And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,

And standing them in the midst, they asked, By what sort of power or by what sort of name have you done this?

And he brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the floggers, saying, Let those men go.

But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, being Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they drive us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and lead us out.

Then they came and begged them and brought them out, and asked them to depart out of the city.

Therefore behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Tophet, until there is no more room.

And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom which is by the entry of Potsherd Gate. And there proclaim the words that I shall tell you.

Therefore behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter.

No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

Then God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have persevered with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And I went in to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then Jehovah said to me, Call his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

And Jehovah said to him, Call his name Jezreel, for yet in a little while I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And He said to him, Call her name Lo- ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

And when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son.

For I have heard the whisperings of many, terror is all around. Proclaim, they say, and we will report it. Everyone at peace with me is watching for me to stumble and fall, saying, Perhaps he will be lured away, and we shall prevail against him, and shall take our revenge on him.

Do not go out into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear are on every side.

Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? And their mighty ones are beaten down and have fled for refuge, and they do not look back. Terror is all around, says Jehovah.

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; while they take counsel together against me, they have plotted to take away my life.

You have summoned, as in an appointed day, my terrors all around; and there was not one who escaped, or a survivor in the day of Jehovah's anger. Those whom I have nursed and nurtured, my enemy has consumed.