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O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
