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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
