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He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
