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Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
As he spake these words, many believed on him.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
