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Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
