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Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
