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To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
