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Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
