Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

ו (Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, and your children like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence.

No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” says the Lord.

The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

The Lord says, “Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain.