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And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
