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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
