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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
