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Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
