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And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
