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Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
