1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith יהוה: “Hath Yisrael no sons? Hath he no heir? Why then doth their king inherits Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore, behold, the days come,” saith יהוה, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it …
Category Archives: First Blood Covenant (Tanakh)
Jeremiah 50
1 The word that יהוה spake against Babylon (Bavel) and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) the prophet. 2 “Declare you among the nations, and proclaim, and set up a standard; proclaim, and conceal not; say, ‘Babylon (Bavel) is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her images are confounded, …
Jeremiah 51
1 Thus saith יהוה: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon (Bavel), and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against Me, a destroying wind. 2 And will send unto Babylon (Bavel) fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall …
Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah (Tsidqiyahu) was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) of Libnah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of יהוה, according to all that Yehoyaqim had done. …
Lamentations (Eykah)
LAMENTATIONS 1 1 How doth the city Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. Among …
Lamentations 1
1 How doth the city Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her …
Lamentations 2
1 How hath the Lord (Adonai) covered the daughter of Zion (Tsiyon) with a cloud in His anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Yisrael, and remembered not His footstool in the day of His anger! 2 The Lord (Adonai) hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob (Yaaqov), and …
Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is He turned; he turneth His hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath He made old; …
Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion (Tsiyon), comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 …
Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O יהוה, what is come upon us; consider, and behold our reproach! 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under …