He proclaimed in a loud voice, 'Cut the tree down and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Drive the animals from under it and the birds out of its branches.

Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.

and calls out to people passing by, who are minding their own business:

Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain and proclaim the good news! Call out with a loud voice, Zion; announce the good news! Speak out and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah that their God is coming!

The LORD says, "Shout as loud as you can! Tell my people Israel about their sins!

Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give.

This will happen because you have followed the evil practices of King Omri and of his son, King Ahab. You have continued their policies, and so I will bring you to ruin, and everyone will despise you. People everywhere will treat you with contempt."

King Nebuchadnezzar sent the following message to the people of all nations, races, and languages in the world: "Greetings!

Then King Darius wrote to the people of all nations, races, and languages on earth: "Greetings!

This happened on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. Mordecai called the king's secretaries and dictated letters to the Jews and to the governors, administrators, and officials of all the 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia. The letters were written to each province in its own language and system of writing and to the Jews in their language and system of writing.