The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks.

Seek the Lord and Live

Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.

You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,

And when one's relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

“If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.