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And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
