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Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
