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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
