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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;
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
