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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
And Haphraim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
