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For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
