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Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
