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It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
