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And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
