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Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
