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Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
