O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold j
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly se
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together,
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverte
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers o
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff