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Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
