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And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
