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Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
