H6635B–צָבָא–tsa.va

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

צְבָא֖וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

צְבָאֽוֹת׃ tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

צְבָא֔וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:

צְבָא֔וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

צְבָא֖וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:

צְבָא֔וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

צְבָאֽוֹת׃ tze.va.'ot “hosts”

For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

Say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem; the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send evil on this place which will be bitter to the ears of anyone hearing of it.

צְבָא֜וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Even so will this people and this town be broken by me, as a potter's bottle is broken and may not be put together again: and the bodies of the dead will be put in the earth in Topheth, till ther

צְבָא֗וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.

צְבָאוֹת֙ tze.va.'Ot “of hosts”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

צְבָא֗וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.

צְבָא֖וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

צְבָא֑וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will

צְבָא֜וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.

צְבָא֖וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.

צְבָאֽוֹת׃ tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.

צְבָא֔וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”

Micah the Morashtite, who was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, said to all the people of Judah, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Zion will become like a ploughed field, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the m

צְבָא֗וֹת tze.va.'ot “of hosts”