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Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
