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And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
