This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless la
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the
which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey
Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, a
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious sto
So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service
So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer givi
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, throug
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the L
So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it wi
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant w
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven in
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived