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If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
