“A thoroughfare will be there – it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it
“A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled. For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits
“O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light…l. Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be
““For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares Yahweh. “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite
““I looked, and there was no one to help, And I was astonished, and there was no one to uphold; So My own arm brought salvation to Me, And My
““So now, what do I have here,” declares Yahweh, “since My people have been taken away for nothing?” Yahweh declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is
““Why was there no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no
““Hear Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been burdening Me from birth And have been carried from the womb;
““Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, Yahweh,
Behold, Yahweh empties the earth to destruction, eviscerates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants….The earth will be completely emptied to destruction and completely plundered, for Yahweh has spoken