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And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
