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For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
