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And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
