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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
