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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
