This book presents an historical record of the reigns of King David, King Solomon, and the kings of Judah up to the time of the captivity.

1:5   Behold you among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which you will not believe, though it be told you.

2:3   For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

2:4   The souls of those who are lifted up are not upright in them. But the just shall live by faith.

3:2   Lord, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: Lord, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

3:17   Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

3:18   Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

3:19   The Lord is my strength ... He will make me to walk in high places ...