He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is this not a lie in my right hand?

For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living Waters, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no flour. If it should happen to produce, strangers will swallow it up.

Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind; all the day he multiplies lies and ruin. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only to feed the fire, and nations weary themselves only for vanity.

And in vain they revere Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks that the swine ate, and no one gave to him.

but Israel, pursuing the Law of righteousness, has not arrived at the Law of righteousness.

For I bear witness of them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to full true knowledge.

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:

concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.

Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out on the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it into a god; they prostrate themselves, yea, they bow down.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek Jehovah: Look to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you have been dug.

Listen to Me, My people; and give ear to Me, O My nation; for a law shall go out from Me, and I will make My justice to rest for a light of the people.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law; do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.

and said: If you diligently heed the voice of Jehovah your God and do what is right in His eyes, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought upon the Egyptians. For I am Jehovah who heals you.

And it shall be that if you give heed to obey My commandments which I am commanding you today, to love Jehovah your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Come, you children, give heed to me; I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

But whoever listens to me shall live in confidence, and shall rest securely from the dread of evil.

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare; and does not realize that it is for his soul.

Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

And when He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, Hear Me, everyone, and understand:

So then faith is of hearing, and hearing through the Word of God.

And on this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of fatness for all the people, a feast of the dregs of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of the dregs of refined wine.

The lowly shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Jehovah shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.

They shall be satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall make them drink of the river of Your pleasures.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mixed.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says Jehovah.

Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those being invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast.

And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

I am the Bread of Life.

This is the Bread which comes down out of Heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

The Jews therefore argued among themselves, saying, How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

This is the Bread which came down out of Heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.