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Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
