things in the land of Ham.

nsb@Psalms:105:28 @ He sent darkness and made their land dark. They did not rebel against his orders.

nsb@Psalms:105:37 @ He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.

nsb@Psalms:105:42 @ He remembered his holy word to his servant Abraham.

nsb@Psalms:105:43 @ He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with a song of joy.

nsb@Psalms:105:45 @ Then they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Praise Jehovah!

nsb@Psalms:106:1 @ Praise Jehovah! Oh give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good and His loving-kindness endures forever.

nsb@Psalms:106:2 @ Who can speak of the mighty acts of Jehovah? Who can proclaim and perceive all his praise?

nsb@Psalms:106:8 @ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known.

nsb@Psalms:106:12 @ Then they believed his words. They sang His praise.

nsb@Psalms:106:13 @ They quickly forgot his works and they did not wait for his counsel.

nsb@Psalms:106:23 @ God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.

nsb@Psalms:106:26 @ Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,

nsb@Psalms:106:31 @ Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever, throughout every generation.

nsb@Psalms:106:40 @ Jehovah burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.

nsb@Psalms:106:45 @ He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

nsb@Psalms:107:1 @ Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good. His loving kindness endures forever.

nsb@Psalms:107:8 @ Let them praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

nsb@Psalms:107:15 @ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men.

nsb@Psalms:107:20 @ He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave.

nsb@Psalms:107:21 @ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men.

nsb@Psalms:107:31 @ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men.

nsb@Psalms:107:42 @ The righteous will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked will shut their mouths.

nsb@Psalms:108:7 @ God has spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

nsb@Psalms:109:6 @ Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand.

nsb@Psalms:109:7 @ When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.

nsb@Psalms:109:8 @ Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his place.

nsb@Psalms:109:9 @ Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow.

nsb@Psalms:109:10 @ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.

nsb@Psalms:109:12 @ Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.

nsb@Psalms:109:13 @ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

nsb@Psalms:109:14 @ Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin.

nsb@Psalms:109:18 @ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.

nsb@Psalms:109:19 @ Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears.

nsb@Psalms:109:20 @ This is how Jehovah rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me.

nsb@Psalms:109:27 @ Then they will know that this is your doing, that you, O Jehovah, are the one who saved me.

nsb@Psalms:110:4 @ Jehovah has taken an oath and will not change his mind: »You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.«

nsb@Psalms:110:5 @ Jehovah is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his anger.

nsb@Psalms:110:7 @ He will drink from the brook along the road. He will hold his head high.

nsb@Psalms:111:3 @ His work is glorious and majestic. His righteousness endures forever.

nsb@Psalms:111:4 @ He has made his miracles unforgettable. Jehovah is gracious and compassionate.

nsb@Psalms:111:5 @ He provides food for those who reverence him. He always remembers his covenant.

nsb@Psalms:111:6 @ He has revealed the power of his works to his people by giving them the lands of other nations as an inheritance.

nsb@Psalms:111:7 @ His works are done with truth and justice. All his guiding principles are trustworthy.

nsb@Psalms:111:9 @ He has sent deliverance to his people. He has ordered that his covenant should continue forever. His name is holy and awesome.

nsb@Psalms:111:10 @ The respect and reverence for Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. All who obey his commandments show good sense and understanding. His praise endures forever.

nsb@Psalms:112:1 @ Praise Jehovah! Blessed is the person who respects Jehovah and is happy to obey his commandments.

nsb@Psalms:112:2 @ His descendants will grow strong on the earth. The family of the upright will be blessed.

nsb@Psalms:112:3 @ Wealth and riches will be in his home. His righteousness continues forever.

nsb@Psalms:112:7 @ He is not afraid of bad news. His heart remains secure, full of confidence in Jehovah.

nsb@Psalms:112:8 @ His heart is steady, and he is not afraid. In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies.

nsb@Psalms:112:9 @ He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.

nsb@Psalms:112:10 @ The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish.

nsb@Psalms:113:4 @ Jehovah is high above all the nations. His glory is above the heavens.

nsb@Psalms:113:5 @ Who is like Jehovah our God? He is seated on his high throne.

nsb@Psalms:113:8 @ He seats them with important people, with the leaders of his people.

nsb@Psalms:114:2 @ Judah became his holy place and Israel became his government.

nsb@Psalms:114:3 @ The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.

nsb@Psalms:116:2 @ I will call on him as long as I live because he turns his ear toward me.

nsb@Psalms:116:14 @ I will keep my vows to Jehovah in the presence of all his people.

nsb@Psalms:116:15 @ Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his godly ones.

nsb@Psalms:116:18 @ I will keep my vows to Jehovah in the presence of all his people,

nsb@Psalms:117:2 @ His loving kindness toward us is powerful. Jehovah’s truth endures forever. Praise Jehovah!

nsb@Psalms:118:1 @ O Give thanks to Jehovah because he is good and his loving kindness is eternal.

nsb@Psalms:118:2 @ Let the people of Israel say: »His loving kindness is eternal.«

nsb@Psalms:118:3 @ Let the priests of God say: »His loving kindness is eternal.«

nsb@Psalms:118:4 @ Let all who worship him say: »His loving kindness is eternal.«

nsb@Psalms:118:16 @ His power has brought us victory, his mighty power in battle!

nsb@Psalms:118:20 @ This is the gate of Jehovah; only the righteous can come in.

nsb@Psalms:118:23 @ Jehovah did this and what a wonderful sight it is!

nsb@Psalms:118:24 @ This is the day Jehovah has made let us rejoice and be glad in it!

nsb@Psalms:118:29 @ Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good, and his loving kindness is eternal.

nsb@Psalms:119:2 @ Blessed are those who obey his written word. They seek him with all their heart.

nsb@Psalms:119:3 @ They also do no unrighteousness. They walk in his ways.

nsb@Psalms:119:9 @ How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word.

nsb@Psalms:119:50 @ This is my comfort in my affliction: That your word has revived me.

nsb@Psalms:119:56 @ This has become mine, that I observe your precepts.

nsb@Psalms:119:91 @ They stand this day according to your ordinances, for all things are your servants.

nsb@Psalms:119:118 @ You have rejected all those who wander from your statutes. This is because their deceitfulness is useless.

nsb@Psalms:119:164 @ Seven times a day I praise you! This is because of your righteous ordinances.

nsb@Psalms:121:8 @ May Jehovah guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever.

nsb@Psalms:125:2 @ As the mountains are all around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is all around his people from this time and forever.

nsb@Psalms:126:6 @ The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.

nsb@Psalms:127:5 @ Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate.

nsb@Psalms:128:1 @ Blessed are all who reverence Jehovah and live his way.

nsb@Psalms:128:4 @ This is how Jehovah will bless the person who fears him.

nsb@Psalms:129:7 @ The reaper does not fill his hand with it, or the binder of sheaves his bosom.

nsb@Psalms:130:5 @ I wait for Jehovah, I do wait. And in his word I do hope.

nsb@Psalms:130:8 @ He will save his people Israel from all their sins.

nsb@Psalms:131:2 @ Surely I am composed and quiet. I am like a weaned child who rests against his mother. Inside of me I am like a weaned child.

nsb@Psalms:131:3 @ O Israel, hope in Jehovah from this time and forever.

nsb@Psalms:132:1 @ Jehovah, remember David and all his affliction.

nsb@Psalms:132:2 @ Remember how he swore an oath to Jehovah and made this vow to the Mighty One of Jacob.

nsb@Psalms:132:7 @ Let us go to his dwelling place. Let us worship at his footstool.

nsb@Psalms:132:11 @ Jehovah swore an oath to David: »This is a truth he will not take back: I will set one of your own descendants on your throne.

nsb@Psalms:132:13 @ Jehovah has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.

nsb@Psalms:132:14 @ This will be my resting place forever. Here I will sit enthroned because I want Zion.

nsb@Psalms:132:18 @ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.

nsb@Psalms:133:2 @ It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes.

nsb@Psalms:135:3 @ Praise Jehovah for Jehovah is good! Sing praises to his name for it is delightful.

nsb@Psalms:135:4 @ For Jehovah has chosen Jacob for Himself and Israel for his special treasure.

nsb@Psalms:135:7 @ He causes the vapors to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

nsb@Psalms:135:9 @ He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, on Pharaoh and on all his servants.

nsb@Psalms:135:12 @ and gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel His people.

nsb@Psalms:135:14 @ For Jehovah will judge his people, and he will have pity on his servants.

nsb@Psalms:136:1 @ Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:2 @ Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:3 @ Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:4 @ To the one who alone does wonderful thing. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:5 @ To the one who made the heavens with skill. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:6 @ To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:7 @ To him who made the great lights. His loving kindness is everlasting:

nsb@Psalms:136:8 @ The sun to rule by day, for His loving kindness is everlasting,

nsb@Psalms:136:9 @ The moon and stars to rule by night, for His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:10 @ To him who destroyed the Egyptians in their firstborn. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:11 @ And brought Israel out from their midst, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:12 @ With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:13 @ To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:14 @ And made Israel pass through the midst of it. For his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:15 @ But he overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:16 @ To him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:17 @ To him who destroyed great kings. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:18 @ And struck mighty kings, for his loving kindness is everlasting:

nsb@Psalms:136:19 @ Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness is everlasting,

nsb@Psalms:136:20 @ And Og, king of Bashan, for his loving kindness is everlasting,

nsb@Psalms:136:21 @ And gave their land as a heritage, for his loving kindness is everlasting,

nsb@Psalms:136:22 @ Even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:23 @ He remembered us in our low estate. His loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:24 @ He has rescued us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:25 @ He gives food to all flesh, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:136:26 @ Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

nsb@Psalms:138:5 @ They will sing this about the ways of Jehovah: Jehovah’s honor is great!

nsb@Psalms:139:6 @ Knowing this is too wonderful for me! It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

nsb@Psalms:139:14 @ I will praise you, for in an awesome way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful and I know this very well.

nsb@Psalms:139:16 @ Your eyes saw my embryo and all were written in your book; the days ordained for me. Even this before one had taken place.

nsb@Psalms:142:2 @ I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles.

nsb@Psalms:142:5 @ I call out to you, O Jehovah. I say: »You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world of the living.«

nsb@Psalms:144:4 @ Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

nsb@Psalms:145:3 @ Great is Jehovah, and highly to be praised. His greatness is unsearchable.

nsb@Psalms:145:9 @ Jehovah is good to all and his mercies are over all his works.

nsb@Psalms:145:17 @ Jehovah is righteous in all his ways. He is kind in all his deeds.

nsb@Psalms:145:21 @ My mouth will speak the praise of Jehovah! All flesh will praise his holy name forever and ever.

nsb@Psalms:146:4 @ His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

nsb@Psalms:146:5 @ How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Jehovah his God!

nsb@Psalms:147:1 @ Praise Jehovah! It is good to sing praise to our God. It is pleasant to sing his praise beautifully.

nsb@Psalms:147:5 @ Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding.

nsb@Psalms:147:11 @ Jehovah is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy.

nsb@Psalms:147:15 @ He is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth. His word travels with great speed.

nsb@Psalms:147:17 @ He is the one who throws his hailstones like breadcrumbs. Who can withstand his chilling blast?

nsb@Psalms:147:18 @ He sends out his word and melts his hailstones. He makes wind blow and water flow.

nsb@Psalms:147:19 @ He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judgments to Israel.

nsb@Psalms:147:20 @ He has done nothing like this for any other nation. The other nations do not know the decisions he has handed down. Praise Jehovah!

nsb@Psalms:148:2 @ Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, his entire heavenly army.

nsb@Psalms:148:5 @ Let them praise the name of Jehovah for they were created by his command.

nsb@Psalms:148:8 @ Praise him lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands.

nsb@Psalms:148:13 @ Let them praise the name of Jehovah because his name is high above all others. His glory is above heaven and earth.

nsb@Psalms:148:14 @ He has given his people a strong leader, someone praiseworthy for his faithful ones, for the people of Israel, the people who are close to him. Praise Jehovah!

nsb@Psalms:149:1 @ Praise Jehovah! Sing a new song to Jehovah. Sing his praise in the congregation of godly people.

nsb@Psalms:149:3 @ Let them praise his name with dancing. Let them make music to him with tambourines and lyres.

nsb@Psalms:149:4 @ Jehovah takes pleasure in his people. He crowns those who are oppressed with salvation.

nsb@Psalms:149:9 @ to carry out the judgment that is written against them. This is an honor that belongs to all his God-like ones. Praise Jehovah!

nsb@Psalms:150:1 @ Praise Jehovah! Praise God in his holy place. Praise him in his mighty heavens.

nsb@Psalms:150:2 @ Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him for his immense greatness.

nsb@Proverbs:1:6 @ This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.

nsb@Proverbs:2:6 @ Jehovah gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

nsb@Proverbs:2:8 @ He guards those on paths of justice. He watches over the way of his godly ones.

nsb@Proverbs:3:8 @ This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong.

nsb@Proverbs:3:11 @ My son, do not despise Jehovah’s discipline or be weary of his correction.

nsb@Proverbs:3:20 @ By his knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down the dew.

nsb@Proverbs:3:32 @ Jehovah hates people who do evil. He takes righteous people into his confidence.

nsb@Proverbs:5:21 @ The ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah. He ponders all his paths.

nsb@Proverbs:5:22 @ His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins.

nsb@Proverbs:5:23 @ He dies without instruction. He goes astray because of his foolishness.

nsb@Proverbs:6:4 @ Do this before you fall asleep. Do not allow your eyes to close.

nsb@Proverbs:6:13 @ He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers.

nsb@Proverbs:6:14 @ Fraud is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

nsb@Proverbs:6:15 @ His disaster will come suddenly. Suddenly he is broken beyond repair.

nsb@Proverbs:6:24 @ This will keep you from the evil woman and from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman.

nsb@Proverbs:6:27 @ Can a man have fire in his lap and his clothes not be burned?

nsb@Proverbs:6:28 @ Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

nsb@Proverbs:6:30 @ Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

nsb@Proverbs:6:31 @ But if he is caught, he must repay sevenfold. He must give everything in his house.

nsb@Proverbs:6:33 @ He will get wounds and be dishonored. His shame will not be wiped away.

nsb@Proverbs:7:23 @ Till a dart strikes through his liver. The bird hurries to the snare without knowing it would cost his life.

nsb@Proverbs:8:22 @ »Jehovah created me in the beginning of his way, before his works of antiquity.

nsb@Proverbs:8:29 @ »When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

nsb@Proverbs:8:30 @ »Then I was beside him, as a master workman with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.

nsb@Proverbs:9:9 @ Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

nsb@Proverbs:10:1 @ A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow for his mother.

nsb@Proverbs:10:9 @ He who walks with integrity walks safely. He who perverts his ways will be found out.

nsb@Proverbs:10:15 @ The rich man's wealth is his strength. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

nsb@Proverbs:10:19 @ Sin does not hide from a multitude of words. The wise controls his lips.

nsb@Proverbs:11:1 @ A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.

nsb@Proverbs:11:5 @ Righteousness of the undefiled directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall.

nsb@Proverbs:11:7 @ When a wicked man dies his expectation perishes, indeed the hope of unjust men perishes.

nsb@Proverbs:11:8 @ The righteous is delivered from trouble. The wicked goes in his place.

nsb@Proverbs:11:9 @ A godless hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth. The righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

nsb@Proverbs:11:12 @ He who is void of wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

nsb@Proverbs:11:17 @ The merciful man does himself good. The cruel man troubles his own flesh.

nsb@Proverbs:11:19 @ Righteousness leads to life and he that pursues evil participates in his own death.

nsb@Proverbs:11:20 @ Those who are of a perverse heart are abomination to Jehovah. The way of the upright is his delight.

nsb@Proverbs:11:28 @ He who trusts in his riches will fall. The righteous will flourish as a leaf on a branch.

nsb@Proverbs:11:29 @ He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind. The fool will serve the wise of heart.

nsb@Proverbs:12:4 @ A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband. She who acts shameful is rottenness in his bones.

nsb@Proverbs:12:8 @ A man is commended according to his wisdom. He with a perverse heart will be despised.

nsb@Proverbs:12:10 @ A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is terrible.

nsb@Proverbs:12:11 @ He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows worthless people lacks sense.

nsb@Proverbs:12:13 @ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The righteous will depart from trouble.

nsb@Proverbs:12:14 @ A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The deeds of a man's hands will return to him.

nsb@Proverbs:12:15 @ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. He who listens to counsel is wise.

nsb@Proverbs:12:22 @ Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah. Those who deal truly are his delight.

nsb@Proverbs:12:26 @ The righteous is a guide to his neighbor. The way of the wicked leads others astray.

nsb@Proverbs:13:1 @ A wise son heeds his father's instruction. A scoffer does not listen to discipline.

nsb@Proverbs:13:2 @ A man eats well by the fruit of his mouth. Transgressors eat violence.

nsb@Proverbs:13:3 @ He who keeps his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips will have destruction.

nsb@Proverbs:13:8 @ The ransom of a man's life is his riches. The poor does not listen to rebuke.

nsb@Proverbs:13:16 @ Every prudent man acts with knowledge. A fool displays his folly.

nsb@Proverbs:13:22 @ A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. The wealth of the sinner is preserved for the righteous.

nsb@Proverbs:13:24 @ He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

nsb@Proverbs:14:2 @ He who walks in uprightness respects Jehovah. He who is perverse in his ways despises him.

nsb@Proverbs:14:8 @ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way. The folly of fools is deception.

nsb@Proverbs:14:14 @ The faithless in heart will be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above.

nsb@Proverbs:14:15 @ The simple believes every word, but the prudent man gives thought to his steps.

nsb@Proverbs:14:20 @ The poor is hated by his neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

nsb@Proverbs:14:21 @ He who despises his neighbor sins. He who has mercy on the poor is happy.

nsb@Proverbs:14:31 @ He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

nsb@Proverbs:14:32 @ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

nsb@Proverbs:14:35 @ The king's favor is toward a wise servant. His anger is against the one who causes shame.

nsb@Proverbs:15:5 @ A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who accepts discipline is prudent.

nsb@Proverbs:15:8 @ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.

nsb@Proverbs:15:20 @ A wise son makes a father glad. A foolish man despises his mother.

nsb@Proverbs:15:23 @ A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken at the right time, how good it is!

nsb@Proverbs:15:27 @ He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house. But he who hates gifts will live.

nsb@Proverbs:15:32 @ He who refuses instruction despises his own life. But he who listens to reproof understands.

nsb@Proverbs:16:2 @ All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes. But Jehovah weighs the motives.

nsb@Proverbs:16:7 @ When a man's ways please Jehovah he makes even his enemies live in peace with him.

nsb@Proverbs:16:9 @ A man's heart determines his way. Jehovah directs his steps.

nsb@Proverbs:16:15 @ The light of the king's face causes life. His favor is like a gentle rain in spring.

nsb@Proverbs:16:17 @ The highway of the upright departs from evil. He who guards his way preserves his life.

nsb@Proverbs:16:23 @ The heart of the wise teaches his mouth. It adds learning to his lips.

nsb@Proverbs:16:26 @ He who works labors for himself. His hungry mouth spurs him on.

nsb@Proverbs:16:27 @ An ungodly man digs up evil. It lies on his lips like a burning fire.

nsb@Proverbs:16:28 @ A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.

nsb@Proverbs:16:29 @ A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him in bad ways.

nsb@Proverbs:16:30 @ He shuts his eyes to devise perversity. He moves his lips to bring evil.

nsb@Proverbs:17:12 @ Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs then a fool in his foolishness.

nsb@Proverbs:17:18 @ A man without understanding shakes hands and becomes surety for his friend.

nsb@Proverbs:17:19 @ He who loves transgression loves discord. He who opens his door seeks destruction.

nsb@Proverbs:17:21 @ He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because the father of a fool has no joy.

nsb@Proverbs:17:25 @ A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

nsb@Proverbs:17:27 @ The man with knowledge restrains his words. A man of understanding has a quiet spirit.

nsb@Proverbs:17:28 @ Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise! He who shuts his mouth is esteemed a man of understanding.

nsb@Proverbs:18:1 @ A man of solitude seeks his own desire. He objects to sound wisdom.

nsb@Proverbs:18:2 @ A fool does not like understanding when revealing his thoughts.

nsb@Proverbs:18:6 @ A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows.

nsb@Proverbs:18:7 @ A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.

nsb@Proverbs:18:9 @ He is lazy in his work. His brother destroys.

nsb@Proverbs:18:11 @ The rich man's wealth is his strong city. It is his high wall of vanity.

nsb@Proverbs:18:17 @ The first to present his cause seems right. But another comes and examines him.

nsb@Proverbs:18:20 @ A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth. He will be filled with the produce from his lips.

nsb@Proverbs:19:3 @ Man ruins his life by his own foolishness. His heart chafes with anger against Jehovah.

nsb@Proverbs:19:7 @ The brothers of the poor hate him. His friends leave him. He pursues them with words but they do not listen!

nsb@Proverbs:19:11 @ The discretion of a man defers anger. It is his glory to overlook a transgression.

nsb@Proverbs:19:12 @ The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

nsb@Proverbs:19:13 @ A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof.

nsb@Proverbs:19:16 @ He who obeys the commandment saves his life. But he who is careless of his ways will die.

