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And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
