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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
