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Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
