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The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
