Author: Shalem John

At that time a Fountain will be opened to the people of Israel and Jerusalem, a Fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and uncleanness.” 2 And the Lord of Hosts declares, “In that day I will get rid of every vestige of idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. All false prophets and fortune-tellers will be wiped out, 3 And if anyone begins false prophecy again, his own father and mother will slay him! ‘You must die,’ they will tell him, ‘for you are prophesying lies in the name…

Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime, and He will answer with lightning and showers. Every field will become a lush pasture. 2 How foolish to ask the idols for anything like that! Fortune-tellers’ predictions are all a bunch of silly lies; what comfort is there in promises that don’t come true? Judah and Israel have been led astray and wander like lost sheep; everyone attacks them, for they have no shepherd to protect them. 3 “My anger burns against your ‘shepherds’-your lenders and I will punish them these goats. For the Lord of Hosts has arrived to help…

Open your doors, oh Lebanon, to judgment. You will be destroyed as though by fire raging through your forests. 2 Weep, oh cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the tallest and most beautiful of them are fallen. Cry in fear, you oaks of Bashan, as you watch the thickest forests felled. 3 Listen to the wailing of Israel’s leaders all these evil shepherds for their wealth is gone. Hear the young lions roaring the princes are weeping, for their glorious Jordan valley lies in ruins. 4 Then said the Lord my God to me, “Go and take a job…