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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
