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In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
