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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
