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Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
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 all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
