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And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
