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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
