Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write an account of this victory, so that it will be remembered. Tell Joshua that I will completely destroy the Amalekites."

"Now, write down this song. Teach it to the people of Israel, so that it will stand as evidence against them.

the following message from the LORD: "I am going to punish Jerusalem and all its people with the curses written in the book that was read to the king.

Will no one listen to what I am saying? I swear that every word is true. Let Almighty God answer me. If the charges my opponent brings against me were written down so that I could see them,

I wrote in a book an account of all the destruction that would come on Babylonia, as well as all these other things about Babylonia.

Then pray, ' LORD, you have said that you would destroy this place, so that there would be no living creatures in it, neither people nor animals, and it would be like a desert forever.'

and say, 'This is what will happen to Babylonia---it will sink and never rise again because of the destruction that the LORD is going to bring on it.' " The words of Jeremiah end here.

With my own hand I write this: Greetings from Paul.

Whoever does not love the Lord---a curse on him! Marana tha---Our Lord, come!

And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.

Be merciful to me, O God, because of your constant love. Because of your great mercy wipe away my sins!

Close your eyes to my sins and wipe out all my evil.

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me; I am the one who saves you."

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,