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For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
