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And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
