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And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
