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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
