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Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
