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I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