nsb@Proverbs:19:18 @ Correct your son while there is hope. Do not contribute to his death.

nsb@Proverbs:19:24 @ A lazy man hides his hand in the dish and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

nsb@Proverbs:19:26 @ He who assaults his father and chases away his mother is a shameful and disgraceful son.

nsb@Proverbs:20:7 @ The righteous man walks in his integrity. He blesses his children.

nsb@Proverbs:20:8 @ When a king sits on the throne of judgment he scatters away evil with his eyes.

nsb@Proverbs:20:11 @ Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

nsb@Proverbs:20:14 @ »Good for nothing,« cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.

nsb@Proverbs:20:16 @ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and hold it as a pledge for a seductress.

nsb@Proverbs:20:17 @ Bread taken by deceit tastes sweet to a man. Afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.

nsb@Proverbs:20:20 @ He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

nsb@Proverbs:20:24 @ Jehovah directs man’s steps. How can man understand his own way?

nsb@Proverbs:20:28 @ Loving-kindness and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by loving-kindness.

nsb@Proverbs:21:2 @ Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah measures the hearts.

nsb@Proverbs:21:10 @ The wicked person desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

nsb@Proverbs:21:13 @ Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

nsb@Proverbs:21:23 @ He who guards his mouth and holds his tongue stays out of trouble.

nsb@Proverbs:21:24 @ »Proud and haughty mocker« is his name. He acts with overbearing pride.

nsb@Proverbs:21:25 @ The desire of the lazy killed him for his hands refuse to work.

nsb@Proverbs:21:29 @ A wicked man hardens his face. The upright proceeds with care.

nsb@Proverbs:22:5 @ Thorns and snares are in the way of the wicked. He who guards his life will stay far away from them.

nsb@Proverbs:22:8 @ He who sows unrighteousness will reap vanity. The rod of his anger will fail.

nsb@Proverbs:22:9 @ He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed for he gives of his bread to the poor.

nsb@Proverbs:22:11 @ He who loves pureness of heart, for the charm of his lips the king will be his friend.

nsb@Proverbs:22:25 @ If you do you will learn his ways and you will become trapped.

nsb@Proverbs:22:29 @ Do you see a man diligent in his business? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before unknown men.

nsb@Proverbs:23:3 @ Do not crave his delicacies for it is deceptive food.

nsb@Proverbs:23:6 @ Do not eat the bread of a selfish man nor desire his delicacies.

nsb@Proverbs:23:7 @ Just as he thinks in his heart: »Eat and drink,« he says to you. But his heart is not with you.

nsb@Proverbs:24:7 @ Wisdom is too exalted for a fool. He does not open his mouth at the gate.

nsb@Proverbs:24:12 @ You may say: »We did not know this,« but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you and knows. He will reward each man according to his deeds.

nsb@Proverbs:24:15 @ Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.

nsb@Proverbs:24:18 @ Jehovah will see it and be displeased and turn his anger away from him.

nsb@Proverbs:24:29 @ Do not say: »I will do to him as he has done to me. I will render to the man according to his work.«

nsb@Proverbs:25:5 @ Take away the wicked before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

nsb@Proverbs:25:13 @ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him. He refreshes his masters.

nsb@Proverbs:25:18 @ A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

nsb@Proverbs:25:22 @ You will heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah will reward you.

nsb@Proverbs:25:28 @ He who cannot control his own spirit is as helpless as a city without walls, open to trouble.

nsb@Proverbs:26:4 @ Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him.

nsb@Proverbs:26:5 @ Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own pride.

nsb@Proverbs:26:11 @ As a dog returns to his vomit so a fool returns to his folly.

nsb@Proverbs:26:12 @ See a man wise in his own conceit? »There is more hope for a fool than for him.«

nsb@Proverbs:26:14 @ As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed.

nsb@Proverbs:26:15 @ The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom. It wearies him to lift it to his mouth.

nsb@Proverbs:26:16 @ The lazy man is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can answer with good sense.

nsb@Proverbs:26:18 @ This is like a mad man who throws firebrands, arrows, and death.

nsb@Proverbs:26:19 @ So is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says: »I was only joking.«

nsb@Proverbs:26:24 @ He who hates disguises with his lips, and stores deceit within him.

nsb@Proverbs:26:25 @ When he speaks kind words do not believe him. There are seven abominations in his heart.

nsb@Proverbs:27:8 @ As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

nsb@Proverbs:27:9 @ As oil and perfume delight the heart so the sweetness of a man's friend delights his heart.

nsb@Proverbs:27:13 @ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take him as pledge as surety for a fornicator.

nsb@Proverbs:27:14 @ He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

nsb@Proverbs:27:18 @ When you keep a fig tree you eat the fruit. He who waits on his master will be honored.

nsb@Proverbs:27:22 @ Though you grind a fool in mortar his foolishness will not depart from him.

nsb@Proverbs:28:6 @ Better is the poor man who walks in uprightness, than the rich man who is perverse in his ways.

nsb@Proverbs:28:7 @ He who obeys the law is a wise son. But he who is a companion of worthless men shames his father.

nsb@Proverbs:28:10 @ Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things.

nsb@Proverbs:28:11 @ A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding, sees right through him.

nsb@Proverbs:28:13 @ The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.

nsb@Proverbs:28:14 @ Blessed is the man reverencing God. He who hardens his heart will fall into trouble.

nsb@Proverbs:28:16 @ The ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor. He who hates covetousness will prolong his days.

nsb@Proverbs:28:18 @ Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved: but he who is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

nsb@Proverbs:28:19 @ He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows after vain persons will have poverty.

nsb@Proverbs:28:24 @ Whoever robs his father or mother, and says: »It is no transgression;« the same is the companion of a man who destroys.

nsb@Proverbs:28:26 @ He who trusts in his own heart is a fool. He who walks wisely will be delivered.

nsb@Proverbs:28:27 @ He who gives to the poor will not lack. But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

nsb@Proverbs:29:1 @ He who is often reprimanded and hardens his neck will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

nsb@Proverbs:29:3 @ He who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice. But he who keeps company with fornicators wastes his wealth.

nsb@Proverbs:29:5 @ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

nsb@Proverbs:29:10 @ The bloodthirsty hate the upright. The righteous are concerned for his life.

nsb@Proverbs:29:11 @ A fool loses his temper. But a wise man holds it back.

nsb@Proverbs:29:12 @ If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

nsb@Proverbs:29:13 @ The poor and the deceitful have this in common: Jehovah lightens their eyes.

nsb@Proverbs:29:14 @ The king who faithfully judges the poor will have his throne established forever.

nsb@Proverbs:29:15 @ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

nsb@Proverbs:29:21 @ The man who brings up his servant from childhood will in the future have him become like his son.

nsb@Proverbs:29:24 @ The partner of a thief hates his life. He hears the oath but tells nothing.

nsb@Proverbs:30:4 @ Who ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who gathered the wind in his hands? Who bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell me?

nsb@Proverbs:30:6 @ Do not add to his words of he will reprove you. You will be found to be a liar.

nsb@Proverbs:30:10 @ Do not incriminate a servant to his master, or he will curse you could be found guilty.

nsb@Proverbs:30:17 @ The eye that mocks his father, and rejects obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

nsb@Proverbs:31:1 @ The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

nsb@Proverbs:31:7 @ Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:3 @ What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:10 @ Is there anything of which it may be said: »See, this is new?« It has already existed in days of old, which were before us.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:1:17 @ I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I know that this also is a striving after wind.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:1 @ I said in my heart, »Come now, I will test you with rejoicing. Consider goodness.« This also is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:10 @ Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:14 @ The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I saw that the same event happens to them all.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:15 @ Then I said in my heart: »As it happens to the fool, so it will happen to me. Why have I been so wise?« Then I said in my heart: »This also is vanity.«

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:19 @ Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? But he will have power over all the work that I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This too is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:21 @ Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand. But one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This also is vanity and a great evil.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:22 @ What does a man get for all his work, and for the desire of his heart with which he has done his work under the sun?

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:23 @ All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:24 @ There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and delight in his work. This also I saw was from the hand of God.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:2:26 @ To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:3:9 @ What profit is there to the worker in his work?

nsb@Ecclesiastes:3:13 @ Every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is the gift of God.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:3:22 @ I see there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works. That is his portion. Who will bring him to see what will happen after him?

nsb@Ecclesiastes:4:8 @ There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: »For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?« This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:4:10 @ If they fall, the one will lift up his companion. Woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:4:14 @ He comes out of prison to rule as king. He that is born in his kingdom becomes poor.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:4:16 @ There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them. Those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:10 @ He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:13 @ I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:15 @ We entered this world with nothing and naked and we will leave this world with nothing and naked.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:16 @ This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:17 @ All his days he eats in darkness. He has much sorrow and anger with his sickness.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:18 @ This is what I have seen. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. He labors under the sun all the days of his life. For God gives this to him as his allotment.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:19 @ For every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has empowered him to eat because of them. He should receive his reward and rejoice in his labor. This is the gift of God.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:5:20 @ He will not often remember the years of his life. This is because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:6:2 @ God has given man riches, wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires. Yet God has not empowered him to partake of them for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:6:4 @ For he comes in with vanity and departs in darkness, and his name will be covered with darkness.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:6:7 @ All the labor of man is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:6:9 @ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering after the desire. This is also vanity and a striving after wind.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:6:12 @ Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:6 @ For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:10 @ Do not ask: »Why were the old days better then these?« You do not inquire wisely about this.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:15 @ I have seen all things in the days of my vanity. There is a just man who perished in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolonged his life in his wickedness.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:18 @ It is good that you should take hold of this and also from this not withdraw your hand, for he who respects God will come forth from them all.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:23 @ I have tried and proved all this by wisdom. I said: »I will be wise« but it was far from me.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:27 @ »Behold, this I have found,« says the preacher, »counting one by one to find out the account:«

nsb@Ecclesiastes:7:29 @ »You see! I have found only this, that God made man upright. But they have sought out many devices.«

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:1 @ Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a message? A man's wisdom illuminates him, and the hardness of his countenance is changed.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:6 @ This is because to every purpose there is time and judgment. Even so man’s misery is great.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:9 @ I have seen all this and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time when one man rules over another to his own misery and harm.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:10 @ I saw the wicked buried, those who had come and gone out of the holy place. They were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:13 @ Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:14 @ There is a futility that is done upon the earth. There are righteous men who get along as though they were wicked and there are wicked men who get along as though they were righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:8:15 @ Then I commended enjoyment, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. That will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:1 @ I considered all this in my heart and declared that the righteous and their works are in the hand of God. No man knows if love or hatred awaits him in the future.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:3 @ This evil is in all things that are done under the sun. There is one event that comes to all. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Madness is in their heart while they live. After that they go to the dead.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:9 @ Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. That is your share in this life and in your labor under the sun.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:12 @ For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:13 @ I have seen this wisdom under the sun, and it seemed important to me.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @ Now there was found in it a poor wise man. By his wisdom he delivered the city. Yet no man remembered that same poor man.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @ Then I said: »Wisdom is better than strength.« Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ A wise man's heart is at his right hand and a fool's heart at his left.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ When he who is a fool walks along the path, his wisdom fails him, and he says to every one that he is a fool.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:10:13 @ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness. The result of his talk is mischievous madness.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:12:5 @ Also when they will be afraid of what is high, and fears will be in the way, and the almond tree will flourish, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and the caper berry breaks and desire fails, man goes to his long lasting home and the mourners go about the streets.

nsb@Ecclesiastes:12:13 @ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Respect God, and obey his commandments for this is the whole duty of man.

nsb@Songs:1:2 @ »Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. Your love is better than wine.

nsb@Songs:1:4 @ »Draw me away. »We will run after you.« »The king brought me into his chambers.« »We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine!« »They are right to love you.«

nsb@Songs:1:12 @ »While the king sits at his table, my perfume sends forth its fragrance.

nsb@Songs:2:3 @ »Just like the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.«

nsb@Songs:2:4 @ »He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me was love.

nsb@Songs:2:6 @ »His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.«

nsb@Songs:2:16 @ »My beloved is mine and I am his. He feeds among the lilies.

nsb@Songs:3:6 @ »Who is this that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

nsb@Songs:3:8 @ »They all hold swords. They are experts in war. Every man has his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

nsb@Songs:3:11 @ »Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown that his mother crowned him with in the day of his wedding, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.«

nsb@Songs:4:16 @ »Awake, O north wind; and come south; blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.«

nsb@Songs:5:4 @ »My beloved extended his hand through the latch opening of the door. My heart yearned for him.

nsb@Songs:5:11 @ »His head is as the finest gold. His locks are like date clusters, bushy and black as a raven.

nsb@Songs:5:12 @ »His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

nsb@Songs:5:13 @ »His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers. His lips are like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh.

nsb@Songs:5:14 @ »His hands are as gold rings set with beryl. His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

nsb@Songs:5:15 @ »His legs are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

nsb@Songs:5:16 @ »His mouth is very sweet: yes, he is altogether handsome. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.«

nsb@Songs:6:2 @ »My beloved went to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

nsb@Songs:7:10 @ »I belong to my beloved. His desire is toward me.

nsb@Songs:8:3 @ »His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

nsb@Songs:8:5 @ »Who is this woman who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?« »I raised you up under the apple tree. There your mother experienced birth pains.«

nsb@Songs:8:7 @ »Many waters cannot quench love. Rivers cannot wash it away. If a man would give all the riches of his house for love, it would be utterly despised.«

nsb@Songs:8:10 @ »I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. I was the one who found favor in his eyes.

nsb@Isaiah:1:1 @ This is the vision seen by Isaiah the son of Amoz. It is about Judah and Jerusalem at the time of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.

nsb@Isaiah:2:3 @ Then many people will come and say: »Let us go to the mountain of Jehovah, to the House of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.« The law will go out from Zion. The word of Jehovah will go out from Jerusalem.

nsb@Isaiah:2:10 @ Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the magnificence of his majesty.

nsb@Isaiah:2:12 @ All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited.

nsb@Isaiah:2:16 @ and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats.

nsb@Isaiah:2:19 @ People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

nsb@Isaiah:2:21 @ They will go into caves in the rocks and into cracks in the cliffs because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

nsb@Isaiah:3:5 @ People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors.

nsb@Isaiah:3:6 @ A person will grab one of his relatives from his father's family and say: »You have a coat. You will be our leader. This pile of ruins will be under your control.«

nsb@Isaiah:3:8 @ Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against Jehovah! They are defiant in his honored presence.

nsb@Isaiah:3:13 @ Jehovah stands erect to assert his power. He stands to judge the people.

nsb@Isaiah:3:14 @ Jehovah enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: »It is you who have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

nsb@Isaiah:5:1 @ Let me sing to my loved one a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

nsb@Isaiah:5:12 @ At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.

nsb@Isaiah:5:16 @ Jehovah of Hosts shows his greatness by doing what is right. He reveals his holiness by judging his people.

nsb@Isaiah:5:19 @ You say: »Let Jehovah hurry up and do what he says he will, so that we can see it. Let Israel's holy God carry out his plans. Let us see what he has in mind.«

nsb@Isaiah:5:25 @ You are Jehovah’s people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like garbage. Jehovah is still angry. He is ready to strike you again.

nsb@Isaiah:5:26 @ Jehovah raises up a flag for the nations far away. With a whistle he signals those at the ends of the earth. Look, they are coming very quickly!

nsb@Isaiah:6:1 @ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw Jehovah seated on a throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple.

nsb@Isaiah:6:3 @ They called to one another: »Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hosts. All the earth is full of his glory.«

nsb@Isaiah:6:6 @ Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand. With tongs he seized it from the altar.

nsb@Isaiah:6:7 @ He touched my mouth with it and said: »See! This has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away and your sin forgiven.«

nsb@Isaiah:6:9 @ He said: »Go and tell this people: ‘Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.’

nsb@Isaiah:6:10 @ »This people’s heart has become calloused. They hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.«

nsb@Isaiah:7:2 @ A report was made to the house of David saying: Aram has allied itself with Ephraim.« The heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

nsb@Isaiah:7:7 @ »‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »It will not take place! It will not happen!

nsb@Isaiah:7:13 @ Isaiah said: »Hear this you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also?«

nsb@Isaiah:7:18 @ »In that day Jehovah will whistle for the flies that are at the distant branches of the Nile River in Egypt and for the bees that are in Assyria.

nsb@Isaiah:8:7 @ »That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.

nsb@Isaiah:8:11 @ This is what Jehovah said with his powerful hand on me. He warned me not to follow the ways of these people:

nsb@Isaiah:8:17 @ I will wait for Jehovah, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.

nsb@Isaiah:8:19 @ People will say to you: »Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.« Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?

nsb@Isaiah:9:4 @ As in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke of his burdens: the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

nsb@Isaiah:9:6 @ For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

nsb@Isaiah:9:7 @ Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

nsb@Isaiah:9:12 @ The Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is still stretched out.

nsb@Isaiah:9:16 @ Those who led this people led them astray. And those who were led by them were left in confusion.

nsb@Isaiah:9:17 @ That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness. In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still.

nsb@Isaiah:9:18 @ This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. It sends up vast clouds of smoke.

nsb@Isaiah:9:21 @ Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then Jehovah’s anger will not be satisfied. His hand is still poised to unleash his power.

nsb@Isaiah:10:4 @ There is nothing left but to crouch among prisoners and to fall with those who are killed. Even after all this, his anger will not disappear. His hand is stretched out.

nsb@Isaiah:10:7 @ »But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.

nsb@Isaiah:10:12 @ »It will happen when Jehovah has performed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will say: I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty appearance.

nsb@Isaiah:10:16 @ That is why the Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.

nsb@Isaiah:10:17 @ The Light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame. It will burn and consume his thorns and his briers in a single day!

nsb@Isaiah:10:18 @ It will completely destroy the splendor of his forests and fertile fields, as when a sick man wastes away.

nsb@Isaiah:10:19 @ And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.

nsb@Isaiah:10:24 @ Therefore, this is what the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, declares: »O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians. They beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.

nsb@Isaiah:10:26 @ »Jehovah of Hosts will stir up enemies against you as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. His wrath will come by way of the sea, as he did in Egypt.

nsb@Isaiah:10:32 @ This day they will halt at Nob. They will shake their fist at the mount of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

nsb@Isaiah:11:1 @ There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch from his roots will bear fruit.

nsb@Isaiah:11:2 @ The Spirit of Jehovah will rest on him. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and respect for Jehovah will be his.

nsb@Isaiah:11:3 @ He will delight in the reverence of Jehovah. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor make a decision by what his ears hear.

nsb@Isaiah:11:4 @ But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the spirit of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

nsb@Isaiah:11:5 @ Righteousness will be the belt around his loins. Faithfulness will be the belt around His waist.

nsb@Isaiah:11:8 @ The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra. The weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.

nsb@Isaiah:11:9 @ They will not hurt or destroy in my entire holy mountain. This is because the earth will be full of the knowledge of Jehovah just as the waters cover the sea.

nsb@Isaiah:11:10 @ Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious.

nsb@Isaiah:11:11 @ Then it will happen in that day that Jehovah will again recover the second time with his hand the remnant of his people. They will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

nsb@Isaiah:11:15 @ Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt. He will wave his hand, his mighty Spirit, over the River. He will strike it into seven streams and make men walk over on dry land.

nsb@Isaiah:11:16 @ There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people who will be left. This will be as it was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt.

nsb@Isaiah:12:4 @ In that day you will say: »Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

nsb@Isaiah:12:5 @ »Sing to Jehovah, for he has done glorious things. Let this be known to the entire world.

nsb@Isaiah:13:5 @ »They come from a far country, from the extremities of the heavens. Jehovah and his instruments of indignation come to destroy the whole land.

nsb@Isaiah:13:13 @ »Therefore I will make the heavens tremble. The earth will shake from its place at the fury of Jehovah of Hosts in the day of his burning anger.

nsb@Isaiah:13:14 @ »They will each turn to his own people, and each one escape to his own land just like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep without a shepherd.

nsb@Isaiah:13:20 @ »It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation! Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there. Nor will shepherds take their flocks there.

nsb@Isaiah:14:4 @ You will mock the king of Babylon with this saying: »How the tyrant has come to an end! How his attacks have come to an end!

nsb@Isaiah:14:16 @ »‘Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms,

nsb@Isaiah:14:17 @ who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities and did not let his prisoners go home?’

nsb@Isaiah:14:18 @ All the kings of the nations, all of them, have been buried with honor, each in his own tomb.

nsb@Isaiah:14:21 @ »Prepare a slaughtering place! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities.«

nsb@Isaiah:14:26 @ This is my purpose for the world, and my arm is stretched out to punish the nations.

nsb@Isaiah:14:27 @ Jehovah of Hosts is determined to do this. He has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

nsb@Isaiah:14:28 @ This message was proclaimed in the year that King Ahaz died:

nsb@Isaiah:14:30 @ »Jehovah will be a shepherd to the poor of his people and will let them live in safety. But he will send a terrible famine on you Philistines. It will not leave any of you alive.

nsb@Isaiah:14:32 @ What then will one answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that Jehovah has established Zion and in her the poor and afflicted of his people find refuge.

nsb@Isaiah:16:6 @ We have heard of the pride of Moab and of his arrogance. We know of his pride, conceit and empty boasting.

nsb@Isaiah:16:13 @ This is the message Jehovah spoke about Moab in the past.

