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And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
