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And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
