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And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
