Bible Verses

Since you are a devout woman, pray for us that the Lord will send rain to fill our reservoirs and we shall no longer be exhausted.”

But the people were suffering great thirst, so they forced us to carry out what we have said, and they have charged us with an oath which we cannot break.

It is not just today that your wisdom is evident, but ever since your early days, all the people have recognized your intelligence and the natural goodness of your heart.

Uzziah said to her: “All that you have said has been said with wisdom, and no one can contradict your words.

Is not God making us pass through fire as he did for others to prove their hearts? The Lord is not punishing us but chastising those who draw near to him to correct them.”

Remember what he did with Abraham, all the trials he put Isaac through, and everything that happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, where he cared for Laban’s sheep, his mother’s brother.

Furthermore, let us thank the Lord our God, who is testing us as he did our ancestors.

Now, my brothers, let us demonstrate to our fellow countrymen that their lives depend on ours and that the safety of the Sanctuary, the Temple, and the Altar rests with us.

Our enslavement won’t be changed in our favor, but the Lord our God will turn it into shame.

God will bring the murder of our brothers, the bondage of our country, and the destruction of our heritage upon us. Wherever we are among the nations, we will be slaves; we will be mistreated by those to whom we belong.