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For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
All the saints salute you.
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
