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And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
