Study Desk

The sins of the world are very heavy, so the earth will fall under the weight. It will shake like an old house. It will fall like a drunk. It will not be able to stand.

At that time people will say, "Here is our God! He is the one we have been waiting for. He has come to save us. We have been waiting for our Lord . So we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us."

So trust the Lord always, because in the Lord Yah you have a place of safety forever.

Lord , you have succeeded in doing everything we tried to do, so give us peace.

Lord , people remember you when they are in trouble. So because of your punishment, we called out to you.

How will Jacob's guilt be forgiven? What will happen so his sins can be taken away? The rocks of the altar will be crushed to dust; the statues and altars for worshiping false gods will all be destroyed.

The vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or be kind to them.

So God will use this strange way of talking, and he will use other languages to speak to these people.

So the Lord 's words will be senseless sounds to them: "Saw lasaw saw lasaw. Qaw laqaw qaw laqaw. Ze'er sham ze'er sham." When the people try to walk, they will fall backwards. They will be defeated, trapped, and captured.

You have said, "We have made an agreement with death. We have a contract with death. So we will not be punished. Punishment will pass us without hurting us. We will hide behind our tricks and lies."

"Workers use a string and weight to show their work is straight and true. I will use justice as the string and goodness as the weight when I lay that foundation. But your safe places were built on lies. So they will be destroyed and washed away when the troubles come against you like hail storms and floods.

A man tried to sleep on a bed that was too short for him. He had a blanket that was not wide enough to cover him. The bed and blanket were useless, and so were your agreements. "

There will be so many foreigners that they will be like dust. Cruel people will be like the chaff blowing in the wind. Then suddenly,

So I will continue to amaze them by doing powerful and amazing things. Their wise men will lose their wisdom. Even the most intelligent among them will not be able to understand."

So the Lord , who made Abraham free, speaks to Jacob's family. He says, "Now the people of Jacob will not be embarrassed and ashamed.

Many of these people did not understand, so they did what was wrong. They complained, but now they will learn their lesson."

That useless nation is Egypt. Egypt's help is worth nothing, so I call Egypt the "Do-Nothing Dragon."

Now write this on a sign so that all people can see it, and write this in a book. Write these things for a future time. This will be far, far in the future:

You are guilty of these things. So you are like a tall wall with cracks in it. That wall will fall and break into small pieces.

So the Lord is waiting to show his mercy to you. He wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord is the God who does the right thing, so he will bless everyone who waits for his help.