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And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
