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And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
