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And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
