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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
