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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