nsb@Isaiah:17:4 @ »Then the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.

nsb@Isaiah:17:14 @ In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who rob us.

nsb@Isaiah:18:4 @ Jehovah says this to me: »I will be still and watch from my dwelling place. My presence will be like scorching heat in the sunshine, like heavy dew in the heat of the harvest.

nsb@Isaiah:19:4 @ »I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them.« This is the declaration of Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty.

nsb@Isaiah:19:13 @ The officials of Zoan have become fools. The leaders of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

nsb@Isaiah:19:14 @ Jehovah has poured into them a spirit of dizziness. They make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

nsb@Isaiah:19:16 @ A time is coming when the people of Egypt will be as timid as women. They will tremble in terror when they see that Jehovah of Hosts has stretched out his hand to punish them.

nsb@Isaiah:20:2 @ At that time Jehovah spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him: »Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.« He did this and went around stripped and barefoot.

nsb@Isaiah:20:6 @ »That day the people who live on this coast will say: ‘See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?« ’

nsb@Isaiah:21:6 @ For this is what Jehovah says to me: »Go, station the lookout, and let him report what he sees.

nsb@Isaiah:21:11 @ This is the divine REVELATION ABOUT EDOM. He calls to me from Seir: »Watchman, what of the night? How much of the night is left? Watchman, what of the night?«

nsb@Isaiah:21:16 @ This is what Jehovah says to me: »Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.

nsb@Isaiah:22:14 @ Jehovah of Hosts has disclosed himself in my ears: »Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,« says Jehovah of Hosts.

nsb@Isaiah:22:15 @ Jehovah of Hosts says: »Go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him:

nsb@Isaiah:22:21 @ »‘I will clothe him with your robe and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

nsb@Isaiah:22:22 @ »‘I will lay the key of the house of David on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut and he will shut, and no one will open.

nsb@Isaiah:22:23 @ »‘I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place. He will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.

nsb@Isaiah:22:24 @ »‘They will hang all the glory of his father’s house on him, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.

nsb@Isaiah:23:1 @ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.

nsb@Isaiah:23:6 @ Crossover to Tarshish and cry you people of the island.

nsb@Isaiah:23:7 @ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

nsb@Isaiah:23:9 @ Jehovah of Hosts planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world.

nsb@Isaiah:23:10 @ Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor.

nsb@Isaiah:23:11 @ Jehovah has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan's fortifications be destroyed.

nsb@Isaiah:23:13 @ Look at the land of the Chaldeans. This is the people that were not. Assyria appointed it for desert creatures. They erected their siege towers and they stripped its palaces. They made it a ruin!

nsb@Isaiah:23:14 @ Cry out O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is destroyed.

nsb@Isaiah:24:2 @ The people will be like the one officiating, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.

nsb@Isaiah:24:3 @ The earth will be completely uninhabitable and totally plundered. Jehovah has spoken this word.

nsb@Isaiah:24:23 @ Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For Jehovah of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And his glory will be before his elders.

nsb@Isaiah:25:6 @ On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

nsb@Isaiah:25:7 @ On this mountain He will destroy the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations.

nsb@Isaiah:25:8 @ He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. He will take away the disgrace of His people from the earth. Jehovah has spoken!

nsb@Isaiah:25:9 @ On that day his people will say: »This is our God! We have waited for Him and now He will save us. This is Jehovah. We have waited for Him. Let us rejoice and be glad because He will save us.«

nsb@Isaiah:25:10 @ Jehovah’s power will be on this mountain. Moab will be trampled beneath him like straw that is trampled in a pile of manure.

nsb@Isaiah:26:16 @ Jehovah, they came to you in their distress. When you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

nsb@Isaiah:26:20 @ Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until his rage has passed by.

nsb@Isaiah:26:21 @ Behold! Jehovah is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the bloodshed upon her. She will conceal her slain no longer.

nsb@Isaiah:27:1 @ In that day Jehovah will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword. He will slay Leviathan the fleeing, coiling serpent, the monster of the sea.

nsb@Isaiah:27:8 @ By warfare and exile you contend with her. With his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

nsb@Isaiah:27:9 @ By this Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin. When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

nsb@Isaiah:28:4 @ The fading flower of his glorious beauty is found at the head of the fertile valley. He looks at the first-ripe fig before the summer. He picks it with his hand and eats it.

nsb@Isaiah:28:5 @ Jehovah of armies will then become a crown of glory and beauty to the remnant of his people.

nsb@Isaiah:28:9 @ »Who is he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?

nsb@Isaiah:28:11 @ With stammering lips and another tongue he will speak to this people.

nsb@Isaiah:28:12 @ He said: »This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest, and, this is the refreshing.« Yet they would not listen.

nsb@Isaiah:28:14 @ Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

nsb@Isaiah:28:16 @ Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: »Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.

nsb@Isaiah:28:21 @ Jehovah will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon. That he may do his work, his awesome work, and bring to pass his act, his unusual act.

nsb@Isaiah:28:24 @ Does the plowman keep plowing all day in order to sow seed? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?

nsb@Isaiah:28:26 @ He instructs him in right judgment and his God teaches him.

nsb@Isaiah:28:28 @ Bread flour must be ground. Therefore he does not thresh it forever, break it with his cartwheel, or crush it with his horsemen.

nsb@Isaiah:28:29 @ This also comes from Jehovah of Hosts. He is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.

nsb@Isaiah:29:4 @ »From deep in the earth, you will call out for help. Your voice will sound like a mumble from out of the dust. It will be faint like a whisper.

nsb@Isaiah:29:8 @ It will be like a hungry man who dreams that he eats. But when he awakes he is empty and still hungry! It will also be like a thirsty man who dreams that he drinks. When he awakes he is thirsty and weak and hungry. The multitude of nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like this.

nsb@Isaiah:29:11 @ His message is like a sealed book to you. You say to someone read this out loud. And they respond, »We cannot read it, because it is sealed.«

nsb@Isaiah:30:8 @ Write this on a tablet for them, and inscribe it in a book so that it will be there in the future as a permanent witness.

nsb@Isaiah:30:12 @ This is what the Holy One of Israel says: »You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and you leaned upon them for support.

nsb@Isaiah:30:21 @ You will hear a voice behind you say: »This is the way. Walk in it,« whether it turns to the right or to the left.

nsb@Isaiah:30:26 @ Then the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun. The light of the sun will be seven times as strong, like the light of seven days. When that day comes, Jehovah will bandage his people's injuries and heal the wounds he inflicted.

nsb@Isaiah:30:27 @ The name of Jehovah is going to come from far away. His anger is burning. His burden is heavy. His lips are filled with fury. His tongue is like a devouring flame.

nsb@Isaiah:30:28 @ His breath is like an overflowing stream. It raises neck high and sifts the nations with a sieve of destruction. It places a bit in the mouths of the people to lead them astray.

nsb@Isaiah:30:30 @ Jehovah will make his majestic voice heard. He will come with all his might, with furious anger, with firestorms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.

nsb@Isaiah:30:31 @ The people of Assyria will be shattered at the sound of Jehovah’s voice. He will strike them with his rod.

nsb@Isaiah:30:32 @ To the sound of tambourines and lyres, Jehovah will pound on them. He will fight them in battle, swinging his fists.

nsb@Isaiah:31:2 @ He is wise and can bring about disaster. He does not take back his words. He rises against wicked people and against those who help troublemakers.

nsb@Isaiah:31:3 @ The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand. The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together.

nsb@Isaiah:31:4 @ This is what Jehovah said to me: »A lion, even a young lion, growls over its prey when a crowd of shepherds is called to fight it. It is not frightened by their voices or disturbed by the noise they make. So Jehovah of Hosts will come to fight for Mount Zion and on its hill.

nsb@Isaiah:31:9 @ »In terror they will run to their stronghold, and their officers will be frightened at the sight of the battle flag.« Jehovah declares this. His fire is in Zion and his furnace is in Jerusalem.

nsb@Isaiah:32:7 @ As for a rogue, his weapons are evil. He devises wicked schemes to destroy the afflicted with slander, even though the needy one speaks what is right.

nsb@Isaiah:33:6 @ He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge. Respect for Jehovah is the key to this treasure.

nsb@Isaiah:33:15 @ He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil.

nsb@Isaiah:33:16 @ This man will dwell on the heights. His refuge will be the mountain fortress. His bread will be supplied, and he will have water.

nsb@Isaiah:33:17 @ Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.

nsb@Isaiah:34:13 @ Its palaces are covered with thorns. Its fortresses have nettles and thistles. It will become a home for jackals and a place for ostriches.

nsb@Isaiah:34:16 @ Search Jehovah’s book and read it out loud. Not one of these animals will be missing. Not one will lack a mate, because Jehovah has commanded it, and his Spirit will gather them together.

nsb@Isaiah:34:17 @ He is the one who casts the lot for them, and his hand divides up the land for them with a measuring line. They will possess it permanently and live there for generations.

nsb@Isaiah:35:2 @ The desert will sing and shout for joy! It will be beautiful like the Lebanon Mountains. It will be fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see Jehovah’s splendor. They will see his greatness and power.

nsb@Isaiah:36:2 @ The king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. He stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman's Field.

nsb@Isaiah:36:3 @ Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace and was the son of Hilkiah, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, who was the royal historian and the son of Asaph, went out to the field commander.

nsb@Isaiah:36:4 @ He said to them: »Tell Hezekiah, This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: ‘What makes you so confident?

nsb@Isaiah:36:6 @ »When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him.

nsb@Isaiah:36:7 @ »‘Suppose you say: ‘We are trusting Jehovah our God. He is the god whose places of worship and altars Hezekiah got rid of. Hezekiah told Judah and Jerusalem: Worship at this altar.’« ’

nsb@Isaiah:36:10 @ »Have I come to destroy this country without Jehovah on my side? Jehovah said to me: Attack this country, and destroy it.’« ’

nsb@Isaiah:36:14 @ »‘This is what the king says: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot rescue you.

nsb@Isaiah:36:15 @ »‘Do not let Hezekiah get you to trust Jehovah by saying: ‘Jehovah will certainly rescue us, and this city will not be put under the control of the king of Assyria.

nsb@Isaiah:36:16 @ »‘Do not listen to Hezekiah, because this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me! Come out, and give yourselves up to me! Everyone will eat from his own grapevine and fig tree and drink from his own cistern.

nsb@Isaiah:36:22 @ Then Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace and was son of Hilkiah, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, who was the royal historian and the son of Asaph, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief. They told him the message from the field commander.

nsb@Isaiah:37:1 @ King Hezekiah heard it and he tore his clothes. He covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of Jehovah.

nsb@Isaiah:37:3 @ They said to him: »Hezekiah says: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection. Children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.

nsb@Isaiah:37:4 @ »‘Perhaps Jehovah your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh. His master the king of Assyria has sent him to reproach the living God! He will rebuke the words Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that survives.’«

nsb@Isaiah:37:7 @ »‘»Listen! I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.« ’«

nsb@Isaiah:37:8 @ Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard a report that the king had left Lachish.

nsb@Isaiah:37:9 @ He heard this concerning Tirhakah king of Cush: »He has come out to fight against you.« So he sent messengers to Hezekiah and said:

nsb@Isaiah:37:20 @ »Now, O Jehovah our God, deliver us from his hand. That way all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Jehovah, are God.

nsb@Isaiah:37:21 @ Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: »This is what Jehovah, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

nsb@Isaiah:37:22 @ this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: »The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

nsb@Isaiah:37:30 @ »‘This will be the sign for you, O Hezekiah: ‘This year you will eat what grows by itself. The second year you will eat what springs from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

nsb@Isaiah:37:32 @ »‘Out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord Jehovah will accomplish this.

nsb@Isaiah:37:33 @ »‘Therefore this is what Jehovah says concerning the king of Assyria: »He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield, or build a siege ramp against it.

nsb@Isaiah:37:34 @ »‘He will return by the way that he came. He will not enter this city, declares Jehovah.

nsb@Isaiah:37:35 @ »‘I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!’«

nsb@Isaiah:37:38 @ One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with the sword. They escaped to the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

nsb@Isaiah:38:2 @ Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Jehovah:

nsb@Isaiah:38:6 @ »I will rescue you and this city of Jerusalem from the king of Assyria, and I will continue to protect the city.«

nsb@Isaiah:38:7 @ Isaiah said:« This is your sign from Jehovah that he will do what he promises.

nsb@Isaiah:38:9 @ King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again:

nsb@Isaiah:38:11 @ »I thought that I would not see Jehovah in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person.

nsb@Isaiah:38:15 @ »There is nothing I can say in answer to you. For you are the one who has done this to me. My life has turned sour. I will limp until I die.

nsb@Isaiah:39:1 @ At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery.

nsb@Isaiah:39:2 @ Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses. He showed them the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

nsb@Isaiah:39:6 @ »‘The time will come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Jehovah.

nsb@Isaiah:40:10 @ See the Sovereign Lord Jehovah comes with power. His arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him and his recompense accompanies him.

nsb@Isaiah:40:11 @ He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

nsb@Isaiah:40:12 @ Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?

nsb@Isaiah:40:13 @ Who has understood the mind of Jehovah, or has instructed him, as his counselor?

nsb@Isaiah:40:23 @ He brings princes to nothing and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

nsb@Isaiah:40:26 @ »Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? The being that brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name created all these! Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

nsb@Isaiah:40:28 @ »Do you not know? Have you not heard? JEHOVAH IS THE EVERLASTING GOD, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and no one can measure his understanding.

nsb@Isaiah:41:2 @ »Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

nsb@Isaiah:41:3 @ »He pursues them and moves on unscathed. He goes by a path his feet have not traveled before.

nsb@Isaiah:41:4 @ »Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah have done this with the first of them and with the last. I am he!«

nsb@Isaiah:41:6 @ Each helps the other and says to his brother: »Be strong!«

nsb@Isaiah:41:14 @ »Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I will help you. This is the declaration of Jehovah, your Redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel.

nsb@Isaiah:41:20 @ »People may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of Jehovah has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

nsb@Isaiah:41:26 @ »Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say: He was right? No one told of this, no one foretold it. No one heard any words from you!«

nsb@Isaiah:42:2 @ He will not shout or raise his voice or make loud speeches in the streets.

nsb@Isaiah:42:4 @ He will not lose hope or courage. He will establish justice on the earth. Distant lands eagerly wait for his law.

nsb@Isaiah:42:5 @ God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:

nsb@Isaiah:42:10 @ Sing a new song to Jehovah. Sing his praise, all the world! Praise him, you that sail the sea. Praise him, all creatures of the sea! Sing, distant lands and all who live there!

nsb@Isaiah:42:13 @ Jehovah goes out to fight like a warrior. He is ready and eager for battle. He gives a war cry, a battle shout and he shows his power against his enemies.

nsb@Isaiah:42:21 @ Jehovah is a God who is eager to save. He exalted his laws and teachings, and he wanted his people to honor them.

nsb@Isaiah:42:22 @ Now his people have been plundered. They are locked up in dungeons and hidden away in prisons. They were robbed and plundered, with no one to come to their rescue.

nsb@Isaiah:42:23 @ Will any of you listen to this? From now on will you listen with care?

nsb@Isaiah:42:25 @ So he made us feel the force of his anger and suffer the violence of war. Like fire his anger burned throughout Israel. Yet we never knew what was happening. We learned nothing at all from it.

nsb@Isaiah:43:9 @ »‘All nations have gathered together, and people have assembled. Who among them could have revealed this? Who among them could have foretold this to us? They should bring their witnesses to prove that they were right. Let the people hear them. Then they will say: ‘It is the truth.’«

nsb@Isaiah:43:10 @ »YOU ARE MY WITNESSES,« DECLARES JEHOVAH! »I have chosen you as my servant so that you can know and believe in me and understand that I am the one who did this. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.

nsb@Isaiah:43:13 @ »From the beginning I was the one who did this. No one can rescue people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?«

nsb@Isaiah:43:14 @ This is what Jehovah, your redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel, says: »For your sake I will send an army to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in.

nsb@Isaiah:43:17 @ He leads chariots and horses, an army and reinforcements. »They lie down together and do not get up again. They are extinguished and snuffed out like a wick.« This is what Jehovah says:

nsb@Isaiah:44:2 @ »‘This is what Jehovah says, the one who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: ‘Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

nsb@Isaiah:44:5 @ »‘»One person will say: »I belong to Jehovah.« Another person will call himself by the name of Jacob. Still another will write on his hand: »Jehovah’s.« And he will take the name Israel.’

nsb@Isaiah:44:6 @ »This is what Jehovah, Israel’s King and Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘I AM THE FIRST AND I AM THE LAST- APART FROM ME THERE IS NO GOD!

nsb@Isaiah:44:8 @ »‘Do not tremble. Do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock. There is not one!’«

nsb@Isaiah:44:11 @ He and his kind will be put to shame. Craftsmen are merely men. Let them all come together and take their stand for they will be brought down to terror and infamy.

nsb@Isaiah:44:12 @ The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals. He shapes an idol with hammers; he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He drinks no water and grows faint.

nsb@Isaiah:44:13 @ The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a red chalk marker. He roughs it out with chisels and marks it with a compass. He shapes it in the form of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.

nsb@Isaiah:44:16 @ Half of the wood they burn in the fire. Over this half they roast meat that they can eat until they are full. They also warm themselves and say: We are warm. We can see the fire!

nsb@Isaiah:44:21 @ Jehovah says: »Israel, remember this! Remember that you are my servant. I created you to be my servant, and I will never forget you.

nsb@Isaiah:44:23 @ »Shout for joy, you heavens! Shout, deep places of the earth! Shout for joy, mountains, and every tree of the forest! Jehovah has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.«

nsb@Isaiah:45:1 @ This is WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS ABOUT CYRUS, his anointed one: »I have held him by his right hand so he could conquer the nations ahead of him; that he could strip kings of their power, and open doors ahead of him so that the gates would not be shut.

nsb@Isaiah:45:10 @ »‘Do we dare say to our parents: ‘Why did you make me like this?’

nsb@Isaiah:45:13 @ »I have stirred Cyrus to action to fulfill my purpose and put things right. I will straighten out every road that he travels. He will rebuild my city, Jerusalem, and set my captive people free. No one has hired him or bribed him to do this.« Jehovah of Hosts has spoken.

nsb@Isaiah:45:14 @ This is what Jehovah says: »The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans will come over to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will come to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you. They will say: ‘God is with you and there is no other. There is no other god!’

nsb@Isaiah:45:21 @ »Speak and present your case. Yes, let them consult one another. Who revealed this in the distant past and predicted it long ago? Was it not I, Jehovah? There is no other God except me. There is no other righteous God and Savior besides me.

nsb@Isaiah:46:7 @ »They lift it to their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer. It cannot save him from his troubles!

nsb@Isaiah:46:8 @ »Remember this! Keep it in mind and take it to heart, you rebels.

nsb@Isaiah:47:4 @ Our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.

nsb@Isaiah:47:8 @ »Hear this you sensual one! You dwell securely and say in your heart: ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow. I will not lose children.’ (Revelation strkjv@18:2-8)

nsb@Isaiah:47:15 @ »That is all they can do for you, these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error. No one can save you.

nsb@Isaiah:48:1 @ Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.

nsb@Isaiah:48:14 @ »Gather together, all of you, and listen. What idol has revealed such things? Jehovah loves Cyrus. He will carry out Jehovah’s plan against Babylon. He will use his strength against the Babylonians.

nsb@Isaiah:48:16 @ »Come here. Listen to this! From the beginning I have spoken nothing in private. From the time it took place, I was there. Now the Lord Jehovah has sent me, and his Spirit.

nsb@Isaiah:48:17 @ This is what Jehovah your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: »I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.

nsb@Isaiah:48:20 @ Get out of Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Shout for joy as you tell it and announce it. Shout it out to the ends of the earth. Say: »Jehovah has reclaimed his servant Jacob.

nsb@Isaiah:49:1 @ Listen to this, you islands! Pay attention you people far away. Jehovah chose me long before I was born. He recorded my name while I was in my mother’s womb.

nsb@Isaiah:49:2 @ He made my tongue like a sharp sword. He hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow and hid me in his quiver.

nsb@Isaiah:49:5 @ Jehovah formed me in the womb to be his servant. I am to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to him. Jehovah honors me. My God has become my strength.

nsb@Isaiah:49:8 @ This is what Jehovah says: »In the time of favor I will answer you. I will appoint you as my promise to the people. You will restore the land. You will make them inherit the desolate inheritance.«

nsb@Isaiah:49:13 @ Shout for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Break into joyful shouting, O mountains! For Jehovah has comforted his people. He will have compassion on his afflicted.

nsb@Isaiah:49:20 @ »‘The children removed from you will say to you: ‘This place is too crowed for me. Make room for me to live here.’

nsb@Isaiah:50:1 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.

nsb@Isaiah:50:10 @ Who among you respects Jehovah and obeys his servant? Let those who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of Jehovah and depend upon their God.

nsb@Isaiah:50:11 @ But all of you light fires and arm yourselves with flaming torches. So walk in your own light and among the torches you have lit. This is what you will receive from me: You will be tormented.

nsb@Isaiah:51:15 @ »I am Jehovah your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

nsb@Isaiah:51:17 @ Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger.

nsb@Isaiah:51:21 @ Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine.

