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Jonah said to them, "I am a Hebrew. I worship the Lord , the God of heaven, who made the land and the sea."

But God said to Jonah, "Do you think it is right for you to be angry just because this plant died?" Jonah answered, "Yes, it is right for me to be angry! I am angry enough to die!"

That is why the Lord says: "Look, I am planning trouble against this family. You will not be able to save yourselves. You will stop being proud, because bad times are coming.

I am upset because I am like fruit that has been gathered, like grapes that have already been picked. There are no grapes left to eat. There are none of the early figs that I love.

King of Assyria, the Lord gave this command about you: "You will not have any descendants to wear your name. I will destroy your carved idols and metal statues that are in the temple of your gods. I am preparing your grave, because your end is coming soon!"

The Lord All-Powerful says, "I am against you, Nineveh. I will burn your chariots and kill your ‘young lions' in battle. You will not hunt anyone on earth again. People will never again hear bad news from your messengers."

The Lord All-Powerful says, "I am against you, Nineveh. I will pull your dress up over your face. I will let the nations see your naked body. The kingdoms will see your shame.

Lord , I have heard the news about you. I am amazed, Lord , at the powerful things you did in the past. Now I pray that you will do great things in our time. Please make these things happen in our own days. But in your anger, remember to show mercy to us. Selah

So, as surely as I am alive, Moab and the people of Ammon will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I promise those countries will be destroyed completely forever. Their land will be overgrown with weeds. It will be like the land covered with salt by the Dead Sea. The survivors of my people will take that land and everything left in it."

The Lord said, "So just wait! Wait for me to stand and judge you. I have the right to bring people from many nations and use them to punish you. I will use them to show my anger against you. I will use them to show how upset I am—and the whole country will be destroyed.

Then Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, delivered this message to the people: "The Lord says, ‘I am with you!'"

But the Lord says, "Zerubbabel, don't be discouraged!" And the Lord says, "Joshua son of Jehozadak, you are the high priest. Don't be discouraged! And all you people who live in the land, don't be discouraged! Continue this work, because I am with you." This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

And I am very angry at the nations that feel so safe. I was only a little angry, and I used them to punish my people. But they caused too much damage."

I asked him, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."

The Lord says, "Zion, be happy, because I am coming, and I will live in your city.

Then the angel said to the other angels standing near him, "Take those dirty clothes off Joshua." Then the angel spoke to Joshua. He said, "Now, I have taken away your guilt, and I am giving you a new change of clothes."

Then he shouted at me and said, "Look, those horses that were going north finished their job in Babylon . They have calmed my spirit; I am not angry now!"

The Lord says, "I have come back to Zion, and I am living in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called Faithful City. The mountain of the Lord All-Powerful will be called Holy Mountain."

The Lord All-Powerful says, "Look, I am rescuing my people from countries in the east and west.

Jerusalem, we used blood to seal your agreement, so I am setting your people free from that empty hole in the ground.