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Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