nsb@Isaiah:51:22 @ This is what your Lord Jehovah says, your God, who defends his people: »See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger. You will never drink from that cup, that cup of wrath, again.

nsb@Isaiah:52:3 @ For this is what Jehovah says: »You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.«

nsb@Isaiah:52:9 @ Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem! Jehovah has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

nsb@Isaiah:52:10 @ Jehovah will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

nsb@Isaiah:52:14 @ There were many who were appalled at him and his appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness.

nsb@Isaiah:53:1 @ THIS IS THE PEOPHESY ABOUT THE MESSIAH. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

nsb@Isaiah:53:2 @ He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance will make us desire him.

nsb@Isaiah:53:5 @ But he was pierced for our transgressions! He was crushed for our iniquities! The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. There has been healing for us because of his wounds.

nsb@Isaiah:53:6 @ We are all like sheep. We have gone astray! Each of us has turned to his own way. Jehovah has caused the iniquity of all of us to be laid on him.

nsb@Isaiah:53:7 @ He was oppressed and afflicted and yet he did not open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He was silent like sheep ready to be sheared. He did not open his mouth.

nsb@Isaiah:53:8 @ He was oppressed, judged and taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? He was removed from the land of the living. He was destroyed because of the transgression of my people.

nsb@Isaiah:53:9 @ He was buried like a criminal in a rich mans grave. He had done no wrong, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

nsb@Isaiah:53:10 @ It was Jehovah’s will to allow him to be crushed. Even though Jehovah makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper in his hand.

nsb@Isaiah:53:11 @ After his suffering he will see the light and be satisfied. By his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many. He will bear their iniquities.

nsb@Isaiah:53:12 @ Therefore I will give him a portion among the great. He will divide the spoils with the strong. This is because he poured out his life unto death. He was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

nsb@Isaiah:54:5 @ »For your Maker is your husband. Jehovah of Hosts is his name! The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He is called the God of all the earth.

nsb@Isaiah:54:9 @ »To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.

nsb@Isaiah:54:17 @ »Weapons forged against you will not prevail! You will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah and this is their vindication from me,« declares Jehovah.

nsb@Isaiah:55:7 @ Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

nsb@Isaiah:55:13 @ »Instead of the thornbush the pine tree will grow. Instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for Jehovah’s fame. It will be for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed.«

nsb@Isaiah:56:2 @ »Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

nsb@Isaiah:56:3 @ »‘No foreigner bound to Jehovah should say: ‘Jehovah will surely exclude me from his people. No eunuch should complain: I am only a dry tree.’«

nsb@Isaiah:57:2 @ He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.

nsb@Isaiah:57:6 @ »Is your portion among the smooth stones of the stream? They indeed are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering. You have offered a grain offering. Should this give me comfort?

nsb@Isaiah:57:13 @ »When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away. A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

nsb@Isaiah:57:17 @ Because of the iniquity of his covetousness gain I was angry and struck him. I hid and was angry. He went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

nsb@Isaiah:57:18 @ I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

nsb@Isaiah:58:5 @ »Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed and for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Jehovah?

nsb@Isaiah:58:6 @ »Is this not the fast I choose to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke?

nsb@Isaiah:59:1 @ The hand of Jehovah is not too weak to save or his ear too deaf to hear.

nsb@Isaiah:59:2 @ But your wrongs have separated you from your God. Your sins have made him hide his face so that he does not even hear you.

nsb@Isaiah:59:4 @ No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

nsb@Isaiah:59:16 @ He sees that there is no one to help. He is astounded that there is no one to intercede. So he saves him with his own power. His righteousness supports him.

nsb@Isaiah:59:17 @ He puts on righteousness like a coat of armor and a helmet of salvation on his head. He wears clothes of vengeance. He wraps himself with zeal as a coat.

nsb@Isaiah:59:18 @ He will pay them back according to their deeds. He will pay back his opponents with wrath and punish his enemies. He will pay back the people who live on the coastlands.

nsb@Isaiah:59:19 @ The people from the sunset will respect the name of Jehovah. Those from the rising of the sun will reverence his glory. He will come like a rushing stream that the Spirit of Jehovah drives.

nsb@Isaiah:59:21 @ »This is my promise to them,« says Jehovah. »My Spirit is on you and my words that I put in your mouth will not leave you. They will be with your children and your grandchildren permanently,« says Jehovah

nsb@Isaiah:60:2 @ »Darkness now covers the earth! Thick darkness overwhelms the nations. But Jehovah shines for you. His glory appears to you.

nsb@Isaiah:60:5 @ »Then you will see this and rejoice. Your heart will shake with joy. The riches of the sea will be brought to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.

nsb@Isaiah:60:9 @ »Surely the coastlands wait with hope for me. The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children from far away. They bring their silver and their gold with them to honor the name of Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you.

nsb@Isaiah:62:5 @ »Your sons will marry you like a young man marries a woman. Your God will rejoice over the same way a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

nsb@Isaiah:62:8 @ Jehovah has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm: »I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, nor will foreigners drink the new wine that you produced.

nsb@Isaiah:62:11 @ Jehovah has announced to the ends of the earth: »Tell my people, Zion, your salvation is coming. His reward for us and recompense are with him.’«

nsb@Isaiah:63:1 @ Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom with his clothes stained bright red? Who is this dressed in splendor, going forward with great strength? It is I, Jehovah! I am coming to announce my victory. I am powerful enough to save you!

nsb@Isaiah:63:7 @ I will acknowledge Jehovah’s acts of loving-kindness, and sing the praises of Jehovah, because of everything that Jehovah has done for us. He has done many good things for the nation of Israel because of his compassion and the abundance of his loving-kindness.

nsb@Isaiah:63:9 @ In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

nsb@Isaiah:63:10 @ But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy. He fought against them.

nsb@Isaiah:63:11 @ His people finally remembered Moses and the days of old. Where is the one who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who put his Holy Spirit in the midst of them?

nsb@Isaiah:63:12 @ Where is the one who sent his powerful arm to support the right hand of Moses? Where is the one who divided the water in front of them to make an everlasting name for himself?

nsb@Isaiah:63:14 @ Just like animals going down into a valley, they were given rest by Jehovah’s Spirit. In this way you guided your people to make an honored name for yourself.

nsb@Isaiah:65:7 @ both your sins and the sins of your fathers, says Jehovah. This is because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills. I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds.«

nsb@Isaiah:65:13 @ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!

nsb@Isaiah:65:15 @ You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse. The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

nsb@Isaiah:65:20 @ »Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years. He who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth. The sinner who reaches a hundred will be considered accursed.

nsb@Isaiah:66:1 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Heaven is my throne. Earth is my footstool. Where can you people build a house or resting place for me?

nsb@Isaiah:66:5 @ »Listen to the word of Jehovah, all who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate you, exclude you because of my name. They say: Let Jehovah show his glory and then we will see your joy. But they will be put to shame.

nsb@Isaiah:66:6 @ »Listen to the uproar from the city. Listen to the sound from the temple. It is the sound of Jehovah paying back his enemies as they deserve.

nsb@Isaiah:66:12 @ This is what Jehovah says: »I will offer you peace like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried in Jerusalem's arms and cuddled on her knees.

nsb@Isaiah:66:14 @ When you see it, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like new grass. The power of Jehovah will be made known to his servants, but he will condemn his enemies.

nsb@Isaiah:66:15 @ Jehovah will come with fire and with his chariots like a thunderstorm. He will pay them back with his burning anger and punish them with flames of fire.

nsb@Isaiah:66:16 @ Jehovah will judge with fire, and he will judge all people with his sword. Jehovah will strike many people dead.

nsb@Isaiah:66:19 @ »I will set up a sign among them and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Meshech, Rosh, Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands who have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will tell about my glory among the nations.

nsb@Jeremiah:1:2 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah. This happened when King Josiah, son of Amon, was in his thirteenth year as king of Judah.

nsb@Jeremiah:1:4 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me, Jeremiah, He said:

nsb@Jeremiah:1:9 @ Then Jehovah stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Jehovah said to me: »I have put my words in your mouth.

nsb@Jeremiah:1:11 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me again. He asked: »What do you see Jeremiah?« I answered: »I see a branch of an almond tree.«

nsb@Jeremiah:2:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me:

nsb@Jeremiah:2:2 @ »Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what Jehovah says: »I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that was not sown.

nsb@Jeremiah:2:10 @ »Go over to the coasts of Cyprus, and see. Send someone to Kedar and observe closely. See if there has ever been such a thing as this.

nsb@Jeremiah:2:12 @ »Be horrified over this, heaven. Be terribly afraid,« declares Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:2:17 @ »You have done this to yourself by abandoning Jehovah your God when he led you on his way.

nsb@Jeremiah:2:31 @ »O you people of this generation consider the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?

nsb@Jeremiah:2:35 @ »‘After all this you say: ‘I am innocent. God will turn his anger from me. For I have not sinned.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:2:37 @ »You will also leave this place with your hands over your head, because Jehovah has rejected those you trust. They will not help you.«

nsb@Jeremiah:3:1 @ It is said: »If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband should not go back to her again.« The land would become completely polluted. »You have behaved like a prostitute who has many lovers. Now you want to come back to me!« Says Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:3:7 @ »I thought that after she had done all this she would come back to me. But she did not come back, and her treacherous sister Judah saw her.

nsb@Jeremiah:3:10 @ »Even after all this, Israel's treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart. She was deceitful,« says Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:3:12 @ »‘Go and proclaim this message to the north: ‘Come back, unfaithful Israel. It is Jehovah speaking. I will no longer frown on you because I am merciful,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will no longer be angry with you.

nsb@Jeremiah:4:4 @ »Be circumcised by Jehovah, and get rid of the foreskins of your hearts, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my fury will blaze like a fire. It will burn, and no one will be able to put it out. This is because of the evil you do.«

nsb@Jeremiah:4:5 @ Report this message in Judah. Make it heard in Jerusalem. Say: »Blow the ram's horn throughout the land. Shout loudly and say: ‘Assemble together! Let us go into the fortified cities.’

nsb@Jeremiah:4:7 @ »A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place and is on his way to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined. No one will live in them.

nsb@Jeremiah:4:13 @ »The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!«

nsb@Jeremiah:4:16 @ »Warn the nations about this. Tell it to Jerusalem. Hostile troops are coming from a distant country. They shout battle cries against the cities of Judah.«

nsb@Jeremiah:4:18 @ »You brought this on yourself. This is your punishment. It is bitter. It breaks your heart.«

nsb@Jeremiah:4:26 @ I see that the fertile land has become a desert. Its cities are torn down because of Jehovah and his burning anger.

nsb@Jeremiah:5:8 @ They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife.

nsb@Jeremiah:5:14 @ Jehovah, the God of hosts says: »Because you have spoken this word and I am making my words fire in your mouth. This people are wood and will be consumed.

nsb@Jeremiah:5:19 @ »‘They will ask: ‘Why has Jehovah our God done all this to us?’ Answer them: »You have abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land. So you will serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:5:20 @ »Declare this to the house of Jacob, and make this heard in Judah:

nsb@Jeremiah:5:21 @ »‘Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:5:31 @ ‘Prophets prophesy falsehoods. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do when the end comes?’«

nsb@Jeremiah:6:3 @ Shepherds and their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents around her. They will pasture each in his place.

nsb@Jeremiah:6:6 @ Jehovah of Hosts says: »Cut down trees and build up a siege against Jerusalem. This city should be punished, for there is only oppression in her.

nsb@Jeremiah:6:19 @ »Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people as the fruit of their plans. This is because they have not listened to my words, and have rejected my law.

nsb@Jeremiah:6:21 @ Therefore, Jehovah says: »I am laying stumbling blocks before this people. They will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbors and friends will perish.«

nsb@Jeremiah:7:1 @ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah:

nsb@Jeremiah:7:2 @ »Stand at the gate of Jehovah’s house and proclaim there this word: ‘Hear the word of Jehovah, all you of Judah who enter by these gates to worship Jehovah!

nsb@Jeremiah:7:3 @ »‘Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: »Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:4 @ »‘»Do not trust in deceptive words. They say: ‘This is the Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah, and the Temple of Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:5 @ »‘»For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

nsb@Jeremiah:7:6 @ if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,

nsb@Jeremiah:7:7 @ then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land I gave to your fathers from generation to generation and for a very long time.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:7:10 @ »Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, ‘We are safe to do all these abominations.’

nsb@Jeremiah:7:11 @ »Has this house, called by my name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,« declares Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:16 @ »As for you, do not pray for this people. Do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me for I do not hear you.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:20 @ Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: »My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. It will burn and not be quenched.«

nsb@Jeremiah:7:23 @ »‘I gave them this command: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. You will walk in all the way that I command you that it may be well with you.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:7:25 @ »Since the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all my servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending them.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:28 @ »You will say to them: ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God or accept correction. Truth has perished and truth has been removed from their mouth.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:29 @ ‘Cut off your hair and cast it away. Take up a cry of sorrow and grief on the bare heights. Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’

nsb@Jeremiah:7:31 @ »They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire. I did not command this. I would never think of such a thing.

nsb@Jeremiah:7:33 @ »The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth. No one will frighten them away.

nsb@Jeremiah:8:4 @ »Say to them: ‘This is what Jehovah says: »When someone falls, he gets back up. When someone turns away from me, he returns.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:8:16 @ From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses. At the sound of the neighing of his stallions the whole land quakes. For they come and devour the land and its fullness, the city and its inhabitants.

nsb@Jeremiah:9:4 @ »Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

nsb@Jeremiah:9:5 @ »Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.

nsb@Jeremiah:9:8 @ »Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit! With the mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, but inwardly he sets an ambush for him.«

nsb@Jeremiah:9:9 @ »I will punish them for these things,« declares Jehovah. »I will punish this nation and I will not be satisfied.«

nsb@Jeremiah:9:12 @ »Who is the wise man that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah has spoken? Let him declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through?«

nsb@Jeremiah:9:15 @ »‘Therefore Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold! I will feed this people with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.’

nsb@Jeremiah:9:20 @ Listen to the word of Jehovah, you women, and open your ears to hear his words. Teach your daughters how to cry. Teach your neighbors funeral songs.

nsb@Jeremiah:9:22 @ »‘This is what Jehovah says: »Dead bodies will fall like manure on the field. They will be like grain that has been cut but not gathered.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:9:23 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Do not let wise people brag about their wisdom. Do not let strong people brag about their strength. Do not let rich people brag about their riches.«

nsb@Jeremiah:9:24 @ »If they want to brag, instead let them advocate that they understand and know me. They should advocate that I, Jehovah, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of celebration pleases me,« declares Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:2 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Do not learn the practices of the nations. Do not be frightened by the signs in the sky because they frighten the nations.«

nsb@Jeremiah:10:9 @ Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. It is the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith. Violet and purple are their clothing. They are all the work of skilled men.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:10 @ Jehovah is the true God! He is the living God and the everlasting king. The earth quakes at his wrath. The nations cannot endure his indignation.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:12 @ He who made the earth by his power, and established the world by his wisdom; also stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:13 @ He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:14 @ Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:16 @ Jacob’s share is not like this. For he made everything! Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

nsb@Jeremiah:10:18 @ Jehovah says: »I am evicting the inhabitants of the land at this time. I will cause them distress that they may be found.«

nsb@Jeremiah:10:19 @ Oh, I am wounded! My wound is serious. Then I thought that this is my punishment, and I will bear it.

nsb@Jeremiah:11:3 @ »Jehovah the God of Israel says, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not obey the terms of this covenant.’

nsb@Jeremiah:11:7 @ »I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt. Even to this day I persistently warned them, saying: ‘Listen to my voice.’

nsb@Jeremiah:11:8 @ »Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart! Therefore I brought on them all the words of the covenant I commanded them to do. But they did not do it.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:11:17 @ »Jehovah of Hosts planted you. He has pronounced disaster on you. This is because of the evil things that Israel and Judah have done. They have made him infuriated by burning incense as an offering to Baal.

nsb@Jeremiah:11:19 @ I was like an unquestioning lamb brought to the slaughter. I did not know that they were plotting against me. They were saying: »Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut Jeremiah off from this world of the living so that we will not be reminded of him anymore.«

nsb@Jeremiah:11:21 @ This is what Jehovah says: »The people of Anathoth want to kill you. They say: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, or we will kill you.«

nsb@Jeremiah:11:22 @ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: »I am going to punish them. The young men will die by the sword because of war. Their sons and daughters will die by famine.

nsb@Jeremiah:13:10 @ »The people of Judah are evil and stubborn. They do not listen to me. They do whatever they want and even worship other gods. When I am finished with these people, they will be good for nothing, just like this linen belt.

nsb@Jeremiah:13:11 @ »This belt is tight around your waist, and that is how tightly I held onto the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. I wanted them to be my people. I wanted to make them famous, so that other nations would praise and honor me, but they refused to obey me.

nsb@Jeremiah:13:12 @ »Speak this word to them: ‘Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, »Every jug is to be filled with wine. When they say to you, Do we not know that every jug is to be filled with wine?

nsb@Jeremiah:13:13 @ »‘»Say to them: Jehovah says I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness!

nsb@Jeremiah:13:18 @ Say to the king and his mother: »Come down from your thrones, because your crowns have fallen off your heads.«

nsb@Jeremiah:13:25 @ »This is your fate, the destiny I have planned for you,« proclaims Jehovah. »You have forgotten me and trusted in false gods.

nsb@Jeremiah:14:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word about the drought to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:14:10 @ This is what Jehovah says about these people: »They love to wander. They do not keep their feet where they belong. Therefore Jehovah is not happy with them. He will remember their crimes and punish their sins.«

nsb@Jeremiah:14:13 @ I said: »Alas, O Lord Jehovah, prophets are telling them: ‘You will not see wars or famines, for I will give you lasting peace in this place.«

nsb@Jeremiah:14:15 @ »I did not send these prophets. Yet, they prophesy in my name that there will be no wars or famines in this land. So this is what I, Jehovah, say about them: ‘Wars and famines will bring an end to these prophets.

nsb@Jeremiah:14:17 @ »Say this to them: ‘My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.

nsb@Jeremiah:15:2 @ »When they ask you where they should go, say to them: This is what Jehovah says: Those who are to die will die. Those who are to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are to die in captivity will die in captivity.

nsb@Jeremiah:15:4 @ »I will make these people a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms on the earth. This will happen because of what Judah's King Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, did in Jerusalem.

nsb@Jeremiah:15:13 @ »Jehovah said to me: ‘I will send enemies to carry away the wealth and treasures of my people. This will punish them for the sins they have committed throughout the land.

nsb@Jeremiah:16:2 @ »You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.

nsb@Jeremiah:16:3 @ Jehovah says this about the sons and daughters born in this place, and about their mothers who bear them, and their fathers who begot them in this land:

nsb@Jeremiah:16:5 @ Jehovah says: »Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them. I have withdrawn my peace from this people,« declares Jehovah, »even my loving kindness and compassion.«

nsb@Jeremiah:16:6 @ »Both great and small men will die in this land. They will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.

nsb@Jeremiah:16:9 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to put a stop to the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms in this place. This will happen in your lifetime, even as you watch.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:16:13 @ »Therefore I will throw you out of this land into a land that you and your ancestors have not heard of. There you will serve other gods day and night because I will no longer have pity on you.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:16:15 @ »But they will say: Jehovah brought the people of Israel out of the land of the north and all the lands where he had scattered them. They will say this because I will bring them back to the land that I gave their fathers.

nsb@Jeremiah:16:21 @ »That is what I will teach them. This time I will make my power and my strength known to them. THEN THEY WILL KNOW THAT MY NAME IS JEHOVAH.«

nsb@Jeremiah:17:3 @ and on mountains in the open country. I will turn your wealth and all your treasures into loot. I will do this because of your worship sites and your sin throughout all your territory.

nsb@Jeremiah:17:4 @ You will lose the inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you have not heard of. I will do this because you have stirred up the fire of my anger. It will burn for a very long time.

nsb@Jeremiah:17:5 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:17:10 @ »I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind. I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

nsb@Jeremiah:17:11 @ »A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.«

nsb@Jeremiah:17:24 @ »But it will come about, if you listen attentively to me, declares Jehovah, to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to keep the Sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,

nsb@Jeremiah:17:25 @ then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David. They will ride in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This city will be inhabited for a very long time.

nsb@Jeremiah:18:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:18:3 @ I went to the potter's house, and he was working there at his wheel.

nsb@Jeremiah:18:5 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me. Jehovah asked:

nsb@Jeremiah:18:6 @ »Nation of Israel, can I do with you as this potter does with clay?« Nation of Israel, »You are in my hands like the clay in the potter's hands.

nsb@Jeremiah:18:11 @ »Now say to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem, This is what Jehovah says: ‘I am going to prepare a disaster and make a plot against you. Turn from your evil ways, change your lives, and do good.’

nsb@Jeremiah:18:13 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘Ask among the nations if anyone has ever heard anything like this. The people of Israel have done a very horrible thing.

nsb@Jeremiah:18:16 @ »‘They make their land desolation. It becomes an object of perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and shake his head.

nsb@Jeremiah:18:18 @ Then they said: »Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.«

nsb@Jeremiah:19:3 @ Say: »Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, »‘»Behold I am about to bring adversity upon this place. The ears of everyone who hears of it will quiver with fear.

