Therefore this is what the Lord says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard anything like this? A most horrible thing has been done by Virgin Israel.
He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
“This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”
And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.
It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.
From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’
You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.
“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
And if I had put my life in jeopardy —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have kept your distance from me.”
But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what my God says.”
So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.
He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord ? I hid a hundred of the Lord ’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.
and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?