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And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
