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Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
