1The LORD said to me, “Take a large…
2and I will take for myself faithful witnesses…
3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived,…
4For before the child knows how to say,…
5The LORD spoke to me yet again, saying,
6“Because this people has refused the waters of…
7now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them…
8It will sweep onward into Judah. It will…
9Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken…
10Take counsel together, and it will be brought…
11For the LORD spoke this to me with…
12“Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people…
13The LORD of Armies is who you must…
14He will be a sanctuary, but for both…
15Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken,…
16Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among…
17I will wait for the LORD, who hides…
18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD…
19When they tell you, “Consult with those who…
20Turn to the law and to the covenant!…
21They will pass through it, very distressed and…
22then look to the earth and see distress,…
