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The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
