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And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
