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Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
