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Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
