The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown ¹  and all the terraced fields ²  out to the Kidron Valley ³  on the east as far north ⁴  as the Horse Gate ⁵  will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. ⁶  The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”

And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you ¹  again. No ²  craftsman ³  who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill ⁴  will never be heard in you again.

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for good to come to these people! ¹ 

For they did not dare any longer to ask ¹  him anything.

He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, ¹  but it did not return to him this time. ² 

But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

The sovereign master ¹  will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; ²  but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them. ³ 

For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! ¹  The former ones ²  will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore. ³ 

so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, ¹  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

I will prepare for them a healthy ¹  planting. They will no longer be victims ²  of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, ¹  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Then I will surround my temple ¹  to protect it like a guard ²  from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.

Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. ¹ 

Saul retained David ¹  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

My breath is repulsive ¹  to my wife; I am loathsome ²  to my brothers. ³ 

People ¹  who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, ¹  but I will not act wrongly any more.