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Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
