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"In the past Adonai -Tzva'ot said, ‘Administer true justice. Let everyone show mercy and compassion to his brother.

Yes, they made their hearts as hard as a diamond, so that they wouldn't hear the Torah and the messages that Adonai -Tzva'ot had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. This is why great anger came from Adonai -Tzva'ot;

Adonai -Tzva'ot says, ‘Old men and old women will once again sit in the open places of Yerushalayim, each one with his cane in his hand, because of their great age.

Adonai will appear over them, and his arrow will flash like lightning. Adonai Elohim will blow the shofar and go out in the whirlwinds of the south.

On that day Adonai their God will save them as the flock of his people; for they will be like gems in a crown, sparkling over his countryside.

"My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will vent it on the leaders of the flock." For Adonai -Tzva'ot will care for his flock, the people of Y'hudah; he will make them like his royal war-horse.

But I will strengthen [Isra'el] in Adonai ; they will travel here and there in his name," says Adonai .

I will no longer show pity to the inhabitants of the land," says Adonai . "No, I will hand every one of them over to the power of a neighbor and to the power of his king; they will crush the land; and I won't rescue them from their power."

"Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the sheep! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm be completely withered and his right eye totally blinded."

and I will pour out on the house of David and on those living in Yerushalayim a spirit of grace and prayer; and they will look to me, whom they pierced." They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son; they will be in bitterness on his behalf like the bitterness for a firstborn son.

so that if anyone continues to prophesy, his own father and mother who brought him into the world will tell him, ‘You cannot continue to live, because you are speaking lies in the name of Adonai '; then his own father and mother who brought him into the world will stab him to death.

When that day comes, each one of the prophets will be shamed by his vision when he prophesies. He will stop wearing a hair cloak to deceive people;

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which lies to the east of Yerushalayim; and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, to make a huge valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Then Adonai will be king over the whole world. On that day Adonai will be the only one, and his name will be the only name.

When that day comes, there will be among them great panic, sent by Adonai , so that everyone lays hands on his neighbor, who in turn attacks him.

but hated ‘Esav. I made his mountains desolate and gave his territory to desert jackals."

"A son honors his father and a servant his master. But if I'm a father, where is the honor due me? and if I'm a master, where is the respect due me? — says Adonai -Tzva'ot to you cohanim who despise my name. You ask, ‘How are we despising your name?'

"Moreover, cursed is the deceiver who has a male animal in his flock that is damaged, but vows and sacrifices to Adonai anyway. For I am a great king," says Adonai -Tzva'ot, "and my name is respected among the nations.

The true Torah was in his mouth, and no dishonesty was found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from sin.

A cohen's lips should safeguard knowledge, and people should seek Torah from his mouth, because he is the messenger of Adonai -Tzva'ot.