nsb@Jeremiah:19:4 @ »‘»This is because they have forsaken me. They have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods. These are gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the blameless.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:19:5 @ »‘They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal. This is not something I commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter my mind.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:19:6 @ »‘»Therefore days are coming, declares Jehovah, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter.

nsb@Jeremiah:19:7 @ »I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth.

nsb@Jeremiah:19:8 @ »I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.

nsb@Jeremiah:19:11 @ »‘Say to them: ‘Jehovah of Hosts says: »Like this I will break this people and this city. It is just like one breaks a potter's vessel that cannot again be repaired. They will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:19:12 @ »‘This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,’declares Jehovah, ‘I will make this city like Topheth.

nsb@Jeremiah:19:15 @ »Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel says: ‘I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire disaster that I have declared against it. This is because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed my words.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:20:5 @ »‘I will also hand over all the wealth of this city, all its produce and all its costly things. I will even give all the treasures of the kings of Judah to the hand of their enemies. They will plunder them and take them away to Babylon.

nsb@Jeremiah:20:9 @ But if I say: »I will not remember him or speak anymore in his name,« then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in. I cannot endure it.

nsb@Jeremiah:20:10 @ For I have heard the whispering of many: »Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!« All my trusted friends are watching for my fall. They say: »Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him and take our revenge on him.«

nsb@Jeremiah:21:1 @ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah. King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah. The king said to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:21:2 @ »Please inquire of Jehovah on our behalf. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us. Perhaps Jehovah will deal with us with all his wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.«

nsb@Jeremiah:21:4 @ ‘Jehovah the God of Israel says: »Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war you control. The weapons you use to make war against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall. I will gather them into the center of this city.

nsb@Jeremiah:21:6 @ ‘»I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They will die of a great pestilence.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:21:7 @ »‘»Afterwards,« declares Jehovah: »I will hand over Judah's King Zedekiah, his officials, the people, and everyone else in this city who survives the plague, war, and famine. They will be handed over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. Nebuchadnezzar will kill them with swords. He will not spare them, show them compassion, or care for them.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:21:8 @ »Also say to this people, ‘Jehovah says: »Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

nsb@Jeremiah:21:9 @ »‘He who dwells in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. He who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live. He will have his own life as booty.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:21:10 @ »‘»For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares Jehovah. It will be surrendered to the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.«

nsb@Jeremiah:21:12 @ »‘O house of David, Jehovah says: »Administer justice every morning. Deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. That way I may not have to offer my wrath like fire and burn with none to extinguish it, because of the evil of your deeds.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:22:1 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Go to the palace of the king of Judah, and speak this message there:

nsb@Jeremiah:22:3 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:4 @ »‘If you do what I say, then the kings who sit on David's throne will ride through the gates of this palace in chariots and on horses along with their officials and their people.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:22:5 @ »‘But if you do not do what I say, I will take an oath on myself,’ declares Jehovah, ‘this palace will become a pile of rubble.’

nsb@Jeremiah:22:7 @ »I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choicest cedars and throw them on the fire.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:8 @ »Many nations will pass by this city. They will say to one another: Why has Jehovah done thus to this great city?

nsb@Jeremiah:22:10 @ »Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him. Weep continually for the one who goes away. For he will never return or see his native land.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:11 @ »‘This is what Jehovah says about King Josiah's son Shallum, who succeeded his father as king of Judah and left this place: ‘He will never come back here again.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:12 @ »‘He will die in the place where they led him captive. He will not see this land again.’

nsb@Jeremiah:22:13 @ »Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:18 @ Therefore Jehovah tells us about Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: »They will not cry for him: ‘Alas, my brother!’ And, ‘Alas, sister!’ They will not mourn him: ‘Alas for the master!’ And, »Alas for his splendor!«

nsb@Jeremiah:22:21 @ I spoke to you in your prosperity. But you said: ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your practice from your youth, that you have not obeyed my voice.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:27 @ »You will want to return to this land, but you will not be allowed to come home.

nsb@Jeremiah:22:28 @ »This Jehoiakin is like a rejected and broken pot that no one wants. Is that why he and his descendants will be thrown out and cast into another land they have never heard of?

nsb@Jeremiah:22:30 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘Write this about Jehoiakin: »He will be childless. He will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed him as king. They will not sit on David's throne and rule Judah again.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:23:2 @ This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are tending my people: »You have scattered my flock and driven them away. You have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,« says Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:23:6 @ »In His days Judah will be saved. Israel will dwell securely. This is his name by which he will be called, Jehovah Is Our Righteousness.

nsb@Jeremiah:23:9 @ My heart is broken within me. All my bones tremble! I have become like a drunken man, even like a man overcome with wine. This is because of Jehovah and because of his holy words.

nsb@Jeremiah:23:13 @ »Say this about the prophets of Samaria: ‘I saw something disgusting. The prophets of Samaria prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.’

nsb@Jeremiah:23:14 @ »Say this about the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I see something horrible. The prophets of Jerusalem commit adultery and live a lie. They support those who do evil so that no one turns back from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me, and those who live in Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:23:15 @ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about the prophets: »I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness throughout the land.«

nsb@Jeremiah:23:16 @ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: »Do not listen to what the prophets are saying to you. They fill you with false hope. They speak about visions that they dreamed up. These visions are not from Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:23:18 @ Who is in Jehovah’s inner circle and sees and hears his word? Who pays attention and listens to his word?

nsb@Jeremiah:23:19 @ The storm of Jehovah vents his wrath. A whirling tempest will swirl down on the head of the wicked.

nsb@Jeremiah:23:20 @ The anger of Jehovah will not turn back until he has performed and carried out the purposes of his heart. In the last days you will clearly understand it.

nsb@Jeremiah:23:38 @ »‘If you disobey my command and use the words: ‘Jehovah’s utterance,’ then hear this.

nsb@Jeremiah:24:5 @ »Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah as good. I have sent them out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

nsb@Jeremiah:24:6 @ »‘I will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them to this land again. I will build them up and not overthrow them. I will plant them and not uproot them.

nsb@Jeremiah:24:8 @ »‘Like the bad figs that cannot be eaten because they are rotten,« says Jehovah, »so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah about all the people of Judah when Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was in his fourth year as king. This was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:3 @ »Jehovah continued to speak his word to me for twenty-three years. This covered the time from when Josiah, son of Amon, was in his thirteenth year as king of Judah until today. I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:4 @ »Jehovah has sent all his servants the prophets to you. Yet, you have not listened or paid attention to them.«

nsb@Jeremiah:25:8 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘»You did not listen to my words,

nsb@Jeremiah:25:9 @ so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,« says Jehovah. »I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:11 @ »This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:25:13 @ »‘I will bring on that land all the disasters I threatened to do to it, everything that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations, everything written in this book.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:15 @ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:19 @ I also made these people drink from it: Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, officials, all his people,

nsb@Jeremiah:25:27 @ »Jehovah said: ‘Say to them, This is what Jehovah of Hosts, »the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up because of the wars that I am going to send you.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:25:28 @ »‘If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink from it, say to them: ‘This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: »You must drink from it!

nsb@Jeremiah:25:30 @ »That is why you will prophecy all these things to them and say: Jehovah roars from above. He thunders from his holy dwelling place. He roars against his land. He shouts like those who stomp grapes. He shouts against all those who live on earth.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:32 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘Disaster is spreading from nation to nation. A great storm is brewing from the distant corners of the earth.

nsb@Jeremiah:25:38 @ »He has left his lair like a lion. Their land has been ruined because of the heat of the oppressor, because of the fury of his anger.«

nsb@Jeremiah:26:6 @ If you continue to disobey I will do to this Temple what I did to Shiloh, and all the nations of the world will use the name of this city as a curse.’« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:26:8 @ As soon as I had finished saying all that Jehovah commanded me to say, they grabbed me and shouted: »You ought to be killed for this!

nsb@Jeremiah:26:9 @ »Why have you said in Jehovah’s name that this Temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will be destroyed and no one will live in it?’« Then the people crowded around me.

nsb@Jeremiah:26:11 @ The priests and the prophets said to the leaders and to the people: »This man deserves to be sentenced to death because he has spoken against our city. You heard him with your own ears.«

nsb@Jeremiah:26:12 @ Then I Jeremiah said: »Jehovah sent me to proclaim everything that you heard me say against this Temple and against this city.

nsb@Jeremiah:26:13 @ »You must change the way you are living and the things you are doing. You must obey Jehovah your God. If you do, he will change his mind about the destruction that he said he would bring on you.

nsb@Jeremiah:26:15 @ »But if you put me to death, you and everyone else in Jerusalem will be guilty of murdering an innocent man. This is because everything I spoke came from Jehovah.«

nsb@Jeremiah:26:20 @ »There was another man prophesying in the name of Jehovah. His name was Uriah, son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath Jearim. He prophesied against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.

nsb@Jeremiah:26:21 @ »When King Jehoiakim and all his personal troops and officials heard what Uriah said the king wanted to put him to death. But Uriah heard about it and fled in fear to Egypt.

nsb@Jeremiah:26:23 @ »They brought Uriah from Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim. The king executed Uriah and threw his body into the burial ground for the common people.«

nsb@Jeremiah:27:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah when Zedekiah, son of King Josiah of Judah, began to rule.

nsb@Jeremiah:27:2 @ This is what Jehovah said to me: »Make leather straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.

nsb@Jeremiah:27:4 @ »Give them an order for their masters: This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters,

nsb@Jeremiah:27:7 @ »All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.

nsb@Jeremiah:27:12 @ I spoke the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah: »Surrender to the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and you will stay alive.

nsb@Jeremiah:27:16 @ I also spoke this message to the priests and all the people. This is what Jehovah said to me: »Do not listen to the prophets who tell you that the utensils of Jehovah’s Temple will be brought back from Babylon soon. They prophesy lies to you.«

nsb@Jeremiah:27:17 @ »Do not listen to them. Instead, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be turned into rubble?

nsb@Jeremiah:27:19 @ »Jehovah of Host reports concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

nsb@Jeremiah:27:22 @ »They will be carried to Babylon and they will be there until the day I visit them,« declares Jehovah. »Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:28:3 @ »Within two years I will bring back to this place all the temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:28:6 @ »Amen! I hope Jehovah will do this! I certainly hope he will make the prophecy come true and will bring back from Babylon all the Temple treasures and all the people who were taken away as prisoners.

nsb@Jeremiah:28:11 @ He said in the presence of all the people: »Jehovah said that this is how he will break the yoke that King Nebuchadnezzar has put on the neck of all the nations. He will do this within two years.« Then I left.

nsb@Jeremiah:28:12 @ Some time after this Jehovah told me:

nsb@Jeremiah:28:16 @ »Because of this, Jehovah says: ‘I am going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against Jehovah.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:29:2 @ This was after King Jehoiakin and his mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and metal workers left Jerusalem.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:4 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all those who were taken captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

nsb@Jeremiah:29:8 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Do not let the prophets or the mediums among you trick you. Do not even listen to your own dreams.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:10 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘When Babylon's seventy years are over I will come to you. I will keep my promise to you and bring you back to this place.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:16 @ »This is what Jehovah says about the king who sits on David's throne. And this is what he says about all the people who live in this city, the people who are your relatives and who were not taken away as captives:

nsb@Jeremiah:29:18 @ »‘I will chase them with wars, famines, and plagues. I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms on the earth. They will become something cursed, ridiculed, and hissed at, and they will be a disgrace among all the nations where I scatter them.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:21 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Kolaiah's son Ahab and about Maaseiah's son Zedekiah, who prophesy lies to you in my name: ‘I am going to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will kill them as you watch.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:22 @ ‘Because of them, all the captives from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: »May Jehovah curse you as he cursed Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned to death.«

nsb@Jeremiah:29:23 @ They have done scandalous and disgraceful things in Israel. They committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and spoke lies in my name. I did not command them to do this. »‘»I know what they have done. I am a witness,« says Jehovah.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:29:25 @ ‘This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: »You sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. These letters said:

nsb@Jeremiah:29:28 @ ‘That is why Jeremiah sent this message to us in Babylon: You will be captives a long time. Build houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce,--’« ’«»

nsb@Jeremiah:29:29 @ The priest Zephaniah read this letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:30 @ Then Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said:

nsb@Jeremiah:29:31 @ »Send this message to all the captives. This is what Jehovah says about Shemaiah from Nehelam: »Shemaiah prophesied to you, but I did not send him. He has made you believe a lie.

nsb@Jeremiah:29:32 @ »Jehovah says: ‘I will punish Shemaiah from Nehelam. I will also punish his descendants. No one from his family will be left alive. He will not see the blessings that I am going to send my people,’ declares Jehovah, ‘because he has encouraged rebellion against Jehovah.’« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:30:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:30:2 @ This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: »Write in a book everything that I tell you.

nsb@Jeremiah:30:6 @ »Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?

nsb@Jeremiah:30:12 @ This is what Jehovah says: »Your wound is incurable. Your injury is beyond healing.

nsb@Jeremiah:30:15 @ »Why do you cry about your wound, your injury that cannot be cured? I have done this to you. You are very wicked, and you have many sins.

nsb@Jeremiah:30:18 @ »This is what Jehovah says: »I am going to bring the captives back to Jacob's tents and show compassion on their homes. Cities will be built on the ruins, and fortified palaces will be built in their rightful place.

nsb@Jeremiah:30:23 @ The storm of Jehovah will come with his anger. Like a driving wind, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.

nsb@Jeremiah:30:24 @ Jehovah’s burning rage will not turn back until he has done everything he intends to do. You will understand this clearly in the last days.

nsb@Jeremiah:31:10 @ Hear the word of Jehovah, O nations. Declare in the coastlands afar off. Say: »He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.

nsb@Jeremiah:31:15 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:31:16 @ This is what Jehovah says: »‘Stop your crying, and wipe away your tears. You will be rewarded for your work,’ declares Jehovah. ‘You will return from the land of the enemy.’

nsb@Jeremiah:31:23 @ Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel says: »Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their prosperity. They will say: ‘Jehovah bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy mountain!’

nsb@Jeremiah:31:26 @ At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant.

nsb@Jeremiah:31:30 @ »Each person will die for his own sin. Whoever eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge.«

nsb@Jeremiah:31:33 @ »This is the covenant that I will make with Israel after those days,« declares Jehovah. »I will put my teachings inside them. I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.«

nsb@Jeremiah:31:34 @ »No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying: ‘Know Jehovah.’ »All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,« declares Jehovah. »I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.«

nsb@Jeremiah:31:35 @ Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:

nsb@Jeremiah:31:36 @ »Only if this covenant is removed,« declares Jehovah, »will Israel's descendants stop being a nation in my presence.«

nsb@Jeremiah:31:37 @ This is what Jehovah says: »‘If the heavens could be measured or the foundations of the earth could be searched, I would reject all of Israel's descendants because of everything that they have done,’ declares Jehovah.«

nsb@Jeremiah:32:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah during Zedekiah's tenth year as king of Judah. This was Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year as king.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:2 @ At that time the army of the king of Babylon was blockading Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was locked up in the courtyard of the prison. This prison was in the palace of the king of Judah.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:3 @ When King Zedekiah of Judah locked up Jeremiah, Zedekiah asked him: »Why are you prophesying? You are saying, ‘this is what Jehovah says: »I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:8 @ »Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah and said to me: ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin. You have the right of possession and the redemption is yours;. Buy it for yourself.’ »Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:14 @ ‘Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel says: »Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may be preserved a long time.«

nsb@Jeremiah:32:15 @ ‘Jehovah of Host, the God of Israel says: »Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:32:18 @ »You show loving kindness to thousands, but repay the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them. O great and mighty God. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:19 @ »You are great in counsel and mighty in deed. Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men. You give to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:20 @ »You set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. Even to this day both in Israel and among mankind you have made a name for yourself.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:21 @ »You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt using signs and wonders. You did this with a strong hand, with an outstretched arm and with great terror.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:22 @ »You gave them this land. You swore to their forefathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:23 @ »They came in and took possession of it. But they did not obey your voice or walk in your Law. They have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you made this calamity come upon them.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:24 @ »The siege ramps have reached the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence. You brought all this disaster on them.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:26 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:32:28 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘I am going to hand this city over to the Babylonians and King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They will capture it.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:29 @ ‘The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods.’

nsb@Jeremiah:32:31 @ ‘The people in this city have made me so angry and furious from the day they built it to this day. So now I must remove this city from my presence.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:35 @ In the valley of Ben Hinnom they built worship sites for Baal to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I did not ask them to do this. It never entered my heart. I did not make Judah sin.’

nsb@Jeremiah:32:36 @ »You have said this about the city: Because of wars, famines, and plagues it will be handed over to the king of Babylon. Jehovah the God of Israel says:

nsb@Jeremiah:32:37 @ ‘I am going to gather the people from all the lands where I scattered them in my anger, fury, and terrifying wrath. I will bring them back to this place and make them live here securely.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:39 @ »I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will respect and reverence me as long as they live. This will be for their good and for the good of their children.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:41 @ »I will enjoy blessing them. With all my heart and all my being I will faithfully plant them in this land.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:32:42 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘As I brought all these disasters on these people, so I will bring on them all these blessings that I have promised them.

nsb@Jeremiah:32:43 @ »Fields will be bought in this land of which you say: It is desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.« ’

nsb@Jeremiah:33:2 @ »Jehovah is the maker of the earth. Jehovah is the one who formed and established it. Jehovah is His name.

nsb@Jeremiah:33:4 @ »The houses in this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah have been torn down. They are used against the dirt ramps and weapons of the Babylonians. This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says about this:

nsb@Jeremiah:33:5 @ »The people of Israel fought the Babylonians. Now their houses are filled with the bodies of their own people I killed in my anger and my fury. I will hide my face from this city because of its wickedness.

nsb@Jeremiah:33:6 @ »However I will heal this city and restore it to health. I will heal its people, and I will give them peace and security.

nsb@Jeremiah:33:10 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘You have said that this place is ruined and that no people or animals live in it. It is true! The cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are deserted. No people or animals live there. But once again you will hear,

nsb@Jeremiah:33:11 @ »Yes, you will hear the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms. You will hear those who bring thank offerings to Jehovah’s Temple.« ’ »‘They will say: Give thanks to Jehovah of Hosts because Jehovah is good, because his mercy endures forever. I will restore the prosperity of the land to what they were before,« ’ says Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:33:12 @ »Jehovah of Hosts said: ‘In this land that is like a desert and where no people or animals live, there will once again be pastures where shepherds can take their sheep.’

nsb@Jeremiah:33:21 @ then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, with the Levitical priests as my ministers.

nsb@Jeremiah:33:24 @ »Have you not observed what this people have said. They say, ‘The two families Jehovah chose, he has rejected?’ Thus they despise my people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight.

nsb@Jeremiah:33:26 @ then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant. And I would not take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their prosperity and will show them love and compassion.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:34:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his entire army, and all the kingdoms and people that he ruled were attacking Jerusalem and all its cities. This is what he said:

nsb@Jeremiah:34:2 @ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘Go to King Zedekiah of Judah, and tell him, Jehovah says: »I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon. He will burn it down.

nsb@Jeremiah:34:4 @ »Listen to the word of Jehovah, King Zedekiah of Judah. This is what Jehovah says about you: ‘You will not die in war.

nsb@Jeremiah:34:7 @ He did this when the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the cities of Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities of Judah that were left.

nsb@Jeremiah:34:8 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah and all the people in Jerusalem promised to free their slaves.

nsb@Jeremiah:34:9 @ Everyone was supposed to free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female. No one was supposed to keep another Jew as a slave.

nsb@Jeremiah:34:12 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:34:13 @ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘I put a condition on the covenant I made to your ancestors when I brought them from Egypt, where they were slaves. I said:

nsb@Jeremiah:34:17 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘You did not obey me. You have not freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.

nsb@Jeremiah:34:21 @ I will hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them and to the army of the king of Babylon, the army that has withdrawn from you.’

nsb@Jeremiah:34:22 @ »‘I am going to give a command,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will bring that army back to this city to attack it, capture it, and burn it down. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one will live there.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:35:1 @ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

nsb@Jeremiah:35:3 @ I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and all the Rechabites.

nsb@Jeremiah:35:4 @ I took them into the House of Jehovah, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God. This was near the rulers' room, over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door.

nsb@Jeremiah:35:7 @ or build houses or plant crops and vineyards. Instead, you must always live in tents and move from place to place. If you obey this command, you will live a long time.’

nsb@Jeremiah:35:11 @ »But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded this land, we said: ‘Let's go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies. That is why we are living in Jerusalem.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:35:12 @ Then Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said:

nsb@Jeremiah:35:13 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem, Will you ever learn your lesson and obey my words?« Declares Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:35:14 @ »Jonadab, Rechab's son, ordered his descendants not to drink wine. This order has been carried out. His descendants have not drunk any wine to this day, because they have obeyed their ancestor's order. I have spoken to you again and again, but you have refused to listen to me.

nsb@Jeremiah:35:17 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to bring on Judah and on all those who live in Jerusalem all the disasters that I threatened. I have spoken to them, but they did not listen. I called to them, but they did not answer.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:35:18 @ Then Jeremiah said to the family of Rechab: »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘You obeyed the order of your ancestor Jonadab, followed all his instructions, and did exactly what he told you to do.

