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But her merchandise and profits will be dedicated to Adonai ; they will not be stored up or hoarded, because her profits will be for those living in Adonai 's presence, so that they can eat their fill and wear fine clothing.

So in the east, honor Adonai ; in the coastlands, honor the name of Adonai , the God of Isra'el.

On that day they will say, "See! This is our God! We waited for him to save us. This is Adonai ; we put our hope in him. We are full of joy, so glad he saved us!"

As a pregnant woman about to give birth cries out and writhes in her labor pains, so we have been at your presence, Adonai —

"I, Adonai , guard it. Moment to moment I water it. So that no harm will come to it, I guard it night and day.

So the iniquity of Ya‘akov is atoned for by this, and removing his sin produces this result: he chops up all the altar stones like chalk — sacred poles and sun-pillars stand no more.

so that [one has to use nursery rhymes]? — Tzav la-tzav, tzav la-tzav, kav la-kav, kav la-kav z‘eir sham, z‘eir sham [Precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line, a little here, a little there].

So with stammering lips, in a foreign accent, [ Adonai ] will speak to this people.

So now the word of Adonai for them comes "precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line, a little here, a little there," so that when they walk, they stumble backward, and are broken, trapped and captured!

So listen to the word of Adonai , you scoffers, composing taunts for this people in Yerushalayim:

For Adonai will arise, as at Mount P'ratzim, and storm with rage, as in the Giv‘on Valley; so he can do his deed, his strange deed, and perform his task, his alien task.

For Egypt's help is worthless, pointless; so I call her "Arrogance Doing Nothing."

Now go, inscribe it on a tablet, write it for them in a scroll, so that on the final day it will be a witness forever and ever.

He will break it like a clay pot, ruthlessly shattering it into pieces so tiny not even a potsherd remains for taking fire from the fireplace or scooping water from the cistern.

‘No!' you say, ‘We will flee on horseback!' Therefore you will surely flee. And, ‘We will ride on swift ones!' So your pursuers will be swift.

Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit. So when Adonai stretches out his hand, both he who helps will stumble, and he who is helped will fall; both will perish together.

For here is what Adonai says to me: "As a lion or lion cub growls at its prey and isn't frightened away by the shouts of hordes of shepherds called out against him — their voices do not upset him — so likewise Adonai -Tzva'ot will descend to fight on Mount Tziyon, on its hill.

People of Isra'el! Return to him to whom you have been so deeply disloyal!

His rock, out of terror, will pass away, and his panicked officers will desert the standard." So says Adonai , whose fire is in Tziyon, whose furnace is in Yerushalayim.

for the mean person will speak meanness, his heart planning evil, so that he can act godlessly, spreading error concerning Adonai , as he lets the hungry go on starving and deprives the thirsty of drink.