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so that all the trees by the waters may not be lofty in their height, nor put their top among the clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit."

I will make the land a desolation and a desecration, and the lofty pride of her strength will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through.

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will seek My flock from their hand and make them cease from shepherding the flock. So the shepherds will not shepherd themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they will not be food for them."'"

"I will cut a covenant of peace with them and cause harmful beasts to cease from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

And I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.'

I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field so that you will not receive again the reproach of famine among the nations.

and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It will be in the last days that I will bring you against My land so that the nations may know Me when I prove Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog."

If they feel dishonor for all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them.

And when they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer.

Now the prince shall not take from the people's inheritance, mistreating them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession."'"

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

So I will visit the days of the Baals upon herWhen she used to offer offerings in smoke to themAnd adorn herself with her earrings and jewelryAnd go after her lovers, so that she forgot Me," declares Yahweh.

There is swearing of oaths, deception, murder, stealing, and adultery.They break forth in violence so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.

saying,"When will the new moon pass over,So that we may sell grain,And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,And to cheat with a deceptive balance,

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,"Strike the capitals so that the thresholds will quake,And break them on the heads of them all!Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;Not one of them who can flee will flee,And not one of them who can survive will escape.

Now Lord Yahweh of hosts,The One who touches the land so that it melts,And all those who inhabit it mourn,And all of it rises up like the NileAnd subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

But Yahweh hurled a great wind on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship gave thought to breaking apart.

So the captain came near to him and said to him, "How is it that you are deeply sleeping? Arise, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish."