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But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
