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For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
