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But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
