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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
