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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
