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Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
