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And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
