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To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
