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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
