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O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
And ye are witnesses of these things.
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
Then Job answered and said,
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
