The king of Israel said, Bad news! God has gotten us three kings out here to dump us into the hand of Moab. 2 Kings MSG

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2 9 The king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom started out on what proved to be a looping detour. After seven days they had run out of water for both army and animals. 10 The king of Israel said, Bad news! God has gotten us three kings out here to dump us into the hand of Moab. 2 Kings MSG

3 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn t there a prophet of God anywhere around through whom we can consult God? One of the servants of the king of Israel said, Elisha son of Shaphat is around somewhere the one who was Elijah s right-hand man. 12 Jehoshaphat said, Good! A man we can trust! So the three of them the king of Israel, Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom went to meet him. 2 Kings MSG

4 13 Elisha addressed the king of Israel, What do you and I have in common? Go consult the puppetprophets of your father and mother. Never! said the king of Israel. It s God who has gotten us into this fix, dumping all three of us kings into the hand of Moab. 2 Kings 3.13 MSG

5 14-15 Elisha said, As God-of-the-Angel-Armies lives, and before whom I stand ready to serve, if it weren t for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I wouldn t give you the time of day. But considering bring me a minstrel. (When a minstrel played, the power of God came on Elisha.) 2 Kings MSG

6 16-19 He then said, God s word: Dig ditches all over this valley. Here s what will happen you won t hear the wind, you won t see the rain, but this valley is going to fill up with water and your army and your animals will drink their fill. This is easy for God to do; he will also hand over Moab to you. You will ravage the country: Knock out its fortifications, level the key villages, clear-cut the orchards, clog the springs, and litter the cultivated fields with stones. 2 Kings MSG

7 20 In the morning it was at the hour of morning sacrifice the water had arrived, water pouring in from the west, from Edom, a flash flood filling the valley with water. 2 Kings 3.20

8 We need to dig ditches in preparation of God sending the rain.

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15 4-8 Welcome to the living Stone, the source of life. The workmen took one look and threw it out; God set it in the place of honor. Present yourselves as building stones for the construction of a sanctuary vibrant with life, in which you ll serve as holy priests offering Christapproved lives up to God. The Scriptures provide precedent: 1 Peter NLT

16 Look! I m setting a stone in Zion, a cornerstone in the place of honor. Whoever trusts in this stone as a foundation will never have cause to regret it. To you who trust him, he s a Stone to be proud of, but to those who refuse to trust him, The stone the workmen threw out is now the chief foundation stone. For the untrusting it s a stone to trip over, a boulder blocking the way. They trip and fall because they refuse to obey, just as predicted. 1 Peter NLT

17 9-10 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. 1 Peter NLT

18 1 Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! 2 As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame! 3 When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked! Isaiah NLT

19 4 For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him! 5 You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved? Isaiah NLT

20 6 We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind. 7 Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins. Isaiah NLT

21 8 And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand. 9 Don t be so angry with us, Lord. Please don t remember our sins forever. Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people. 10 Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. Isaiah NLT

22 11 The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed. 12 After all this, Lord, must you still refuse to help us? Will you continue to be silent and punish us? Isaiah NLT