Thus says the Lord God: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.

I hear the whisperings of many:/ “Terror on every side!/ Denounce!

When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him: “My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations.

Brothers and sisters: It is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats take away sins.

The Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the Lord, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky!

From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom.

In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim, who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah; her pious parents had trained their daughter according to the law of Moses.

Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Thus says the Lord God: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel.

I knew their plot because the Lord informed me; at that time you, O Lord, showed me their doings.