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Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
