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Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
