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And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
