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And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
I am that bread of life.
I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
