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Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
