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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
