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For you have forgotten the God who saved you, failed to remember the Rock of your strength; so you plant pagan-style gardens and set out vine-cuttings for a foreign god.

My people, who have been threshed, grain trodden down on my threshing-floor: I am telling you what I have heard from Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el.

Few of Kedar's valiant archers will be left. " Adonai the God of Isra'el has spoken.

So in the east, honor Adonai ; in the coastlands, honor the name of Adonai , the God of Isra'el.

Adonai , you are my God. I exalt you, I praise your name. For you have accomplished marvels, [fulfilled] ancient plans faithfully and truly.

On that day they will say, "See! This is our God! We waited for him to save us. This is Adonai ; we put our hope in him. We are full of joy, so glad he saved us!"

Adonai our God, other lords besides you have ruled us, but only you do we invoke by name.

because his God has taught him this, has given him instruction.

Woe to Ari'el [fireplace on God's altar, lion of God] — Ari'el, the city where David encamped! Celebrate the feasts for a few more years,

When his descendants see the work of my hands among them, they will consecrate my name. Yes, they will consecrate the Holy one of Ya‘akov and stand in awe of the God of Isra'el.

Yet Adonai is just waiting to show you favor, he will have pity on you from on high; for Adonai is a God of justice; happy are all who wait for him!

Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit. So when Adonai stretches out his hand, both he who helps will stumble, and he who is helped will fall; both will perish together.

It will burst into flower, will rejoice with joy and singing, will be given the glory of the L'vanon, the splendor of Karmel and the Sharon. They will see the glory of Adonai , the splendor of our God.

Say to the fainthearted, "Be strong and unafraid! Here is your God; he will come with vengeance; with God's retribution he will come and save you."

But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Adonai our God,' then isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hizkiyahu has removed, telling Y'hudah and Yerushalayim, ‘You must worship before this altar'?

Beware of Hizkiyahu; he is only deluding you when he says, " Adonai will save us." Has any god of any nation ever saved his land from the power of the king of Ashur?

Where is the god of any of these countries that has saved its country from my power, so that Adonai might be able to save Yerushalayim from my power?'"

Maybe Adonai your God will hear the words of Rav-Shakeh, whom his master the king of Ashur has sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the message which Adonai your God has heard. So pray for the remnant that is left.'"

"This is what you are to say to Hizkiyahu king of Y'hudah: ‘Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, "Yerushalayim will not be handed over to the power of the king of Ashur."

" Adonai -Tzva'ot, God of Isra'el, who dwells above the k'ruvim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms on earth. You made heaven and earth.