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Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
And Simon he surnamed Peter;
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
