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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
