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Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
