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And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
