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And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
As he spake these words, many believed on him.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