nsb@Jeremiah:35:19 @ So this is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: »A descendant of Jonadab, Rechab's son, will always serve me.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:36:1 @ In the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah of Judah, Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:36:7 @ »Maybe their prayers will come into Jehovah’s presence, and they will turn from their evil ways. Jehovah has threatened these people with his terrifying anger and fury.«

nsb@Jeremiah:36:17 @ They asked Baruch: »Please tell us how you wrote all this. Did Jeremiah dictate it to you?«

nsb@Jeremiah:36:22 @ It was the ninth month, and the king was in his winter house sitting in front of the fire in the fireplace.

nsb@Jeremiah:36:23 @ As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a scribe's knife and throw them into the fire in the fireplace. He did this until the whole scroll was burned up.

nsb@Jeremiah:36:24 @ The king and all his attendants did not show any fear or tear their clothes in fear when they heard everything being read.

nsb@Jeremiah:36:27 @ After the king burned up the scroll that Baruch had written and that Jeremiah had dictated, Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:36:29 @ »Say about King Jehoiakim of Judah: ‘This is what Jehovah says: You burned this scroll, and you asked Jeremiah: »Why did you write that the king of Babylon would certainly come to destroy this land and take away people and animals?« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:36:30 @ »‘This is what Jehovah says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: ‘He will have no one to sit on David's throne, and his own corpse will be thrown out and exposed to the heat of day and the cold of night.

nsb@Jeremiah:36:31 @ ‘»‘»I will punish him, his descendants, and his attendants for their wickedness. They refused to listen. So I will bring on them, on those who live in Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disasters that I have threatened.’« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:37:2 @ Zedekiah, his administrators, and the common people did not listen to what Jehovah spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

nsb@Jeremiah:37:5 @ Pharaoh's army came from Egypt. When the Babylonians who were blockading Jerusalem heard this news, they retreated from Jerusalem.

nsb@Jeremiah:37:6 @ Jehovah spoke his word to the prophet Jeremiah:

nsb@Jeremiah:37:7 @ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to get advice from me: »Pharaoh's army has come out to help you. But it will go back to Egypt, its own land.

nsb@Jeremiah:37:10 @ »Even if you would defeat the entire Babylonian army so that they had only a few badly wounded men left in their tents, they would get up and burn down this city!« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:37:12 @ Jeremiah wanted to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of his property there among the people.

nsb@Jeremiah:37:19 @ »Where are the prophets who told you that the king of Babylon would not attack you and this land?

nsb@Jeremiah:38:4 @ The officials went to the king and said: »This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.«

nsb@Jeremiah:38:12 @ He told me to put the rags under my arms, so that the ropes would not hurt me. I did this.

nsb@Jeremiah:38:17 @ Then I told Zedekiah that Jehovah, the God of Israel said: »If you surrender to the king of Babylon’s officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.

nsb@Jeremiah:38:18 @ »But if you do not surrender, then this city will be handed over to the Babylonians. They will burn it down, and you will not escape from them.«

nsb@Jeremiah:38:22 @ »In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went. The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.«

nsb@Jeremiah:38:23 @ Then I added: »All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians. You will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia. And this city will be burned to the ground.«

nsb@Jeremiah:38:24 @ Zedekiah replied: »Do not let anyone know about this conversation, and your life will not be in danger.

nsb@Jeremiah:39:1 @ In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem.

nsb@Jeremiah:39:4 @ When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers saw what was happening, they tried to escape from the city during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and escaped in the direction of the Jordan Valley.

nsb@Jeremiah:39:16 @ »Tell Ebedmelech the Ethiopian that Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: ‘Just as I said I would, I am going to bring upon this city destruction and not prosperity. When this happens, you will be there to see it.

nsb@Jeremiah:40:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, let him go at Ramah. Nebuzaradan found Jeremiah in chains along with the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken to Babylon.

nsb@Jeremiah:40:2 @ The captain of the guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him: »Jehovah your God threatened to bring this disaster on this place.

nsb@Jeremiah:40:3 @ »He has carried out his threat. Jehovah did as he promised because you Israelites have sinned against him and refused to obey him. That is why this has happened to you.

nsb@Jeremiah:40:9 @ Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men. He said: »Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians. Live in this country, serve the king of Babylon, and you will prosper.

nsb@Jeremiah:41:7 @ When they came into the city, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, and his men slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

nsb@Jeremiah:41:9 @ The cistern where Ishmael threw all the bodies of the men he had killed was the same one that King Asa made as a part of his defense against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, filled it with the bodies.

nsb@Jeremiah:41:15 @ Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to Ammon.

nsb@Jeremiah:42:10 @ ‘If you are willing to go on living in this land I will build you up and not tear you down. I will plant you and not uproot you. The destruction I brought on you has caused me great sorrow.

nsb@Jeremiah:42:11 @ ‘Stop being afraid of the king of Babylon. I am with you. I will rescue you from his power.’

nsb@Jeremiah:42:13 @ »‘If you say: »We will not stay in this land, and you disobey Jehovah your God.«

nsb@Jeremiah:42:15 @ Listen to the word of Jehovah, you people who are left in Judah. This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: »Suppose you are determined to go to Egypt, and you go and live there.

nsb@Jeremiah:42:18 @ »Jehovah, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury were poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so my fury will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will be a horrifying sight. People will make fun of you and use your name as a curse. You will never see this place again.’

nsb@Jeremiah:42:22 @ »So then, remember this: you will die in war or of starvation or disease in the land where you want to go and live.«

nsb@Jeremiah:43:8 @ Then Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes. He said:

nsb@Jeremiah:43:9 @ »Take some large stones, and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the Pharaoh's palace in Tahpanhes. Do this while the people of Judah watch you.

nsb@Jeremiah:43:10 @ »Say to them: ‘This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones that I buried, and I will spread his royal canopy above them.

nsb@Jeremiah:43:12 @ »He will set fire to the temples of Egypt's gods. He will burn down the temples and take their gods captive. Nebuchadnezzar will put on Egypt as his coat as a shepherd puts on his coat. He will leave Egypt peacefully.

nsb@Jeremiah:44:1 @ Jehovah spoke to me concerning all the Israelites living in Egypt, in the cities of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the southern part of the country«

nsb@Jeremiah:44:3 @ »‘This is because their people had done evil and had made me angry. They offered sacrifices to other gods and served gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever worshiped.

nsb@Jeremiah:44:4 @ »‘I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate.

nsb@Jeremiah:44:8 @ »‘Why do you make me angry by worshiping idols and by sacrificing to other gods here in Egypt, where you have come to live? Are you doing this just to destroy yourselves, so that every nation on earth will make fun of you and use your name as a curse?

nsb@Jeremiah:44:10 @ »‘You have not humbled yourselves to this very day. You have not honored me or lived according to all the laws that I gave you and your ancestors.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:44:20 @ Then I said to all the men and the women who had answered me in this way:

nsb@Jeremiah:44:22 @ »This very day your land lies in ruins and no one lives in it. It has become a horrifying sight. People use its name as a curse because Jehovah could no longer endure your wicked and evil practices.

nsb@Jeremiah:44:23 @ »This present disaster has come on you because you offered sacrifices to other gods and sinned against Jehovah by not obeying all his commandments.«

nsb@Jeremiah:44:29 @ »‘I Jehovah will give you proof that I will punish you in this place and that my promise to bring destruction on you will come true.

nsb@Jeremiah:44:30 @ »Jehovah says, ‘I will hand over King Hophra of Egypt to his enemies who want to kill him, just as I handed over King Zedekiah of Judah to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who was his enemy and wanted to kill him.« ’«

nsb@Jeremiah:45:1 @ This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch, son of Neriah. Baruch wrote these things on a scroll as Jeremiah dictated them during the fourth year that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah. Jeremiah said:

nsb@Jeremiah:45:2 @ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says to you, Baruch:

nsb@Jeremiah:45:4 @ »Say this to Baruch: ‘This is what Jehovah says: »I will tear down what I have built. I will uproot what I have planted throughout the earth.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:1 @ Jehovah spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the nations.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:2 @ This is the message about EGYPT, about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated his army at Carchemish along the Euphrates River during the fourth year that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:7 @ Who is this, rising like the Nile River, like streams that flow swiftly?

nsb@Jeremiah:46:10 @ That day belongs to Jehovah of Hosts. It is a day of vengeance when he will take revenge on his enemies. His sword will devour until it has had enough, and it will drink their blood until it is full. The Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will offer them as sacrifices in the north by the Euphrates River.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:13 @ Jehovah spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who will defeat Egypt.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:14 @ »Tell this in Egypt. Announce this in Migdol. Make it known in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say: ‘Take your positions, and get ready. Swords will kill those around you.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:17 @ »There they will cry: ‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is a big windbag. He has missed his chance.’

nsb@Jeremiah:46:19 @ »‘Pack your bags inhabitants of Egypt, because you will be taken away as captives. Memphis will become a dreary wasteland, a pile of rubble where no one lives.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:22 @ »‘Egypt will hiss like a snake as it slithers away. Its enemies will come with full force. They will attack it with axes like those who chop wood.

nsb@Jeremiah:46:26 @ »‘I will hand them over to those who want to kill them, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. Afterward, they will live in peace as they did long ago,’declares Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:48:1 @ This is what the Lord Jehovah said about MOAB: »Pity the people of Nebo. Their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame.

nsb@Jeremiah:48:7 @ Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.

nsb@Jeremiah:48:40 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘Look! Someone is coming like an eagle diving down from the sky and spreading its wings over Moab.

nsb@Jeremiah:48:42 @ »‘The nation of Moab will be destroyed. This is because they thought they were greater than Jehovah.

nsb@Jeremiah:49:1 @ This is what Jehovah says about the people of AMMON: »Does Israel not have any children? Does it not have any heirs? Why has the god Milcom taken over the inheritance of Gad's descendants? Why do Milcom's people live in Gad's cities?«

nsb@Jeremiah:49:7 @ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about Edom: »Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?

nsb@Jeremiah:49:12 @ This is what Jehovah says: »If those who do not deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished. You must drink from it.«

nsb@Jeremiah:49:23 @ This is what Jehovah said about Damascus: The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.

nsb@Jeremiah:49:28 @ This is what Jehovah says about the Kedar tribe and the desert villages that were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia: »Listen, you people of Kedar and the other tribes of the eastern desert. I have told Nebuchadnezzar to attack and destroy you.

nsb@Jeremiah:49:29 @ »His fearsome army will surround you. They will take your tents and possessions, your sheep and camels.

nsb@Jeremiah:49:34 @ Early in the rule of King Zedekiah of Judah, Jehovah spoke his word to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam.

nsb@Jeremiah:49:35 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘I am going to break the bows of Elam's archers, the most important weapon of their strength.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:13 @ »No one will live in Babylon because of Jehovah’s anger. It will be completely abandoned. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified and hiss at all its wounds.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:15 @ »Shout a war cry against them on every side. They will surrender. Their towers will fall and their walls will be torn down. Since this is Jehovah’s vengeance, take revenge against them. Do to them what they did to others.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:16 @ »Do not allow anyone in Babylon to plant or harvest. Everyone will turn to his own people and flee to his own homeland because of the enemies' swords.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:18 @ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:25 @ Jehovah will open his armory and bring out the weapons of his fury, because Jehovah of Hosts has a job to do in the land of the Babylonians.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:28 @ Fugitives and refugees from Babylon are coming to Zion to tell about the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance for his temple.

nsb@Jeremiah:50:34 @ »Their defender is strong. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. He will certainly take up their cause in order to bring rest to the land of Israel and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:9 @ »Foreigners living there said: ‘We tried to help Babylon, but it was too late. Let us leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylon with all his might and has destroyed it completely.’«

nsb@Jeremiah:51:11 @ »Jehovah has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylon. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command: Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!

nsb@Jeremiah:51:14 @ Jehovah has sworn by his own life: »I will bring many men to attack Babylon like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.«

nsb@Jeremiah:51:15 @ Jehovah made the earth by his power. By his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:16 @ When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens. He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:17 @ All mankind is stupid and devoid of knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful, and there is no breath in them.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:19 @ The portion of Jacob is not like these. He is the maker of all and of the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:29 @ The earth trembles and writhes in pain. Jehovah carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:31 @ Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:33 @ »I am the All-Powerful Jehovah, the God of Israel, and I make this promise: Soon Babylon will be leveled and packed down like a threshing place at harvest time.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:37 @ »Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:58 @ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled, and its high gates will be set on fire. People exhaust themselves for nothing. The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:59 @ This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Seraiah, son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, when Seraiah went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah's rule. Seraiah was the quartermaster.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:61 @ Jeremiah said to Seraiah: »When you come to Babylon, see that you read all this.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:62 @ Then says: ‘Jehovah, you have threatened to destroy this place so that no person or animal will live here. It will become a permanent ruin.’

nsb@Jeremiah:51:63 @ »When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

nsb@Jeremiah:51:64 @ »Say: ‘Babylon will sink like this scroll. It will never rise again because of the disasters that I will bring on it.’« The words of Jeremiah end here.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:1 @ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:3 @ Jehovah became angry at Jerusalem and Judah and threw the people out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:4 @ On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:8 @ The Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plain of Jericho. His entire army had deserted him.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:28 @ These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar took captive: In his seventh year as king, he took three thousand and twenty-three Jews.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:29 @ In his eighteenth year, Nebuchadnezzar took eight hundred and thirty-two people from Jerusalem.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:31 @ On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment of King Jehoiakin of Judah, King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, freed King Jehoiakin of Judah and released him from prison.

nsb@Jeremiah:52:33 @ Jehoiakin no longer wore prison clothes, and he ate his meals in the king's presence as long as he lived.

nsb@Lamentations:1:8 @ Great is the sin of Jerusalem! For this cause she has become an unclean thing. Those who gave her honor are looking down on her. They see her shame. Now truly, sighing out grief, she turns back.

nsb@Lamentations:1:12 @ »Come to me all you who go by, keep your eyes on me! See if there is any pain like the pain of my wound. For Jehovah has sent it to me in the day of his burning anger.

nsb@Lamentations:1:13 @ »He sends fire into my bones from on high. It overcomes them. His net is stretched out for my feet. He turns me back. He made me waste and feeble all the day.

nsb@Lamentations:1:14 @ »He keeps watch on my sins. They are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he makes my strength give way. Jehovah gives me into the hands of those against whom I have no power.

nsb@Lamentations:2:1 @ In his anger Jehovah covered Zion with clouds of darkness. He changed its heavenly splendor into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his footstool.

nsb@Lamentations:2:3 @ In his burning anger he cut down every horn of Israel. He turned his right hand back from before the enemy. He has put a fire in Jacob devouring and destroying all around.

nsb@Lamentations:2:4 @ He bends his bow for the attack. He takes his place with his hand ready. In his hate he puts to death all those pleasing to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion. He poured out his rage just like fire.

nsb@Lamentations:2:5 @ Jehovah has become like an enemy fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel. He has sent destruction on all her great houses, turning his strong places into waste. He increases the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

nsb@Lamentations:2:6 @ He violently takes away his tent, as from a garden. And he lays waste his meeting-place. Jehovah has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion. In the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

nsb@Lamentations:2:7 @ Jehovah rejected his altar and disowned his holy place. He gave up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses. Their voices have been loud in the house of Jehovah as in the day of a holy meeting.

nsb@Lamentations:2:8 @ It is Jehovah’s purpose to turn the wall of the daughter of Zion into waste. His line has been stretched out. He has not kept back his hand from destruction. He has sent sorrow on tower and wall. They have become feeble together.

nsb@Lamentations:2:15 @ All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: »Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?«

nsb@Lamentations:2:16 @ All your enemies are opening their mouths wide against you. They hiss and whistle through their teeth and say: »We have made a meal of her. Certainly this is the day we have been looking for. It has come and we see it.«

nsb@Lamentations:2:17 @ Jehovah accomplished his purpose. He accomplished what he said he would with the orders he gave in the days that are past. He tore down and shows no compassion. He causes your enemies to rejoice. He lifted up the horn of your adversaries.

nsb@Lamentations:2:20 @ Look, O Jehovah! Why are you punishing us like this? Women are eating the bodies of the children they loved! Priests and prophets are killed in the Temple!

nsb@Lamentations:3:1 @ I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his fury.

nsb@Lamentations:3:3 @ Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all day long.

nsb@Lamentations:3:12 @ With his bow bent, he made me the target for his arrows.

nsb@Lamentations:3:13 @ He has let fly his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

nsb@Lamentations:3:21 @ I remember this and I have hope.

nsb@Lamentations:3:22 @ We have not come to destruction because of Jehovah’s loving kindness. His mercies are without end.

nsb@Lamentations:3:24 @ I said to myself, »Jehovah is my heritage. For this reason I will hope in him.«

nsb@Lamentations:3:29 @ Let him put his mouth in the dust for perhaps there exists hope.

nsb@Lamentations:3:30 @ Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.

nsb@Lamentations:3:32 @ For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

nsb@Lamentations:3:33 @ He takes no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men, it is not within his heart.

nsb@Lamentations:3:34 @ A man crushes under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.

nsb@Lamentations:3:39 @ What protest may a living man make? Can a man protest about the punishment for his sin?

nsb@Lamentations:4:4 @ The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink. The young children cry out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

nsb@Lamentations:4:11 @ Jehovah has given full vent to his rage. He has poured out his burning anger. He set a fire in Zion causing the destruction of its foundation.

nsb@Lamentations:4:22 @ The punishment of your evil doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner. He has turned his attention to your error, O daughter of Edom. He has uncovered your sin.

nsb@Lamentations:5:17 @ Because of this our hearts are feeble. For these things our eyes are dark.

nsb@Ezekiel:1:10 @ Their faces looked like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right side, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle.

nsb@Ezekiel:1:16 @ This is how the wheels looked and how they were made: They looked like beryl. All four wheels looked the same. They looked like a wheel within a wheel.

nsb@Ezekiel:1:21 @ When the creatures moved, the wheels moved. When the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still. And when the creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose with them. This is because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

nsb@Ezekiel:2:3 @ He said: »Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.

nsb@Ezekiel:2:4 @ »I am sending you to these defiant and stubborn children.« Tell them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says:

nsb@Ezekiel:2:6 @ »Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people.

nsb@Ezekiel:3:1 @ Jehovah said to me: »Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll. Then speak to the people of Israel.«

nsb@Ezekiel:3:3 @ He said: »Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you, and fill your stomach with it.« So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.

nsb@Ezekiel:3:11 @ »Go to the exiles, to your people. Whether they listen or not, tell them: This is what the Lord Jehovah says.«

nsb@Ezekiel:3:12 @ Then the Spirit lifted me, and behind me I heard a loud thundering voice say: »Blessed is Jehovah’s glory from this place.«

nsb@Ezekiel:3:16 @ After seven days Jehovah spoke his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:3:18 @ »When I tell a wicked man that he will surely die, but you do not warn him or speak out so that he can change his wicked way in order to save his life; that wicked man will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death.

nsb@Ezekiel:3:19 @ »When you warn the wicked man, and he does not turn from his wicked way; he will die because of his sin, but you will save yourself.

nsb@Ezekiel:3:27 @ »But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth. You will tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says.’ Some will listen and some will refuse to listen for they are a rebellious people.

nsb@Ezekiel:4:3 @ »Take an iron pan and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. Then turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:4:6 @ »After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.

nsb@Ezekiel:4:13 @ Jehovah said: »This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids when I scatter them to foreign countries.«

nsb@Ezekiel:5:5 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: This is Jerusalem. I have set her at the center of the nations with countries all around her.

nsb@Ezekiel:6:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:6:3 @ »Say this: ‘You mountains of Israel listen to the word of the Lord Jehovah! This is what the Lord Jehovah says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: »I am going to attack you with a sword and destroy your worship sites.

nsb@Ezekiel:6:12 @ ‘»Plagues will kill those who are far away. Those who are near will die in wars. Anyone who is left and has escaped will die of famine. This is how I will unleash my rage.

nsb@Ezekiel:7:19 @ ‘»They will throw their gold and silver away in the streets like garbage, because neither silver nor gold can save them when Jehovah pours out his fury. They cannot use it to satisfy their desires or fill their stomachs. Gold and silver led them into sin.

nsb@Ezekiel:8:11 @ Standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel. Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood among them. Each man had his censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense was rising.

nsb@Ezekiel:8:12 @ Then he said: »Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say: ‘Jehovah does not see us! Jehovah has forsaken the land!’«

nsb@Ezekiel:8:15 @ He said to me: »Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these.«

nsb@Ezekiel:9:2 @ Six men came from the direction of the upper gate that faces north. Each had his shattering weapon in his hand. Among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a writing case at his side. They went in and stood beside the copper altar.

nsb@Ezekiel:9:6 @ »Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple.« So they began with the elders who were standing there at the Temple.

nsb@Ezekiel:10:7 @ One of the angels reached into the fire that was between the angels and took out some coals. This angel put them in the hands of the person dressed in linen. The person took them and left.

nsb@Ezekiel:11:2 @ Jehovah said to me: »Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city.

