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For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
