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Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
