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She Speaks: My darling has gone down to his garden of spices, where he will feed his sheep and gather lilies.

I am his, and he is mine, as he feeds his sheep among the lilies.

My vineyard is mine alone! Solomon can keep his silver and the others can keep their share of the profits.

Many people will come and say, "Let's go to the mountain of the Lord God of Jacob and worship in his temple." The Lord will teach us his Law from Jerusalem, and we will obey him.

He will even judge you rulers and leaders of his own nation. You destroyed his vineyard and filled your houses by robbing the poor.

The time is coming when the Lord will make his land fruitful and glorious again, and the people of Israel who survive will take great pride in what the land produces.

and so his people know nothing about him. That's why many of you will be dragged off to foreign lands. Your leaders will starve to death, and everyone else will suffer from thirst.

His people will be like sheep grazing in their own pasture, and they will take off what was left by others.

You are the Lord 's people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like garbage. The Lord is still angry, and he is ready to strike you again.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I had a vision of the Lord . He was on his throne high above, and his robe filled the temple.

to invade and defeat Judah and Jerusalem and to let the son of Tabeel be king in his place.

Damascus is just the capital of Syria, and King Rezin rules only in Damascus. Samaria is just the capital of Israel, and King Pekah rules only in Samaria. But in less than sixty-five years, Israel will be destroyed. And if Ahaz and his officials don't trust me, they will be defeated.

Now I will send the king of Assyria against them with his powerful army, which will attack like the mighty Euphrates River overflowing its banks.

Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck. But God is with us. He will spread his wings and protect our land.

The Lord took hold of me with his powerful hand and said: I'm warning you! Don't act like these people.

A child has been born for us. We have been given a son who will be our ruler. His names will be Wonderful Advisor and Mighty God, Eternal Father and Prince of Peace.

His power will never end; peace will last forever. He will rule David's kingdom and make it grow strong. He will always rule with honesty and justice. The Lord All-Powerful will make certain that all of this is done.

The Lord was angry with his people and kept punishing them, because they had turned against him. They were evil and spoke foolishly. That's why he did not have pity on their young people or on their widows and orphans.

Now the Lord God All-Powerful says to his people in Jerusalem: The Assyrians will beat you with sticks and abuse you, just as the Egyptians did. But don't be afraid of them.

But the Lord All-Powerful will use his fearsome might to bring down the tallest trees and chop off every branch.