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Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
