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Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
