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Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
