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Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
