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Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
