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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
