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For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
