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For it is better for us to be made a spoil unto them, than to die for thirst: for we will be his servants, that our souls may live, and not see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wives nor our children to die.

For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.

As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.

Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.

Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains; these things made them to swoon for fear.

Whereof not only the harm might dispatch them at once, but also the terrible sight utterly destroy them.

Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.

For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

Thou didst bow thy loins unto women, and by thy body thou wast brought into subjection.

But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment,

And they wondered at her beauty, and admired the children of Israel because of her, and every one said to his neighbour, Who would despise this people, that have among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left who being let go might deceive the whole earth.

And the people besought the Lord, the most High, by prayer before him that is merciful, till the solemnity of the Lord was ended, and they had finished his service.

And thou tookest my bread which I gave thee, (yea I fed thee with fine flour and oil and honey) and didst set them before them for a sweet-smelling savour: yea, it was so, saith the Lord.

Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, and made it a similitude?

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.

Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.

peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolation have soothed my soul.

Then shalt thou say to them, Thus saith the Lord; behold, I will take the tribe of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel that belong to him, and I will add them to the tribe of Juda, and they shall become one rod in the hand of Juda.

the princes of Juda, and the men in power, and the priests, and the people;

Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness.

Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted. Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs:

I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

The heart of the wise will discern the things which proceed from his own mouth; and on his lips he will wear knowledge.

The living shall bless thee, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness,

It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.

None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.

Thou hast put far from me every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.

True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.

KOPH. Arise, rejoice in the night at the beginning of thy watch: pour out thy heart as water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands to him for the life of thine infants, who faint for hunger at the top of all the streets.

And they said to Baruch, Go, and hide, thou and Jeremias; let no man know where ye are.

A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.

Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things.

Wherefore these things are against thee; who shall sympathize with thee in thy grief? downfall, and destruction, famine, and sword: who shall comfort thee?

there shall never be wanting a man of the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand before my face while the earth remains.

Behold, I will work in thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honoured in all the earth.

It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will separate between the strong sheep and the weak sheep.

And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgment and righteousness, he shall live by them.

And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.

A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.

Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;

Hast thou utterly rejected Juda? and has thy soul departed from Sion? wherefore has thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!

Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

Where is the god of Emath, and Arphath? and where is the god of Eppharuaim? have they been able to deliver Samaria out of my hand?

for our help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.

The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.

And the southern and south-western coasts are from Thaeman and the city of palm-trees, to the water of Marimoth Cadem, reaching forth to the great sea. This part is the south and south-west.

I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: I, even I, am the Lord, speaking righteousness, and proclaiming truth.

And I will give them another heart, and will put a new spirit within them; and will extract the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh:

Did Ezekias and all Juda in any way slay him? Was it not that they feared the Lord, and they made supplication before the Lord, and the Lord ceased from the evils which he had pronounced against them? whereas we have wrought great evil against our own souls.

Do nothing without advice; and when thou hast once done, repent not.

These are the words which the Lord has spoken concerning you the remnant of Juda; Enter ye not into Egypt: and now know ye for a certainty,

By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.

And thou shalt no more have the sun for a light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon lighten thy night; but the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and God thy glory.

A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey.

The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.

And lo! a voice from above the firmament

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.

Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

And he brought me into the entrance of the place behind the gate, into the chamber of the sanctuary belonging to the priests, that looks toward the north: and, behold, there was a place set apart.

and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise, because of the evils which I bring upon it.

For the holy people shall dwell in Sion: and whereas Jerusalem has wept bitterly, saying, Pity me; he shall pity thee: when he perceived the voice of thy cry, he hearkened to thee.

So will we not depart from thee: thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

Hearken, O Lord; be propitious, O Lord; attend, O Lord; delay not, O my God, for thine own sake: for thy name is called upon thy city and upon thy people.

so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.

the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.

But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell for ever; thy throne shall endure to generation and generation.

And the priest shall take of the blood of the atonement, and put it on the thresholds of the house, and upon the four corners of the temple, and upon the altar, and upon the thresholds of the gate of the inner court.

Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled: for it was the punishment of their iniquities.

Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.

even the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand a people of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.

Out of Asel came wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading population.

So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they that come from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury.

And thou didst multiply thy fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of thy youth, wherein thou didst commit whoredom in Egypt,

There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.

We are become as at the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and thy name was not called upon us.

and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,

And thou shalt appoint to the priests the Levites of the seed of Sadduc, that draw nigh to me, saith the Lord God, to minister to me, a calf of the herd for a sin-offering.

Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.

For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,

Then I enquired carefully concerning the fourth beast; for it differed from every other beast, exceeding dreadful: its teeth were of iron, and its claws of brass, devouring, and utterly breaking to pieces, and it trampled the remainder with its feet:

And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine.

Behold, I will do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and ye shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.

She reaches forth her arms to needful works, and applies her hands to the spindle.

And he turned to the south, and measured in front of the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

And all that know thee among the nations shall groan over thee: thou art gone to destruction, and thou shalt not exist any more.

And I will leave a sign upon them, and I will send forth them that have escaped of them to the nations, to Tharsis, and Phud, and Lud, and Mosoch, and to Thobel, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off, to those who have not heard my name, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,

The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.

And the king said to Jeremias, I consider the Jews that have gone over to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hands, and they mock me.

the earth shall be utterly confounded, and the earth shall be completely perplexed.

The face of a man was toward one palm-tree on this side and on that side, and the face of a lion toward another palm-tree on this side and on that side: the house was carved all round.

An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.