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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
