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(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
