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He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
