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And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, Walk ye in my commandments: but they walked not in them, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them; and they grievously profaned my sabbaths: and I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine:

The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all these evils have come upon us: yet we have not besought the Lord our God, that we might turn away from our iniquities, and have understanding in all thy truth.

A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.

therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand.

Thus saith the Lord, Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to them that dwell in Jerusalem, Will ye not receive correction to hearken to my words?

If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, and him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.

The fig-tree has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.

The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.

When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.

He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the fool with a rod.

So thou wast adorned with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and variegated work: thou didst eat fine flour, and oil, and honey, and didst become extremely beautiful.

For we are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture; we will give thee thanks for ever; we will declare thy praise throughout all generations.

Then ye shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain are in the midst of your idols round about your altars, on every high hill, and under every shady tree, where they offered a sweet savour to all their idols.

And he shall prepare daily as a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord a lamb of a year old without blemish: in the morning shall he prepare it.

Where are the kings of Emath? and where is the king of Arphath? and where is the king of the city of Eppharuaim, and of Anagugana?

many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel.

They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.

And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.

The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.

And my wrath and mine anger shall be accomplished upon them: and thou shalt know that I the Lord have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished mine anger upon them.

Thus saith the Lord God; Ye shall inherit these borders of the land; they are given by lot to the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed.

Neither shouldest thou have gone into the gates of the people in the day of their troubles; nor yet shouldest thou have looked upon their gathering in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou have attacked their host in the day of their perishing.

A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.

The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride, and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard:

Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.

and the remnant of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord, and shall do no iniquity, neither shall they speak vanity; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and there shall be none to terrify them.

As if his mother should comfort one, so will I also comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when the harvest shall overtake the vintage, and the grapes shall ripen at seedtime; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall be planted.

He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he that comes up out of the pit shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation.

And the Levites shall have the part, next to the borders of the priests, in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth ten thousand: the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand.

And he said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, my lord.

And thou hast forgotten God who made thee, who made the sky and founded the earth; and thou wert continually afraid because of the wrath of him that afflicted thee: for whereas he counselled to take thee away, yet now where is the wrath of him that afflicted thee?

who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.

But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.

He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

As for the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon it, and joy shall be removed from every house.

And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land.

For the Lord will give goodness; and our land shall yield her fruit.

For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.

And Michaeas reported to them all the words which he had heard Baruch reading in the ears of the people.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, I will hearken to the heaven, and it shall hearken to the earth;

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;

Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;

He led them through the deep, as a horse through the wilderness, and they fainted not,

And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.

So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.

He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health of soul. To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.

Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a place of renown in the day wherein it was glorified, saith the Lord.

For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee,

and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan,

They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw nigh shall know my strength.

And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strong holds: and they shall be habitations of monsters, and a court of ostriches.

And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:

MEM. For the sins of her prophets, and iniquities of her priests, who shed righteous blood in the midst of her,

Hear, O ye priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God Almighty.

Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.

Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Daedan.

Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

When I say to the righteous, Thou shalt live; and he trusts in his righteousness, and shall commit iniquity, none of his righteousnesses shall be remembered; in his unrighteousness which he has wrought, in it shall he die.

Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.

And thou shalt prophesy against them these words, and shalt say, The Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice; he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the earth,

Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they ripped up the women with child of the Galaadites, that they might widen their coasts.

He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames himself shall be loved.

Greece, both the whole world, and the adjacent coasts, these traded with thee in the persons of men, and they gave as thy merchandise vessels of brass.

Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

The righteous shall flourish as a palm-tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus.

A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.

For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.

Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer.

to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

MEM. What shall I testify to thee, or what shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for the cup of thy destruction is enlarged: who shall heal thee?

And yet there shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a spoil, as a turpentine tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk.

Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and thou shalt put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days.

Son of man, if a land shall sin against me by committing a trespass, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break its staff of bread, and will send forth famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast.

Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

Take away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods.

For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.

NUN. He has watched over my sins, they are twined about my hands, they have come up on my neck: my strength has failed; for the Lord has laid pains on my hands, I shall not be able to stand.

For thus saith the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbours that touch mine inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I will draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.

And as for these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

And the Spirit lifted me, and took me up, and I went in the impulse of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was mighty upon me.

An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

Whosoever shall bless a friend in the morning with a loud voice, shall seem to differ nothing from one who curses him.

Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, the sheep of thy glory?

Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgment, or who has taught him the way of understanding;

Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.