nsb@Ezekiel:11:3 @ »They say: ‘It is almost time to rebuild houses. This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

nsb@Ezekiel:11:5 @ Jehovah’s Spirit came to me and told me to say: »This is what Jehovah says: ‘You are saying these things, nation of Israel. But I know what is going through your mind.

nsb@Ezekiel:11:6 @ ‘»You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:11:7 @ »I, the Lord Jehovah, say to you: ‘This city is a cooking pot all right, but what is the meat? The corpses of those you have killed! You will not be here. I will throw you out of the city!’«

nsb@Ezekiel:11:11 @ ‘»This city will not protect you the way a cooking pot protects the meat in it. I will punish you wherever you may be in the land of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:11:15 @ »Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said: ‘Go far from Jehovah. This land has been given us as a possession.’

nsb@Ezekiel:11:20 @ ‘»In this way they may walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

nsb@Ezekiel:12:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me, He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:12:4 @ »Bring out your bags as if you were going into exile. Let them see this in the daylight. In the evening let them see you leave like a captive going into exile.

nsb@Ezekiel:12:8 @ The next morning Jehovah spoke his word to me, He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:12:10 @ »Tell them: This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘This is the divine revelation about the prince from Jerusalem and about all the people of Israel who live there.’«

nsb@Ezekiel:12:12 @ ‘»The prince who is among you will put his bags on his shoulders in the dark and leave. People will dig holes in the wall to go through. The prince will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.’«

nsb@Ezekiel:12:14 @ »I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops. I will draw out a sword after them.

nsb@Ezekiel:12:22 @ »Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel. You say: ‘The days are long and every vision fails?’

nsb@Ezekiel:12:23 @ »Therefore say to them: ‘The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel. Tell them: ‘The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision.’

nsb@Ezekiel:12:26 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:12:28 @ »Tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says:’ »Everything that I say will no longer be delayed. Whatever I say will happen, declares the Lord Jehovah.« ’«

nsb@Ezekiel:13:13 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘In my fury I will cause a storm to break out. In my anger rain will pour down, and hailstones will destroy the wall.

nsb@Ezekiel:13:18 @ »Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »How horrible it will be for women who sew magic charms for people's wrists and make magic veils of every size for people's heads. You want to trap people. You want to control the lives of my people for your own profit.

nsb@Ezekiel:13:20 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against the magic charms that you use to trap people like birds. I will tear them from your arms and free the people that you have trapped.

nsb@Ezekiel:14:2 @ Jehovah then spoke his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:14:4 @ »Speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what Jehovah says: Suppose an Israelite is devoted to idols and allows himself to sin. Suppose he goes to a prophet to ask for my help. I, Jehovah, will give that Israelite an answer, the answer that his many idolaters deserve.

nsb@Ezekiel:14:5 @ »‘I will do this to recapture the hearts of the nation of Israel. They have deserted me because of their disgusting idols.’«

nsb@Ezekiel:14:6 @ »Therefore tell the nation of Israel: This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »Change the way you think and act! Turn away from your idols, and do not return to any of your disgusting things.

nsb@Ezekiel:14:10 @ ‘»Both of you will suffer for your sins. The prophet will be as guilty as you are when you ask for his help.

nsb@Ezekiel:14:12 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me, He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:14:17 @ ‘»What if I bring a war against that country by saying I will let a war go throughout this country. And then I destroy the people and the animals in it.

nsb@Ezekiel:14:21 @ ‘»This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.

nsb@Ezekiel:15:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:16:3 @ »Say this, ‘The Lord Jehovah says this to Jerusalem: »Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

nsb@Ezekiel:16:16 @ »‘You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things should not happen. They should not occur.

nsb@Ezekiel:16:19 @ »‘You also offered them sweet and fragrant sacrifices. You gave flour, olive oil, and honey-all the food that I gave you to eat. This is what happened,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

nsb@Ezekiel:16:43 @ ‘»You have not remembered the days of your youth but have enraged me by all these things. I will therefore bring your conduct down on your own head,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ‘That way you will not commit this lewdness on top of all your other abominations.

nsb@Ezekiel:16:44 @ ‘»Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb concerning you: »Like mother, like daughter.«

nsb@Ezekiel:16:49 @ ‘»This was the guilt of your sister Sodom. She and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

nsb@Ezekiel:16:50 @ ‘»They were arrogant and did disgusting things in front of me. So I did away with them when I saw this.

nsb@Ezekiel:16:61 @ ‘»You will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you, even though this was not part of my covenant with you.’

nsb@Ezekiel:17:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:17:2 @ »Son of man, tell this riddle. Give this illustration to the nation of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:17:7 @ »‘»There was another large eagle with large wings and many feathers. Now, the vine stretched its roots toward this eagle and sent its branches toward the eagle so that the eagle could water it. The vine turned away from the garden where it was planted.

nsb@Ezekiel:17:14 @ that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.

nsb@Ezekiel:17:15 @ »But he rebelled against him! He sent his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?’

nsb@Ezekiel:17:16 @ »‘»As I am alive,’ says the Lord Jehovah, ‘this king will die in Babylon because he broke his oath and the treaty with the one who put him on the throne the king of Babylon.

nsb@Ezekiel:17:18 @ ‘»He broke his oath and the treaty he had made. He did all these things, and now he will not escape.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:17:21 @ ‘»His best troops will be killed in battle, and the survivors will be scattered in every direction. I Jehovah have spoken.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:18:2 @ »What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children's teeth are set on edge?’

nsb@Ezekiel:18:3 @ ‘»As I live, declares the Lord Jehovah: ‘You are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:6 @ and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period;

nsb@Ezekiel:18:7 @ ‘»if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:8 @ ‘»If he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,

nsb@Ezekiel:18:9 @ ‘»if he lives by my rules and obeys my laws faithfully this person is righteous. He will certainly live,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:10 @ ‘»Suppose this person has a son who robs and murders. The son does all these other things

nsb@Ezekiel:18:11 @ that his father never did. He eats at the illegal mountain worship sites. He dishonors his neighbor's wife.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:13 @ ‘»He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:14 @ ‘»Now suppose this son has a son. The son sees all the sins that his father does. He is afraid, so he does not do such things.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:15 @ ‘»He does not eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He does not dishonor his neighbor's wife.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:17 @ ‘»He keeps his hand from the poor and does not take interest or increase, but executes my ordinances, and walks in my statutes. He will not die for his father's iniquity. He will surely live.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:18 @ ‘»As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:21 @ ‘»If the wicked man turns from all his sins and observes all my statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall live; he shall not die.

nsb@Ezekiel:18:22 @ ‘»All his transgressions he has committed will not be remembered against him. He will live because of his righteousness he has practiced.’

nsb@Ezekiel:18:23 @ ‘»Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Jehovah, that he should turn from his ways and live?

nsb@Ezekiel:18:24 @ ‘»But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them.

nsb@Ezekiel:19:7 @ ‘»He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. His roaring terrified the residents of the land.

nsb@Ezekiel:19:9 @ ‘»With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison. Therefore his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:19:14 @ ‘»Fire spread from one of its main branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler’s scepter. This is a song of grief and is to be used as a song of grief.’«

nsb@Ezekiel:20:15 @ ‘»»I also swore an oath to them in the desert. I swore that I would not bring them into the land that I had promised to give them. This land is the most beautiful land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

nsb@Ezekiel:20:24 @ »I did this because they had rejected my commands, broken my laws, profaned the Sabbath, and worshiped the same idols their ancestors had served.

nsb@Ezekiel:20:26 @ »I let them defile themselves with their own offerings, and I let them sacrifice their first-born sons. This was to punish them and show them that I am Jehovah.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:20:27 @ »Now then, son of man, tell the Israelites what I, the Lord Jehovah, am saying to them. This is another way their ancestors insulted me by their unfaithfulness.

nsb@Ezekiel:20:29 @ »Then I asked them: ‘What is this worship site you are going to? So it is still called a worship site today.’«

nsb@Ezekiel:20:30 @ »Tell the nation of Israel: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »Will you dishonor yourselves the way your ancestors did? Will you chase their detestable idols like a prostitute?

nsb@Ezekiel:20:31 @ ‘»You offer your children as sacrifices by burning them alive. You dishonor yourselves with all your disgusting idols to this day. Should you be allowed to ask me for help, nation of Israel? As I am alive, declares the Lord Jehovah, you will not be allowed to ask me for help.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:20:39 @ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘The Lord Jehovah tells all you Israelites to suit yourselves! Go on and serve your idols! But I warn you that after this you will have to obey me and stop dishonoring my holy name by offering gifts to your idols.’

nsb@Ezekiel:20:45 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me, He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:20:47 @ »Tell the forest in the Negev: ‘Listen to the word of Jehovah. This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:21:3 @ »Tell the land of Israel: ‘This is what Jehovah says: »I am against you. I will take my sword out of its sheath and kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:7 @ »When they ask why you are groaning tell this: ‘News has come that will discourage everyone. People's hands will hang limp, their hearts will lose courage, and their knees will become as weak as water. It is coming! It will surely take place!’ Declares the Lord Jehovah.«

nsb@Ezekiel:21:9 @ »Son of man, prophecy and say, ‘this is what Jehovah says: »A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished!

nsb@Ezekiel:21:19 @ »Son of man, mark two roads that the king of Babylon and his sword can take. Both of these roads should start from the same country. Make a signpost and put it at the fork of the roads that go toward the cities.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:20 @ »Mark the road that the king and his sword can take to the Ammonite city of Rabbah. Then mark the road that leads to Judah and the fortified city of Jerusalem.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:22 @ »The divination will indicate that he should go to the right, to Jerusalem. So he will set up his battering rams there, and give the order to kill. He will raise a battle cry and aim the battering rams against the city gates. He will put up ramps and set up blockades.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:23 @ »The people will think it is false divination and not believe this because they have made treaties with other nations. But the king of Babylon will remind them of their sins, and they will be captured.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:24 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘People remember how sinful you are because you openly do wrong. You show your sins in everything you do. Because of this you will be taken captive.

nsb@Ezekiel:21:27 @ »A ruin, a ruin, a ruin! Yes, I will make the city a ruin. But this will not happen until the one comes whom I have chosen and who has the legal right to punish the city. To him I will give it.

nsb@Ezekiel:22:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:22:3 @ »Tell it: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »Jerusalem, you are the city that murders people who live in you. Your time has come. You dishonor yourself with disgusting idols.

nsb@Ezekiel:22:19 @ »Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am going to gather you into Jerusalem. This is because all of you have become dross.

nsb@Ezekiel:22:23 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me, He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:22:28 @ ‘»Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them. They see false visions and divine lies for them. They say: »This is what the Lord Jehovah says, when Jehovah has not spoken.«

nsb@Ezekiel:23:1 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me again:

nsb@Ezekiel:23:11 @ »Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she. Her prostitution was more than the fornication of her sister.

nsb@Ezekiel:23:32 @ »The Lord Jehovah says this: ‘You will drink your sister's cup, which is deep and wide. You will be laughed at and held in derision; it contains much.

nsb@Ezekiel:23:38 @ »Again, they have done this to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and have profaned my Sabbaths.

nsb@Ezekiel:24:2 @ »Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

nsb@Ezekiel:24:14 @ ‘»I, Jehovah, have spoken. It is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry! I will judge you according to your ways and according to your deeds.’ This is a declaration of the Lord Jehovah.«

nsb@Ezekiel:24:15 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:25:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:26:9 @ »‘He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes.

nsb@Ezekiel:26:10 @ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached.

nsb@Ezekiel:26:11 @ »‘The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.

nsb@Ezekiel:27:12 @ People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

nsb@Ezekiel:27:25 @ »‘»The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious in the heart of the seas.

nsb@Ezekiel:27:36 @ »‘»The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have become terrified and you will cease to be forever.« ’«

nsb@Ezekiel:28:2 @ »Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»In your arrogance you say, ‘I am a god. I sit on God's throne in the sea.’ But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes strkjv@2:4)

nsb@Ezekiel:28:11 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:28:12 @ »Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»You were the perfect example, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

nsb@Ezekiel:29:3 @ »Say this, ‘The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great monster (Psalm strkjv@74:13,14) that lies in the midst of his rivers. You have said: ‘My Nile is mine! I have made it!’«

nsb@Ezekiel:29:6 @ »Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Jehovah. This is because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:29:18 @ »Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.

nsb@Ezekiel:29:19 @ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder. It will serve as wages for his army.

nsb@Ezekiel:30:1 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:30:6 @ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘All Egypt's allies will die. Egypt's strength will disappear. People will die in war from Migdol to Syene, declares the Lord Jehovah!’

nsb@Ezekiel:30:10 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I will use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to bring an end to Egypt.

nsb@Ezekiel:30:11 @ »He and his troops, the most ruthless troops among the nations, will be brought to destroy the land. They will draw their swords to attack Egypt and fill the land with dead bodies.

nsb@Ezekiel:30:13 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will destroy the statues and put an end to the idols in Memphis. A prince will never rise again in Egypt. I will spread fear throughout Egypt.

nsb@Ezekiel:30:16 @ »‘I will set fire to Egypt. Sin will be in much pain. Thebes will be broken into pieces, and Memphis will be in trouble every day.

nsb@Ezekiel:30:20 @ On the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year, Jehovah spoke his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:30:21 @ »Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. His arm is not bandaged, so it cannot heal and be strong enough to hold a sword.«

nsb@Ezekiel:30:22 @ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong and the broken. I will make the sword fall from his hand.

nsb@Ezekiel:30:24 @ ‘»For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. I will break the arms of Pharaoh. He will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.

nsb@Ezekiel:31:2 @ »Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: »‘Who are you like in your greatness?

nsb@Ezekiel:31:18 @ »‘Which of the trees of Eden are you equal to in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath. You will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!’ Declares the Lord Jehovah.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:32:10 @ »‘I will make many peoples astonished at you. Their kings will be dreadfully afraid of you when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.’

nsb@Ezekiel:32:16 @ »‘This is a funeral song. The people from the nations will sing this song. They will sing it as they mourn for Egypt and its many people, declares the Lord Jehovah.«

nsb@Ezekiel:32:17 @ On the fifteenth day of the month in the twelfth year, Jehovah spoke his word to me. He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:32:31 @ »‘Pharaoh and his army will see these things and be comforted over all the soldiers who have been killed in battle,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:32:32 @ »‘I terrified people in the land of the living. Pharaoh and all his soldiers will be laid among the godless people who were killed in battle,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah.«

nsb@Ezekiel:33:2 @ »Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them: ‘Suppose I bring war on this country and the people of this country choose one of their men and make him their watchman.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:3 @ »‘If he sees the enemy coming to attack the country he will blow his horn to warn the people.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:6 @ »‘But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and does not blow his horn to warn the people and the enemy comes and kills someone, that watchman must die because of his sin. I will hold him responsible for their deaths.’

nsb@Ezekiel:33:8 @ »Suppose I say to a wicked person, ‘You wicked person, you will certainly die.’ And you say nothing to warn him to change his ways. That wicked person will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:9 @ »But if you warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:11 @ Say to them: ‘»As I am alive!« Declares the Lord Jehovah. »I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:33:12 @ »Son of man, tell the Israelites that when someone good sins, the good he has done will not save him. If an evil person stops doing evil he will not be punished, and if a good man starts sinning, his life will not be spared.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:13 @ »I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:19 @ »If the wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is fair and right, he will live because of it.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:23 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me:

nsb@Ezekiel:33:27 @ »Tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »As I am alive, whoever is in the ruined cities will be killed in battle. Whoever is in the open field will become food for wild animals. Whoever is in fortified places and caves will die from plagues.

nsb@Ezekiel:33:29 @ »Then people will know that I am Jehovah, when I make the land a barren wasteland. This is because of all the disgusting things that they have done.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:34:12 @ »As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for my sheep and will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

nsb@Ezekiel:34:17 @ »‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the Lord Jehovah says: »I will judge disputes between one sheep and another, between rams and male goats.

nsb@Ezekiel:34:20 @ »‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says to them: I will judge disputes between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep.

nsb@Ezekiel:35:3 @ »Say this, ‘the Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you, Mount Seir! I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolation and a waste.

nsb@Ezekiel:36:6 @ »Prophesy about Israel and tell the mountains and hills and the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »I am speaking in my anger and fury because you have been insulted by the nations.

nsb@Ezekiel:36:7 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I raise my hand and swear that the nations that surround you will be insulted.

nsb@Ezekiel:36:16 @ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me, He said:

nsb@Ezekiel:36:20 @ »Wherever they went among the nations, they dishonored my holy name. People said about them: ‘These are Jehovah’s people, yet they had to leave his land.’

nsb@Ezekiel:36:22 @ »So tell the people of Israel, ‘the Lord Jehovah says: »I am about to do something, people of Israel. I will not do this for your sake but for the sake of my holy name, which you have dishonored among the nations wherever you have gone.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:36:23 @ »I will reveal the holiness of my great name, which has been dishonored by the nations. It is the name that you have dishonored among them. Then the nations will know that I am Jehovah. This is because I will reveal my holiness among you as they watch,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:36:32 @ »‘I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah. ‘Be ashamed and disgraced because of your ways, people of Israel.’

nsb@Ezekiel:36:33 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘On the day that I cleanse you from all your wickedness, I will cause your cities to be lived in again, and your ruins will be rebuilt.

nsb@Ezekiel:36:35 @ People will say: »This wasteland has become like the Garden of Eden. The cities were destroyed. They were empty and ruined, but now they are fortified and have people living in them.

nsb@Ezekiel:36:37 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will also let the people of Israel ask me to make them as numerous as sheep.

nsb@Ezekiel:37:9 @ Then Jehovah said to me: »Prophesy to the wind! Prophesy, son of man. Tell the wind, this is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘Come from the four winds, O Breath, and breathe on these people who were killed so that they will live.« ’«

nsb@Ezekiel:37:12 @ Prophesy and tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »My people, I will open your graves and take you out of them. I will bring you to Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:37:15 @ Jehovah spoke his word to me again:

nsb@Ezekiel:37:18 @ ‘Tell us what you mean by this.’

nsb@Ezekiel:37:19 @ Then say to them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I will take Joseph's stick, which is in Ephraim's hand, and the tribes of Israel associated with it, and I will put them with Judah's stick. I will make them into one stick. They will be one in my hand.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:37:26 @ »‘»I will promise them peace. This will be a long lasting promise. I will establish them and make them increase in number. I will put my holy place among them for a very long time.

nsb@Ezekiel:38:13 @ ‘»Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you: Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:38:21 @ »‘I will call for a sword against Gog on all my mountains,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ‘Every man's sword will be against his brother.

nsb@Ezekiel:38:22 @ »‘With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment on him. I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.

nsb@Ezekiel:39:1 @ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Son of man, denounce Gog, the chief ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. »Tell him that I am his enemy.

nsb@Ezekiel:39:3 @ »‘I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand.

nsb@Ezekiel:39:4 @ »‘Gog and his army and his allies will fall dead on the mountains of Israel. I will let their bodies be food for all the birds and wild animals.« ’

nsb@Ezekiel:39:11 @ »‘On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea. It will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with his entire horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog.

nsb@Ezekiel:39:16 @ »‘Even the name of the city will be Hamonah. In this way they will cleanse the land.’

nsb@Ezekiel:39:25 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘Now I will bring back Jacob's captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.

nsb@Ezekiel:40:20 @ The man measured the length and width of the gateway, leading to the outer courtyard. This was the gateway that faced north.

nsb@Ezekiel:40:38 @ There was a room with a door that opened toward the entrance hall of the gateway. This is the room where the priests washed the animals for the burnt offerings.

nsb@Ezekiel:40:45 @ The man said to me: »This room that faces south is for the priests who serve in the temple.

nsb@Ezekiel:41:4 @ He measured the room at the end of the holy place. It was thirty-five feet long and thirty-five feet wide. The man said: »This is the Most Holy Place.«

nsb@Ezekiel:41:8 @ I also saw a raised base all around the Temple. This base was the foundation for the side rooms. It measured the full length of the measuring rod, ten and one half feet.

nsb@Ezekiel:41:13 @ The man measured the Temple. It was one hundred and seventy-five feet long. This included the open area with the building and its walls. All together it was one hundred and seventy-five feet long.

nsb@Ezekiel:41:22 @ There was a wooden altar. It was five feet high and three and one half feet wide. Its corners, its base, and its sides were made of wood. Then the man told me: This is the table that is in the presence of Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:43:2 @ I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the sound of rushing water, and the earth was shining because of his glory.

nsb@Ezekiel:43:3 @ This vision was like the one I saw when he came to destroy Jerusalem and like the one I saw by the Chebar River. I immediately bowed down.

nsb@Ezekiel:43:7 @ The voice said: »Son of man, this is the place where my throne is and the place where my feet rest. This is where I will live among the Israelites for a very long time. Then the people of Israel and their kings will no longer dishonor my holy name by acting like prostitutes. They will not dishonor it with the dead bodies of their kings.

nsb@Ezekiel:43:10 @ »Son of man, describe this Temple to the people of Israel. Then they will be ashamed because of their sins. Let them study the plans.

nsb@Ezekiel:43:12 @ »This is a regulation of the Temple: The whole area all the way around the top of the mountain is most holy. Indeed, this is a regulation of the Temple.

