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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
And I will give him the morning star.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
