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Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, put sackcloth upon their loins.

Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.

Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.

And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together according to their custom unto prayer: and when they passed the camp, they compassed the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.

The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.

O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.

How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,

There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.

When the righteous fled from his brother's wrath she guided him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied the fruit of his labours.

Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: and praise the everlasting King, that his tabernacle may be builded in thee again with joy, and let him make joyful there in thee those that are captives, and love in thee for ever those that are miserable.

But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.

being bowed down by many iron bonds, so that I cannot uplift my head, and there is no release for me, because I have provoked thy anger, and have done evil before thee, not doing thy will, nor keeping thy commandments, but setting up abominations and multiplying offences.

He beautified their feasts, and set in order the solemn times until the end, that they might praise his holy name, and that the temple might sound from morning.

And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.

If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.

Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord's judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

For these thou didst admonish and try, as a father: but the other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish.

And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;

Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.

That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.

Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.

For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be trodden down, as they tread the floor with waggons.

The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.

They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women: and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.

And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the mountains of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;

And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying,

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim.

The flock that dwelt there shall be left, as a deserted flock; and the ground shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest.

For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

By reason of thy multitude of his horses their dust shall cover thee, and by reason of the sound of his horsemen and the wheels of his chariots the walls shall be shaken, when he enters into thy gates, as one entering into a city from the plain.

For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth.

Expect thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, and yet a little,

Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in thine army: thy warriors hung in thee shields and helmets; these gave thee thy glory.

For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

So I went in and looked; and beheld vain abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about.

Thou shalt perish by the hands of strangers among the multitude of the uncircumcised: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord.

Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.

For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and the eyes of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against all thy rivers, and I will give up the land of Egypt to desolation, and the sword, and destruction, from Magdol and Syene even to the borders of the Ethiopians.

Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,

Now therefore enter ye into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,

Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrha.

For as for the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day.

who say to the prophets, Report not to us; and to them that see visions, Speak them not to us, but speak and report to us another error;

And they shall know that I the Lord have spoken.

I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.

And many nations shall mourn over thee, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their own fall from the day of thy fall.

Therefore the fathers shall eat their children in the midst of thee, and children shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and I will scatter all that are left of thee to every wind.

For thou art great, and doest wonders: thou art the only and the great God.

I am my kinsman's, and his desire is toward me.

Lets haply they should say among the heathen, Where is their God? and let the avenging of thy servant's blood that has been shed be known among the heathen before our eyes.

I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, if the pomegranates blossomed.

Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off; it has ceased, it shall by no means come again.

How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!

And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.

He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Now will I arise, saith the Lord, now will I be glorified; now will I be exalted.

My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.

And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have ye spoken, saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in them, and how then shall we live?

And he said to me, Son of man, receive into thine heart all the words that I have spoken to thee, and hear them with thine ears.

How are thy cheeks beautiful as those of a dove, thy neck as chains!

The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.

Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

and it shall never be quenched, and her smoke shall go up: it shall be made desolate throughout her generations,

Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.

thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hands, and will turn them back that they shall not feed my sheep, and the shepherds shall no longer feed them; and I will deliver my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be meat for them.

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

and shall return, and come to Sion with joy, and everlasting joy shall be over their head; for on their head shall be praise and exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.

Because thou saidst, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:

Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither thou goest.

And now, Have we come up against this land to fight against it without the Lord? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and that out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.

And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right of the four; and the face of a calf on the left of the four; and the face of an eagle to the four.

Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.

Thus shall ye say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, a very great congregation.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.

If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.

JOD. The hands of tender-hearted women have sodden their own children: they became meat for them in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes?

and they shall not take any wood out of the field, neither shall they cut any out of the forests, but they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and spoil those that spoiled them, saith the Lord.

he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.

I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.

Thus saith the Lord, Call ye the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice;

And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits.

I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.

JOD. The elders of the daughter of Sion have sat upon the ground, they have kept silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloths: they have brought down to the ground the chief virgins in Jerusalem.

and between the chambers, were a width of twenty cubits, the circumference of the house.

And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.

Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.