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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, 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,
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
