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Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
