Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

And from the borders of Symeon, from the eastern parts to the western, Issachar, one.

in the midst of the slain.

Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways :

even to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.

And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then the time shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted.

And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it had palm-trees on the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side.

But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye women have spoken with your mouth, and ye fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her: full well did ye keep to your vows, and ye have indeed performed them.

Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I turn back captivity in Jacob, and will have mercy on the house of Israel, and will be jealous for the sake of my holy name.

Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance.

When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and law: and power shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.

A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, and leads them in ways that are not good.

An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.

The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.

And they shall dwell in their land, which I have given to my servant Jacob, where their fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell upon it: and David my servant shall be their prince forever.

and on the head of every way thou didst set up thy fornications, and didst defile thy beauty, and didst open thy feet to every passer by, and didst multiply thy fornication.

And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.

And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.

A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and that there is none else beside me; and my people shall no more be ashamed for ever.

And every mountain shall be certainly ploughed: there shall no fear come thither: for there shall be from among the barren ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.

and let them know that thou art Lord, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.

Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.

That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

For thus saith the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes them from a mighty man shall be delivered: for I will plead thy cause, and I will deliver thy children.

Man ate angels' bread; he sent them provision to the full.

And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, O sword, sword, drawn for slaughter, and drawn for destruction, awake, that thou mayest gleam.

But Elnathan and Godolias suggested to the king that he should burn the roll.

And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year after that Joakim king of Juda had been carried away captive, in the twelfth month, on the four and twentieth day of the month, that Ulaemadachar king of Babylon, in the year in which he began to reign, raised the head of Joakim king of Juda, and shaved him, and brought him out of the house where he was kept,

Though thine enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

And there shall be upon every lofty mountain and upon every high hill, water running in that day, when many shall perish, and when the towers shall fall.

they fearing and reverencing men unreasonably have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in his master shall be safe.

But they that reprove him shall appear more excellent, and blessing shall come upon them;

A just man eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.

Now then to whom have ye compared me, that I may be exalted? saith the Holy One.

Ships were thy merchants, in abundance, with thy trading population: and thou wast filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.

A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.

And I will bring upon thee my jealousy, and they shall deal with thee in great wrath: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and shall cast down thy remnant with the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy remnant fire shall devour.

the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.

And if the princes shall hear that I have spoken to thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Tell us, what said the king to thee? hide it not from us, and we will in no wise slay thee, and what said the king to thee?

Become not surety from respect of a man's person.

Seven days shalt thou offer a kid daily for a sin-offering, and a calf of the herd, and a ram out of the flock: they shall sacrifice them unblemished for seven days:

And though propitiation shall come, and one shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.

Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.

So I gave them commandments that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live.

Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;

Thus saith the Lord God; I will also gather Israel from the nations, among whom they have been scattered, and I will be sanctified among them, and before the peoples and nations: and they shall dwell upon their land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.

So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew it, neither did they lay it to heart.

Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in thy borders?

The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.

I, even I, am he that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and thy sins; and I will not remember them.

But I have raised up him that comes from the north, and him that comes from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.

And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the Lord which he had shewed me.

And there was carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm-trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and there were stout planks in front of the porch without.

For I the Lord will speak my words; I will speak and perform them, and will no more delay, for in your days, O provoking house, I will speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord.

A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful man kindles falsehoods.

He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?

whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and thy widows are multiplied in the midst of thee.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.

before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.

Also I will bind thy tongue, and thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: because it is a provoking house.

For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath shall be against their council.

TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him

And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors.

By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified.

It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.

Her priests also have set at nought my law, and profaned my holy things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.

And the judgment has sat, and they shall remove his dominion to abolish it, and to destroy it utterly.

and men will kiss lips that answer well.

As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.

The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.

The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.

He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.

But do thou remember, and let us plead together: do thou first confess thy transgressions, that thou mayest be justified.

that thou mayest have wool of sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that thou mayest have lambs.

But when I speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, He that hears, let him hear; and he that is disobedient, let him be disobedient: because it is a provoking house.

And from the borders of Issachar, from the eastern parts to the western, Zabulon, one.

Then thou shalt say to them, I brought my supplication before the presence of the king, that he would not send me back into the house of Jonathan, that I should die there.

He that trusts to a bold heart, such an one is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe.

For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, my name shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, The Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt.

And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of thy wound.

Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord.

He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgment.

the rabbits also are a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.

and they shall make atonement for the altar, and shall purge it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

There shall be woe upon woe, and there shall be message upon message; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

So thou shalt be chastened by the judgment of thy God, and shalt rejoice.

And her kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.

And there were secret windows; and he measured from side to side, to the roofing of the porch; and the sides of the house were closely planked.