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But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign Lord .

They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.

Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.

When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, "Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods."

"Yet the time will come when Israel's people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,' it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.'

And I will not love her children, for they were conceived in prostitution.

My people are being destroyed because they don't know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.

They have betrayed the honor of the Lord , bearing children that are not his. Now their false religion will devour them along with their wealth.

The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will not be born or grow in the womb or even be conceived.

Even if you do have children who grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.

I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre. But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter."

The people of Israel are struck down. Their roots are dried up, and they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children."

Now the terrors of war will rise among your people. All your fortifications will fall, just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel. Even mothers and children were dashed to death there.

Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation.

Gather all the people— the elders, the children, and even the babies. Call the bridegroom from his quarters and the bride from her private room.

Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow, for the children you love will be snatched away. Make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.

You have evicted women from their pleasant homes and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.

Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?

And this is what the Lord says concerning the Assyrians in Nineveh: "You will have no more children to carry on your name. I will destroy all the idols in the temples of your gods. I am preparing a grave for you because you are despicable!"

The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors, and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine. Their children, too, will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord .