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Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
