How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honored by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.

Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.

"You pursued us and killed us; your mercy was hidden by your anger,

By a cloud of fury too thick for our prayers to get through.

Darkness will fall on Tahpanhes when I break the power of Egypt and put an end to the strength they were so proud of. A cloud will cover Egypt, and the people of all her cities will be taken prisoner.

When I destroy you, I will cover the sky and blot out the stars. The sun will hide behind the clouds, and the moon will give no light.

I will put out all the lights of heaven and plunge your world into darkness. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.

It will be a dark and gloomy day, a black and cloudy day. The great army of locusts advances like darkness spreading over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, and there never will be again.

King of Babylon, bright morning star, you have fallen from heaven! In the past you conquered nations, but now you have been thrown to the ground.

You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty.

I put a terrifying angel there to guard you. You lived on my holy mountain and walked among sparkling gems.

You were busy buying and selling, and this led you to violence and sin. So I forced you to leave my holy mountain, and the angel who guarded you drove you away from the sparkling gems.

And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be in existence today!

And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!"

Jesus answered them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, who fought back with his angels;

The huge dragon was thrown out---that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

She named the boy Ichabod, explaining, "God's glory has left Israel"---referring to the capture of the Covenant Box and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.

"On the hills of Israel our leaders are dead! The bravest of our soldiers have fallen!

and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins.

Once they were proud of their beautiful jewels, but they used them to make disgusting idols. That is why the LORD has made their wealth repulsive to them.

I will not interfere when my treasured Temple is profaned, when robbers break into it and defile it.

to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the LORD is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.

David stood before them and addressed them: "My friends, listen to me. I wanted to build a permanent home for the Covenant Box, the footstool of the LORD our God. I have made preparations for building a temple to honor him,

Praise the LORD our God; worship before his throne! Holy is he!

We said, "Let us go to the LORD's house; let us worship before his throne."