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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;)
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
