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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
