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What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
