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For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
