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I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
