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For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
