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And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
