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Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
