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But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
