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Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
