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And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
