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And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
