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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
