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For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
