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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
