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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,
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
