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To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
