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And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
