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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 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 mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
