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Depart ye, depart, go out from thence, and touch not the unclean thing; go ye out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of the Lord.

And he shall spread forth his hands, even as he also brings down man to destroy him: and he shall bring low his pride in regard to the thing on which he has laid his hands.

For behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, say ye to the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy Saviour has come to thee, having his reward and his work before his face.

The son of a king is in the light of life; and they that are in favour with him are as a cloud of latter rain.

And the Lord shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to resist it?

Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots equalled the goodly cedars.

The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.

And it came to pass, when Nabuchodonosor came up against the land, that we said we would come in; and we entered into Jerusalem, for fear of the host of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the host of the Assyrians: and we dwelt there.

Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

And God shall dash down them that rise up against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies;

Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.

it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.

But I will shew peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.

for by the help of the Lord they shall return, and come to Sion with joy and everlasting exultation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head: pain, and grief, and groaning, have fled away.

Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.

Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.

Then he remembered the ancient days, saying, Where is he that brought up from the sea the shepherd of the sheep? where is he that put his Holy Spirit in them?

Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow.

There I will give thee my breasts: my soul knew it not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab.

And now have many nations gathered against thee, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Sion.

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, his beloved altars are become sins to him.

And thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,

say, I am performing signs: as I have done, so shall it be to him: they shall go into banishment and captivity.

And Michaeas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan heard all the words of the Lord, out of the book.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for fear of the host of Pharao,

And Ephraim was as a silly dove, not having a heart: he called to Egypt, and they went to the Assyrians.

And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.

and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:

And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.

A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight.

The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not.

And they both went in to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of their Caves, where they had hidden themselves.

And now fear not, my daughter, whatever thou shalt say I will do to thee; for all the tribe of my people knows that thou art a virtuous woman.

And Samuel said to Jessae, Hast thou no more sons? And Jessae said, There is yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessae, Send and fetch him for we may not sit down till he comes.

Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

And the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad hear what the Philistines did to Saul.

And his neighbour answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand.

And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, Is not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.

They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.

I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.

And the border terminates behind Accaron northward, and the borders will terminate at Socchoth, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Lebna, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders shall be toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.

And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God.

In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.

And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how thou hast dealt with thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou didst leave thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and camest to a people whom thou knewest not before.

And she brought them to him to eat, and he caught hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him.

Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them.

And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to the parts under Baethchor.

kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:

For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it.

When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night was light in my luxury.

Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

And Noemin said, Return now, my daughters; and why do ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?

The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.

And our elders and all that inhabit our land when they heard spoke to us, saying, Take to yourselves provision for the way, and go to meet them; and ye shall say to them, We are thy servants, and now make a covenant with us.

And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before them, taking up the psaltery and harp;

And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, As the lord lives, not a hair of thy son shall fall to the ground.

Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men.

And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther.

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

And all his brethren and his sisters heard all that had happened to him, and they came to him, and so did all that had known him from the first: and they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, and wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: and each one gave him a lamb, and four drachms' weight of gold, even of unstamped gold.

because of thine anger and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy holy Spirit from me.

But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.

And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God?

And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified.

And there went with Abessalom two hundred chosen men from Jerusalem; and they went in their simplicity, and knew not anything.

Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole-burnt-offering.

And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.

Thy creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.

Behold, thine eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered thee this day into my hands in the cave; and I would not slay thee, but spared thee, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.

And all the men of Israel were gathered to the city as one man.

And he said, This shall be the manner of the king that shall rule over you: he shall take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and among his horsemen, and running before his chariots,

And they slew with the sword all that breathed in it, and utterly destroyed them all, and there was no living thing left in it; and they burnt Asor with fire.

And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.

Nevertheless Amessias hearkened not: so Joas king of Israel went up, and he and Amessias king of Juda looked one another in the face in Baethsamys of Juda.

For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to thee from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that thy presence go in the midst of them.

And Jonathan said to David, Go, and abide in the field. And they went out both into the field.

If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.

For thy name's sake, O Lord, do thou also be merciful to my sin; for it is great.

with a strong hand, and a high arm: for his mercy endures for ever.

So David arose early, he and his men, to depart and guard the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrael to battle.

Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.

I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before the saints.

on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.

Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan:

Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.

And it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Eliu was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.

And Manasses shall have in the portion of Issachar and Aser Baethsan and their villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of Mageddo, and its villages, and the third part of Mapheta, and its villages.

And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.