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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
