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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
