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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
