A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the LORD alone will be exalted.

Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

A time is coming when the people of Israel who have survived will not rely any more on the nation that almost destroyed them. They will truly put their trust in the LORD, Israel's holy God.

When that day comes, people will turn for help to their Creator, the holy God of Israel.

For those will be 'The Days of Punishment,' to make come true all that the Scriptures say.

The men of the city, yes, even the strongest men, will be killed in war.

The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked.

Those who survive will be scarcer than gold.

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we command these people and warn them to lead orderly lives and work to earn their own living.

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, "God has taken away my disgrace by giving me a son.

Peninnah, her rival, would torment and humiliate her, because the LORD had kept her childless.

"Now at last the Lord has helped me," she said. "He has taken away my public disgrace!"