nsb@Ezekiel:43:13 @ »These are the measurements of the altar, using royal measurements. The royal measuring stick was twenty-one inches long. The base of the altar was twenty-one inches high and twenty-one inches wide. All around the edge of the altar was a rim measuring nine inches wide. This was the height of the altar:

nsb@Ezekiel:43:18 @ The man said: »Son of man, this is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘These are the rules for sacrificing burnt offerings and for sprinkling blood on the altar after the altar is built.’

nsb@Ezekiel:43:20 @ »‘Take some of the bull's blood, and put it on the altars four horns, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all the way around the altar. When you do this, you will remove sin from the altar and make peace with Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:44:2 @ Jehovah said to me: »This gate will stay shut and will not be opened. No one may enter through it because the Lord Jehovah of Israel entered through it. It must be kept shut.

nsb@Ezekiel:44:6 @ »‘Tell the rebellious people of Israel: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I have had enough of all the disgusting things that you have done, people of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:44:25 @ »‘A priest must not make himself unclean by going near a dead body. But a priest may become unclean if the dead person is his father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister.

nsb@Ezekiel:44:27 @ »‘When he enters the inner courtyard of the holy place to serve in the holy place, he must bring his offering for sin, declares the Lord Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:44:30 @ »‘The priests should have the best of all the first ripened fruits. The best of every gift from all your contributions must go to the priests. The best of your dough must go to the priests. This will cause a blessing to rest on your home.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:3 @ »‘Measure off an area forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide. The Holy Place, that is, the Most Holy Place, will be in this area.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:4 @ »‘This holy part of the land will belong to the priests who serve in the Holy Place, the priests who come near to serve Jehovah. They will use this place for their homes, and it will be the location for the Holy Place.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:7 @ »‘The prince will have all the land on both sides of the holy area and on both sides of the property belonging to the city. From the western boundary of the holy area, his land will extend to the Mediterranean Sea. From the eastern boundary of the holy area, his land will extend to the eastern border of the country. His territory will be as large as the territory of one of the tribes.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:8 @ »‘This land will belong to the prince in Israel. Then my princes will no longer oppress my people. They will give land to each tribe of the nation of Israel.’

nsb@Ezekiel:45:9 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I have had enough of you, you princes of Israel.’ »‘Stop your violence and looting, and do what is fair and right. Stop evicting my people,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:13 @ »‘This is the contribution you must give to Jehovah: seventeen percent of your wheat and seventeen percent of your barley.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:16 @ »‘All the common people must give this contribution to the prince in Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:45:18 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘On the first day of the first month, take a young bull that has no defects and remove sin from the holy place.

nsb@Ezekiel:46:1 @ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘The east gate of the inner courtyard must be closed during the six working days, but it must be opened on the weekly day of worship. It must also be opened on the New Moon Festival.

nsb@Ezekiel:46:13 @ »‘Prepare a year-old lamb that has no defects every day as a burnt offering to Jehovah. Do this every morning.

nsb@Ezekiel:46:16 @ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Suppose the prince offers one of his sons a gift from his property. The gift will belong to his descendants because it is their inheritance.

nsb@Ezekiel:46:17 @ »‘Suppose the prince offers a gift from his property to one of his servants. The gift will belong to the servant only until the year of freedom. Then the gift will go back to the prince. Only his sons can inherit his property.

nsb@Ezekiel:46:18 @ »‘The prince must not take any of the people's property. He must not force them to give up their property. He must give his own property as an inheritance to his sons so that none of my people will be separated from their property.’«

nsb@Ezekiel:46:20 @ He said to me: »This is the place where the priests must boil the meat for the guilt offering and the offering for sin. This is the place where they must bake grain offerings so that they do not have to bring the offerings into the outer courtyard. This way they will not transfer holiness to the people.«

nsb@Ezekiel:47:3 @ With a measuring line in his hand, the man went eastward. He measured off fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my ankles.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:6 @ He asked me: »Son of man, do you see this?«

nsb@Ezekiel:47:8 @ He said: »This water flows through the land to the east, down into the Jordan Valley, and into the Dead Sea. When the water flows into the Dead Sea, it will replace the salt water there with fresh water.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:12 @ »All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will not fail to produce fruit. Each month they will produce fresh fruit because this water flows from the Holy Place. The fruit will be good food, and the leaves will be used for healing.«

nsb@Ezekiel:47:13 @ This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »These are the borders of the land that is to be divided among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph gets two parts.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:14 @ »Divide the land equally. I raised my hand and swore that I would give the land to your ancestors. So this land will be your inheritance.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:15 @ »This is the northern border for the land: On the north side the border will run from the Mediterranean Sea all the way to Hethlon and Hamath Pass. It will run through the city of Zedad and through

nsb@Ezekiel:47:17 @ »So the border will run from the Mediterranean Sea to Hazar Enon on the border of Damascus. The border of Hamath will lie to the north. This is the north side.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:18 @ »On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus. The Jordan River will serve as the border between Gilead and the land of Israel. The border will continue from the Dead Sea down to Tamar. This is the east side.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:19 @ »On the south side the border will run from Tamar to the oasis at Meribah in Kadesh along the ravine to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the southern border.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:20 @ »On the west side the Mediterranean Sea is the border up to a point opposite Hamath Pass. This is the west side.«

nsb@Ezekiel:47:21 @ »Divide this land for each of the tribes of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:47:22 @ »Divide it by drawing lots. This land will be for you. It will also be for the foreign residents who live among you and have given birth to children while they lived with you. Think of them as Israelites. They will draw lots with you for their inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:9 @ »This special land that you set aside for Jehovah will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:10 @ »This holy area will belong to the priests. On the north side it will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long. On the west side it will be seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide. On the east side it will be seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide. On the south side it will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long. Jehovah’s holy place will be in the middle of it.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:11 @ »This land that has been set apart will belong to the priests who are descendants of Zadok. They took care of my holy place. They did not wander away with the Israelites as the Levites did.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:18 @ »The rest of the land borders the holy area and runs lengthwise. This land will be seventeen thousand five hundred feet on both east and west sides. It will be used to provide food for the city workers.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:20 @ »The whole area will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet square. You must give this land as a special gift to Jehovah along with the city property.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:21 @ »Whatever is left on the east side and west side of the holy area and the city property will belong to the prince. This land will extend eastward from the holy area to the eastern border, and it will extend westward to the western border. Both of these areas are as long as one of the sections of the tribes. These areas belong to the prince, and the holy area with the Holy Place of the Temple will be between them.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:23 @ »This is what the rest of the tribes will receive: Benjamin will have one part of the land. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.

nsb@Ezekiel:48:29 @ »This is the land you will divide as your inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their areas, declares the Lord Jehovah.

nsb@Daniel:1:2 @ Jehovah allowed Nebuchadnezzar to capture Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar carried part of the vessels of the house of God into the Plain of Shinar. He brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

nsb@Daniel:1:3 @ The king ordered Ashpenaz the chief of his officials to bring in some of the Israelites including some of the royal family and nobles.

nsb@Daniel:1:8 @ Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's special food and wine. He requested permission from the officer in charge that he might not defile himself.

nsb@Daniel:1:20 @ The king found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire realm. This was in every matter of wisdom and understanding.

nsb@Daniel:2:1 @ It was the second year of his reign. He was troubled and could not sleep. Nebuchadnezzar had dreams and was disturbed by them.

nsb@Daniel:2:2 @ The king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and the Chaldeans and commanded them to tell the king about his dreams. They came in and stood before the king.

nsb@Daniel:2:7 @ They answered the second time. They said: »Let the king tell his servants the dream. Then we will tell the interpretation.«

nsb@Daniel:2:12 @ This caused the king to be angry. In fact he became furious! He commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

nsb@Daniel:2:13 @ So the decree was delivered. The wise men were to be executed. They searched for Daniel and his companions to execute them.

nsb@Daniel:2:17 @ Then Daniel went back to his house, and explained everything to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

nsb@Daniel:2:18 @ that they would request mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret. And they would request that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

nsb@Daniel:2:20 @ Daniel said: »Praise be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are his.

nsb@Daniel:2:30 @ »Concerning me, this secret is not revealed to me to give me more wisdom than anyone else. It is for the purpose that the interpretation may be made known to the king; that you may know the thoughts of your mind.

nsb@Daniel:2:31 @ »You, O king, saw a large statue. This statue was in fact very large. It was very bright as it stood before you. Its appearance was awesome.

nsb@Daniel:2:36 @ »This was the dream! We will interpret it for the king.

nsb@Daniel:2:46 @ King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel. He commanded that they present an offering and burn incense to him.

nsb@Daniel:2:47 @ The king spoke to Daniel: »It is true, your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you were able to reveal this secret.«

nsb@Daniel:3:4 @ Then the herald proclaimed: »You are commanded to do this, O peoples, nations, and men of every language.

nsb@Daniel:3:13 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. They brought these men before the king.

nsb@Daniel:3:16 @ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king: »O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

nsb@Daniel:3:19 @ Nebuchadnezzar was furious. The expression on his face changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than its required heat.

nsb@Daniel:3:20 @ He commanded the mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to throw them into the blazing furnace.

nsb@Daniel:3:24 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished. He hurried to speak to his counselors: / »Did we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?« They answered: »True O king.«

nsb@Daniel:3:28 @ Nebuchadnezzar said: »Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They violated the king's command and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

nsb@Daniel:3:29 @ »Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut into pieces. Their houses shall be made a dunghill. There is no other god that is able to deliver like this.«

nsb@Daniel:4:3 @ »How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

nsb@Daniel:4:5 @ »I saw a dream that made me afraid. When I saw this vision my thoughts troubled me.

nsb@Daniel:4:18 @ ‘»I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen this dream and you O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation! For all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make the interpretation known to me. You are able for the spirit of the holy gods is in you!’

nsb@Daniel:4:19 @ »Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king said, Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation trouble you. Belteshazzar answered: My lord, the dream may be to them that hate you and the interpretation to your adversaries.

nsb@Daniel:4:24 @ This is the interpretation, O king. It is the decree from the Most High that has come to my lord the king.

nsb@Daniel:4:28 @ All this happened to king Nebuchadnezzar.

nsb@Daniel:4:30 @ The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?«

nsb@Daniel:4:33 @ That same hour it was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and did eat grass like bulls. His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his fingernails like birds' claws.

nsb@Daniel:4:34 @ »At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven and my understanding returned to me. I blessed the Most High and I praised and honored the one who lives forever. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.

nsb@Daniel:4:35 @ All the inhabitants of the earth are considered as nothing. He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. None can stop him, or say to him: ‘What do you do?’

nsb@Daniel:4:37 @ »Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase those who walk in pride.«

nsb@Daniel:5:1 @ King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine with them.

nsb@Daniel:5:2 @ While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the Temple in Jerusalem. This way the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

nsb@Daniel:5:3 @ Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the Temple of the House of God that was at Jerusalem. The king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

nsb@Daniel:5:6 @ Then the king's countenance changed in him. His thoughts troubled him. The joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

nsb@Daniel:5:7 @ The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. / The king spoke to the wise men of Babylon: »Whoever reads this writing, and shows me the interpretation of it will be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck. He will be the third ruler in the kingdom«.

nsb@Daniel:5:9 @ King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his appearance changed. His lords were perplexed.

nsb@Daniel:5:15 @ »The wise men and the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing, and make known the interpretation of it. But they could not show the interpretation.

nsb@Daniel:5:20 @ »But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride he dealt proudly. He was deposed from his kingly throne and they took his glory from him:

nsb@Daniel:5:21 @ »He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts. His dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

nsb@Daniel:5:22 @ »You his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you know all this.

nsb@Daniel:5:23 @ »You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

nsb@Daniel:5:24 @ »Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

nsb@Daniel:5:25 @ »This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

nsb@Daniel:5:26 @ »This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;

nsb@Daniel:5:29 @ Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

nsb@Daniel:6:5 @ These men said: »We shall not find any charge against Daniel, unless we find it against him in the Law of his God.«

nsb@Daniel:6:10 @ Daniel knew that the decree was signed. He went into his house. His windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, like he did before.

nsb@Daniel:6:11 @ These men assembled together. They found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

nsb@Daniel:6:12 @ They approached the king about his decree: »Did you sign a decree stating that every man that shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions?« The king answered: »The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be altered.«

nsb@Daniel:6:13 @ Then they said: »Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not show you respect, O king, nor the decree that you signed. He offers his prayer three times a day.«

nsb@Daniel:6:17 @ A stone was placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

nsb@Daniel:6:18 @ The king went to his palace and did not eat. He refused musical entertainment and he could not sleep.

nsb@Daniel:6:22 @ « My God sent his angel, and shut the lions' mouths. They did not hurt me. I was found innocent before him. I have done no wrong before you, O king.«

nsb@Daniel:6:23 @ The king was very happy. He commanded that they take Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he trusted in his God.

nsb@Daniel:6:26 @ »I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble with respect before the God of Daniel. He is the living God, and steadfast forever! His kingdom will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even unto the end.

nsb@Daniel:7:1 @ Daniel had a dream and visions. He wrote the summery of the dream that came to his mind while he was in bed. It was the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon.

nsb@Daniel:7:7 @ »After this I saw more visions in the night. I saw a FOURTH BEAST terrible and powerful, and exceedingly strong! It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from the beasts that came before it. It had ten horns!

nsb@Daniel:7:8 @ »I looked at the horns and another one, a little horn came. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man. It had a mouth that spoke great things. The three first horns were plucked up roots and all.

nsb@Daniel:7:9 @ »I watched as thrones were placed. The ANCIENT OF DAYS sat on one throne. His clothing was white as snow. His hair was like pure wool. His throne was like fiery flames, and the wheels on it were like burning fire.

nsb@Daniel:7:14 @ »He was given legal power and a kingdom. Out of his glory all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. (Revelation strkjv@11:15) (Daniel strkjv@2:44) (Psalm strkjv@45:6)

nsb@Daniel:7:16 @ I came near to one of them that stood nearby, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me. ‘HE MADE ME KNOW THE INTERPRETATION OF EVERYTHING.

nsb@Daniel:7:19 @ »I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast that was different from the others. This beast was exceeding terrible. It had teeth made of iron. Its claws were made of copper. It devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet.

nsb@Daniel:7:24 @ ‘»The ten horns are ten kings that will arise out of this kingdom! Another will arise after them. He will be different from the former, and he will subdue three kings.

nsb@Daniel:7:26 @ ‘»But the judgment shall be set and they will take away his power forever.

nsb@Daniel:7:27 @ ‘»The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people who are the holy ones of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom! All dominions will serve and obey him.’

nsb@Daniel:7:28 @ »This is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were very troubled. My appearance was changed. I kept the matter in my heart.«

nsb@Daniel:8:4 @ I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward. No beasts could stand before him. Neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand. He did what ever he wanted and boasted about himself.

nsb@Daniel:8:5 @ As I observed a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth. It did not touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

nsb@Daniel:8:6 @ He approached the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing next to the river. He charged him with the full fury of his power.

nsb@Daniel:8:7 @ I saw him come close to the ram. He was driven with anger and he struck the ram and broke his two horns. The ram had no power to stand before him. He threw him down to the ground, and trampled upon him. No one could deliver the ram out of his hand.

nsb@Daniel:8:11 @ It magnified itself, even to the prince of the host. It took the continual burnt offering from him and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down.

nsb@Daniel:8:16 @ I heard a man's voice from the banks of the Ulai River. He called to Gabriel: »Make this man understand the vision of the time of the end.«

nsb@Daniel:8:21 @ »And the rough he-goat is the king of GREECE. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

nsb@Daniel:8:22 @ »As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.

nsb@Daniel:8:24 @ »He will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy excessively and will prosper and do anything he wants to do. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.

nsb@Daniel:8:25 @ »Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will boast about himself in his heart. In their security they will destroy many. He will even stand up against the prince of princes; but he will be destroyed without human power.

nsb@Daniel:9:2 @ It was the first year of his reign. I, Daniel, understood from The Books the number of the years in the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet. It was seventy years since the destruction of Jerusalem.

nsb@Daniel:9:4 @ And I prayed to Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, »Oh, Jehovah, the great and fear-inspiring God, who keeps his covenant and loving kindness for those who love him and keep his commandments.

nsb@Daniel:9:7 @ »O Jehovah, righteousness belongs to you! Shame belongs to us this day! To the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

nsb@Daniel:9:10 @ »We have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

nsb@Daniel:9:12 @ »He confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who ruled us. He brought a great evil on us. Nothing under heaven has been done like what was done to Jerusalem.

nsb@Daniel:9:13 @ »As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly requested the favor of Jehovah our God. We should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.

nsb@Daniel:9:14 @ »Therefore Jehovah watched over the evil and brought it upon us. Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works. We have not obeyed his voice.

nsb@Daniel:9:17 @ »Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplications, and cause your face to shine upon your sanctuary that is desolate, for Jehovah’s sake.

nsb@Daniel:10:5 @ I looked up to see a man clothed in linen. His loins were girded with pure gold of the Uphaz region.

nsb@Daniel:10:6 @ His body also was like chrysolite and his face as the appearance of lightning. His eyes were like flaming torches and his arms and his feet like burnished copper. The sound of his words was like the sound of a crowd.

nsb@Daniel:10:8 @ I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me. My appearance turned deathlike and I had no strength.

nsb@Daniel:10:9 @ Yet I heard the sound of his words. When I heard the sound of his words I fell with my face toward the ground into a deep sleep.

nsb@Daniel:11:1 @ »I stood up to confirm and strengthen Darius the Mede in his first year.

nsb@Daniel:11:2 @ »Now I will tell you the truth. Look, there will be three more kings in Persia. Then the fourth will be richer than the others. When he is strong because of his riches he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

nsb@Daniel:11:3 @ »A mighty king will stand up and rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

nsb@Daniel:11:4 @ »After he appears his kingdom will be broken. It will be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion as he ruled. His kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.

nsb@Daniel:11:5 @ »The king of the south will be strong along with one of his princes. His prince will be stronger than him, and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion.

nsb@Daniel:11:6 @ »At the end of years they will become allies. The daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she will not retain the strength of her arm; neither will he stand, nor his arm; but she will be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in those times.

nsb@Daniel:11:7 @ »But out of a shoot from her roots will one stand up in his place. He will come with the army and enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will fight against them, and will prevail.

nsb@Daniel:11:9 @ »The king of the north will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land.

nsb@Daniel:11:10 @ »And his sons will be warlike and will assemble a multitude of great forces, which will come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they will return and fight, even to his fortress.

nsb@Daniel:11:12 @ »The army will be lifted up, and his heart will be filled with pride. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.

nsb@Daniel:11:15 @ »So the king of the north will come, and cast up a siege ramp, and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not stand, neither his chosen people, neither will there be any strength to stand.

nsb@Daniel:11:16 @ »But he that comes against him will do according to his own will, and none will stand against him. He will stand in the glorious land, and in his hand will be destruction.

nsb@Daniel:11:17 @ »And he will be determined to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she will not stand or be on his side.

nsb@Daniel:11:18 @ »He will turn back to the coastlands and will capture many. However, a prince will cause the reproach offered by him to cease. He will cause his reproach to turn upon him.

nsb@Daniel:11:19 @ »Then he will turn his attention toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and will not be found.

nsb@Daniel:11:20 @ »Then one will stand up in his place who will send an oppressor to pass through the glory of the kingdom. However, he will be destroyed within a few days, neither in anger, nor in battle.

nsb@Daniel:11:21 @ »A contemptible person will stand in his place. He will be one whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom. He will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

nsb@Daniel:11:24 @ »In time of security he will come even upon the richest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers. He will scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance. He will devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

nsb@Daniel:11:25 @ »He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army. The king of the south will war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army, but he will not stand. This is because they will devise schemes against him.

nsb@Daniel:11:26 @ »Those who eat of his rich foods will destroy him. His army will overflow and many will fall down slain.

nsb@Daniel:11:28 @ »Then king of the north will return to his land with great wealth. His heart will be against the holy covenant. He will do what he pleases and return to his own land.

nsb@Daniel:11:31 @ »His armed forces will stand with him, and they will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. They will set up the abomination that makes desolate.

nsb@Daniel:11:35 @ »Some of them who are wise will fall. This will refine them, and purify them, and make them clean, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed.

nsb@Daniel:11:36 @ »The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god. He will speak horrable things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the indignation is accomplished for that which is determined will be done.

nsb@Daniel:11:37 @ »Neither will he honor the gods of his father’s, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god for he will magnify himself above them all.

nsb@Daniel:11:38 @ »He will honor the god of military fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know. He will honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and expensive gifts.

nsb@Daniel:11:41 @ »He will also invade the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown. These will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

nsb@Daniel:11:42 @ »He will stretch forth his power and authority over many countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape.

nsb@Daniel:11:43 @ »He will exercise power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will be under his control.

nsb@Daniel:11:45 @ »He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. But he will come to his end, and none will help him.

nsb@Daniel:12:5 @ Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood two others, one on the bank of the river on this side, and the other on the bank of the river on that side.

nsb@Daniel:12:7 @ I heard the man clothed in linen, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever: »It will be for three and one half years; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.«

nsb@Daniel:12:8 @ I heard but I did not understand. I said: »O my lord, how will this all end?«

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