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Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
