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And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
