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But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
