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Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
