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Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
