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Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
