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All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
The rings, and nose jewels,
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
