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And then, just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. You must not be afraid; let your hands be strong!'"

so again I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Do not be afraid!

Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire will devour your cedars!

So I said, "I will not shepherd you! The one dying will die, and the one to be destroyed will be destroyed. And the ones remaining, let them devour the flesh of each other."

And Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter," this noble price at which I was valued by them!" So I took the thirty silver shekels and I threw them to the potter in the house of Yahweh.

And Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over Judah.

"O sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," declares Yahweh of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, so that the sheep may be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the small ones.

So then, implore the favor of God so that he will be gracious to us. "This is what you have done. Will he show favor to any of you?" says Yahweh of hosts.

"Who also among you will shut the temple doors so that you will not kindle fire in vain on my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

"And so then, O priests, this command is for you:

You have wearied Yahweh with your words, but you ask, "With what have we wearied him?" You have done so when you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and in them he delights," or "Where is the God of justice?"

Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you an overflowing blessing.

And he will bring back the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the hearts of the sons to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with a ban."

So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly.

So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found him, report to me so that I also may come and worship him."

So he got up and took the child and his mother during the night and went away to Egypt.

So he got up and took the child and his mother and entered the land of Israel.

In the same way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps them and teaches them, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.