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And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
