Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
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And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSay unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exodus
LawAnd their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Numbers
LawWait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis
LawAnd Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
Genesis
Law / MosesYe shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
2 Kings
HistoryMine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
Leviticus
LawAnd Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis
Law / MosesWoe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahNow when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThis we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.